Would you host website from your PC?

[lovelylovely]

never gonna do it especially if its a important site to earn me some $$, for fun might try

[redz]

not really, i dont trust my pc, i rather use stackedtech.com or hostgator, they are more reliable.

[SkinnerW]

Two main concerns regarding hosting it yourself:

- Can you provide enough bandwidth especially if site gets popular?
- anti virus and anti hacker protection

[Meti]

Originally Posted by SkinnerW

Two main concerns regarding hosting it yourself:

- Can you provide enough bandwidth especially if site gets popular?
- anti virus and anti hacker protection

I am not quite sure about your 1st point, most ISP's here in Sweden offer an unmetered amount of bandwidth, but I am aware of countries that set certain limits.

As for security, I think I could manage it much better than regular web hosting companies (some of them..), I have quite some experience in the security field.

- Meti

[SkinnerW]

I am in US and also have "unlumited" broadband accounts with two ISp's just in case one goes down. The problem if you try to host a website on a regular account your usage will jump to different level and ISP will instantly flag you.

I like to do most of my design and development stuff directly on remote servers so it takes tons of bandwidth. Many times they put some kind of cup on my connection to slow it down and I had to call and scream to get it back to normal.

I think many ISP's even have it in the service agreement that you are not allowed to host websites using theirs connections.

[Meti]

Originally Posted by SkinnerW

I think many ISP's even have it in the service agreement that you are not allowed to host websites using theirs connections.

True, there are a few ISP providers that are very strict about this, personally my current ISP has no issues with me hosting web sites as long as they do not contain any undesireable material.

But, considering the cheap hosting fees it is not worth hosting them at your own place.

- Meti