If you set up a server how would you get paid
by just getting traffic on your server and if so who would pay you? would you have to absorb
the cost of a T1 line and the running of the server! I have notice like this board i was wondering how can anyone afford to run Example
2 to 3K a month(This cost is just an example).

It used to be fairly easy to get advertisers to pay for banner ads and/or other advertising references.  Times have changed drastically.

Unless you have a very niche market site, it is very hard to recoup the $$ investment that you have to make for :  hardware / software / bandwidth.

Depending upon where you are physically located and who you choose as a provider, bandwidth can be quite expensive.

For example:  In NJ, a UU.net T1 (1.54mbps) connection (with local loop) costs an average of $1400-1600/month.  Add a shadow T1 or shadow ISDN for redundency and the cost jumps to aprox $2200/month.   Depending upon the bandwidth requirements of your site, a single T1 might not even be enough to support the traffic.

(add the cost of routers, firewall, servers and other hardware for your infrastructure and you've got a big nut to crack... )


AR15.com stays available to us due to the generosity of the Avila's who, I am quite certain, pay a SHITLOAD OF $$ to keep this site up!  

thanks iam looking for business opertunities.

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