Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> writes: > Quoting apu islam (isla0005 at tc.umn.edu): > > I am planning to run a production web server at my home using Qwest DSL deluxe > > package(1 mbps downstream, 1 mbps upstream). The webserver application will > > not be havily data intensive, it will have mysql databases on the back end and > > some large chunk of applications to keep it loaded. > > > > I do not know much about qwest DSL service and stability. So do you guys think > > it would be wise to run a production server using DSL ? I currently have cable > > and I know I am not going to run it on a cable. > > It would be cheaper to get a database driven web site from a local ISP. I'm not > talking co-locationm, just find an ISP that does MySQL and supports whatever > language your writing your web application in. > > It will be a whole lot cheaper then the 1Mb telco fee from Qworst. A helluva lot > cheaper once you through the ISP charges on top of that. Depends what you want. I'm paying $160/month for 768k all-up. I can probably do a single hosted site considerably cheaper than that. On the other hand, I'm currently running a couple of dozen virtual domains off of this setup; I'm not sure I could do *that* cheaper. On the third hand, only a handfull of them are *mine*, the rest are things I'm doing for friends since there's spare space. You'll certainly get better reliability and support from a good hosting setup. -- David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / dd-b at dd-b.net Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/