Best internet business to start up?

[undeclared]

If I do website hosting or game server hosting, the server will be:

Server specs:
Dual Xeon 3.6ghz
8GB ram
400gb SATA II HD or 74gb 15,000 rpm scsi

Colo: 10mbit unmetered on decent routing.

Edit: ^- above basicly means I have a really powerful computer that can upload at a max of 1280kb/s at any one time.

For example, a player playing cs 1.6 is downloading about 6kb/s, and the server is uploading at 6kb/s..

Also if hosting files, 1280kb/s would be the max overall bandwidth to give. (Eg 280kb/s to person A, 1000kb/s to person B)

Ideas? Suggestions? Etc?

 

[Vegitto]

Data server combined with hosting.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Good Luck.

 

[akshayt]

affiliate marketting and online investing PERIOD

 

[Yossarian]

some kind of site that would find the lowest airfare and hotel rates. unfortunately you have to go back in time to 1996 to be successful.

 

[Baked]

Porn site featuring barely legal east european chicks. $$$

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Baked
Porn site featuring barely legal east european chicks. $$$

:laugh:

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: Baked
Porn site featuring barely legal east european chicks. $$$

read my mind.

 

[RossMAN]

For web hosting I would read http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

 

[undeclared]

RossMAN: that's pretty funny because I just got a PM from someone about "where did you get your colo from?" and I pointed them directly to webhostingtalk ;0

love that site

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: xtwells
RossMAN: that's pretty funny because I just got a PM from someone about "where did you get your colo from?" and I pointed them directly to webhostingtalk ;0

love that site

Unfortunately WHT is currently down, they're having problems with their load balancer according to an inside source.

 

[undeclared]

no it's not..

I've been browsing it for an hour now

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: xtwells
no it's not..

I've been browsing it for an hour now

Yes it was

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=544198

 

[sunase]

There a so many hosting companies out there that I find it tough to believe it can be very profitable. You'll end up having to cram insane numbers of people on a single server and offer first year promo deals that are near free just to be competitive.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Originally posted by: sunase
There a so many hosting companies out there that I find it tough to believe it can be very profitable. You'll end up having to cram insane numbers of people on a single server and offer first year promo deals that are near free just to be competitive.

Yah, like the Dreamhost $7.77/yr deal

 

[yobarman]

Provide some sort of free service to people while making money from advertisments (adsense, yahoo, commission junction, etc)

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: sunase
There a so many hosting companies out there that I find it tough to believe it can be very profitable. You'll end up having to cram insane numbers of people on a single server and offer first year promo deals that are near free just to be competitive.

Not unless you have a niche market like I do.

I target local small businesses offering basic hosting (50MB/2GB) for $19.95/mo and it works pretty well. Of course there are a few other trade secrets, I can't and won't reveal them all