I want to start a website that can cater for high bandwidth.

I have been told that I will need a server as most web hosts wont allow high bandwidth. My website will hopefully be as big as youtube. So the server must be capable of high bandwidth so users can upload movies and pics.

What server should i buy to start off with?

Will i need to buy my own IP address? as somone said that internet providers wont allow high bandwidth.

Can someone point me in the right direction, im a total novice when it comes to servers etc.

I know my website will be a huge hit! I need to know where i can get some advice on servers etc..

Hope you can help....

What you will need for starters, are sponsers, and a lot of them, because bandwith, costs lots of money.

You should do a search on how many gigs a site like youtube eats a minute/day/month...

You will be dazzled...

Then, go search for a dedicated server, wich also will cost a lot, with at least a 100Mbit connection directly to a backbone, for good steady connections. Make good agreements with the hosting company, about the costs of extra bandwith and so on, to save on troubles afterwards...

You are going to need a dedicated server, you can lease or buy them from many web hosts, and then pay very high rates for a service with high bandwidth. You can bankrupt yourself just starting something this big, so start with a normal hosting service and move the site as soon as it picks up momentum. Be aware that unless you control what is uploaded you will be targetted by the copyright protection agencies, there are sites being closed daily at the moment.