We are getting very frustrated with our ISP. Is it a good option to purchase our own server and run it ourselves...we are a very small business and work from home.no e-comerce, data files,library,private members area etc
Thanks
Self Hosting our Web-site?
Did you mean you get frustrated with hosting company rather than ISP or your ISP also hosts your site ?
In any event, It is possible to host business web site yourself at home and it is definitely done, but it may cost you more in terms of maintenance and is not very practical for few reasons:
1) Most residential Internet providers give you dynamic IP address - you have to pay extra for static IP.
2) Speed. Residential connections (cable and DSL) have very low upload speed - which is what your customers will experience when they will access your site.
3) Reliability. If you dog steps over the cable, or you have power outage or flood, or your network connection is simply down, you site is dead and you have lost customers and down time.
4) Noise. Server hardware typically has loud fans. It is not funny and can be a real problem.
5) Maintenance. Server has to be backed up and monitored regularly. Hosting companies normally take care of that.
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Look for another hosting company - there are plenty of good reputable ones. GoDaddy for example, or APLus to name a few.
Good luck.
Self Hosting our Web-site?
