Best connection to the Internet for Hosting?

y2kwizard · Post by **y2kwizard** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 1:20 pm

Hello all. Hope I'm posting in the correct forum.

Anyway, I've recently set up an FTP server. It works fine except that the upload speeds simply aren't what I'd like. My ISP capped my upload speed at 40 KB/s and I think that soon they may make a policy limiting my number of GB I can upload.

Does anyone know what the best type of service would be for hosting? I've got RoadRunner cable modem, but would DSL be better for my purposes?

Thanks

ErMaC · Post by **ErMaC** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 4:15 pm

If you want to do any kind of hosting, you need stuff with upstream bandwidth, and that rules out Cable modems (at least with most companies in the US) and ADSL. What you need is either fast SDSL or T1 service. SDSL has the same upstream as downstream, and 768Kbps SDSL would suffice for decent hosting. T1's can be gotten at the full 1.5Mbps, or in lower bandwidths like 1.1Mbps and 768kbps, but they cost much more. However, getting fast SDSL requires close proximity to a Central office whereas T1's don't.

Note that fast SDSL can run $400/month, and 1.5Mbps T1's are in the neighborhood of $700/month

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:07 pm

The glory of T1-3 lines at a college, damn they are sweet.

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:55 pm

You can get a 1.5Mbps T1 for <$400 per month, depending on your location and if you know where to look.

The *best* connection (to answer the original question) would probably be an OC-12.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 6:52 pm

Nah jbone, I'ds say the absolute best connection to have if you're going to host off your own PC is an 0C-192. That's what...I think it's about 10GBit down/up, but it most likely costs about $50,000-100,000 a month.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 8:32 pm

Phew! That's too much bandwidth. I imagine they're useful if you have a lot of people who need to be piped, though.

Maximo · Post by **Maximo** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 10:19 pm

Who actually has that crap!

Beside companies and colleges, i mean who is really going to go out and pay that much to host some vids?

y2kwizard · Post by **y2kwizard** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 11:09 pm

All right, guys! Thanks for your input, especially ErMaC for the most practical connection. No way my parents are gonna change services, but I'll keep your advice in mind when I strike out on my own.

However, when I'm out of college, I bet that 0C-192 will be almost obsolete.......

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 12:29 am

ErMaC wrote:Note that fast SDSL can run $400/month, and 1.5Mbps T1's are in the neighborhood of $700/month

These numbers are for Wash. state, but will give you an idea of where DSL prices are at now. They won't do the fast speeds for a home account, just the business accounts. The prices look significantly lower than they were last year.
http://biz.verizon.net/pands/dsl/packages/

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trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 1:38 am

y2kwizard wrote: However, when I'm out of college, I bet that 0C-192 will be almost obsolete.......

Well, your box couldn't handle the full brunt of an OC-192, which is, for the curious, just a little under (44.736 * 192) = 8,589.312 megabits / second, which is just over a gibibyte/second. That's some serious bandwidth, and probably won't be a problem in the near future. (For the real problem, look more locally -- like at your hard drives.)

As for who actually has that kind of connection: Internet backbone providers. There are routers out there that are capable of handling the full force of that kind of bandwidth -- and there are routers that are capable of handling even more -- but they aren't likely to show up on your desk soon.