Re: [cobalt-users] Username Already in use?!?

[Ursula <ursulasays@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 --- David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At
05:19 PM 12/23/2002, you wrote:
> >  --- Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
> >Ursula wrote:
> > >
> > > > If they do want to dictate these terms,
> > > > they can have their own dedicated server at
> 100x
> > > the
> > > > cost per month.
> > >
> > > Do you really only charge $1.00 per month for
> > > hosting?  A bit of careful
> > > searching and you, too, can resell dedicated
> servers
> > > for as low as
> > > $100/month, and you'd be surprised, plenty of
> people
> > > with shared hosting
> > > are interested at this price; you could set up a
> > > whole new business
> > > model.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> >
> >
> >If I was in the US that may be the case, but in the
> >rest of the world services are a whole lot more
> >expensive to run. Paying 8c US per meg is the norm
> >around here, before you even think about connection
> >costs (once again, very cost prohibitive) and
> >equipment costs (which are about the same)
> >
> 
> 
> He said a hundred times more expensive, not 100
> dollars.  If you do virtual 
> hosting for $1 a month, I am sure people would take
> you up on that.  Here 
> in the US, it is common to see virtual hosting for
> about $10 per month.  On 
> the other hand, you can get a machine for less than
> $1000 per month.
> 
> 

100x was definitely an exaggeration on my part (but
when you tell someone shared hosting is $8 a month,
and a whole server is, for example upwards of $300, it
probably sounds to them like 1000x more *g*)

My calculator has never shown me better profits can be
made from reselling a dedicated server. a $250 a month
machine can host around 200 sites and make around
$2-3000. Even reselling the machine at twice the price
for the month wouldn't come close to that (not to
mention no one would want it at twice the price). Even
at $100 a month you'd make better margins from a
half-full shared server.



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Ursula


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