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a lot of good shit in this thread. Too bad I seem to have come in to late :P
However, would someone please explain to me how this is profitable to the host:
$450 for a 10mbps connection.
Even if their cost was only $35/mbps... and they budget for the average consumer to use only 5mbps... that cost is still $175 per deal. So a gross profit of roughly $275 to cover server hardware cost, rackspace/colo costs and tech support. Then there are other costs... such as an office, admin staff and all the fun little things.
Are they a not for profit organisation? I don't understand why any host would whore themselves out like this.
What if their average client for this product was like choker and hit each machine for 7.5mbps or more? They would have much less then $200 gross profit per deal... and they still have to pay all the other shit.
I cant see how they could cover costs until they hit about 100 of these deals... and even at that, where is the net profit for the company?
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