Who wants to join in on a dedicated server?


  

3 members have voted

  1. 1. Who wants to join in on a dedicated server?

    • Yes, 10/month is great for the service!
      3
    • Yes, but I'd pay in bulk payments
      0
    • Yes, but I'd want more space/transfer for more money
      0
    • Yes, but I don't want to spend that much or need that much space/transfer
      0


Recommended Posts

Please do not vote unless you are seriously considering what I'm proposing.

(I don't want to throw off my research...)

Ok, I've been considering this for a long time. I'd mainly considered it as a webhosting company venture, but now I'd think I'd like to make it into something a bit more personal.

I was cruising around www.rackshack.net. They have seriously crazy deals on host, but it's still something that's out of my reach. However, if I got a few people to go in on the deal with me, it'd be far from out of the question.

I was looking at one of the 1ghz 512mb 40gb 400gb transfer boxen for 129/month (plus taxes). So, at that rate, I'd need 12 more of you to pay 10/month to pay for one of these.

Basically, we'd divide the bandwidth and space equally. If I can get, say, 40 of you to go in on this, we'd each get a gig of space and 10gb of transfer (pretty damn good for only 10/month).

Now, there are a few things that are downsides about this deal:

-I'm not going to provide the same level of support as a regular webhost. You should have some clue as to how things work with webhosting, so I don't have to babysit everyone with this.

-This depends on getting a bunch of you guys together, so if I get just 12 and one falls through, the whole deal might cave.

The upsides:

-fast server, no crowding, plenty of space and bandwidth, cheap price.

-community of fellow people to help you (we'll have a server message board)

-I'll accept bulk/annual payments as well.

On that last note, I realize a lot of you guys may have only parents as a method to get the money to me. As a result, I'll accept some form of bulk payment (3 month, 6 month, yearly cycles, etc.) all done through paypal (subscriptions are easy through them). That way you can use this as a birthday/christmas present from the parents :D

Now, please vote in the poll if you would seriously consider doing something like this. Anyone interested will be contacted by me about this, so don't offer to join if you don't think you can make payment or fit the requirements (just trying to cover my ass here people :D )

Hopefully, we can generate enough interest to get this going and all set!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think the idea is amazing man, I would be up for it, well would of been a month ago but I'm to lazy to make webpages now, but I might get into it because I really like this idea, totally worth it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Toxikk

no "no" option?

no, doens't help me in this case. I'm only looking for a number of people who are SERIOUS about this.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Originally posted by uniacid

well if this doesnt work and u need a host check out www.screamhosting.net :)

looks like someone just set up their own hosting busniess :p

These are not the type of posts I'd like to see in this thread, I'm just looking for people to go in on this. I have hosting (which is ironically down at the moment) to cover me for now, but I'd like to gather some interest in what could be a terrific deal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.