Can someone tell me how to start a web hosting service from home?

Question by CrazyFace: Can someone tell me how to start a web hosting service from home?
Hi everyone.

I'm currently running the site http://raginghippie.com

we offer web hosting along with some other services.

Can someone tell me how to start a web hosting service from home? A full-fledged tutorial would be nice.

I've done my homework and searched for tutorials and guides on this subject, but all I can find is how to host a website at home, not a web hosting company.

Any answers to this would be highly appreciated.


Best answer:

Answer by Excessive MHz
Even running one site on a typical home internet connection is terrible.

Don't host any large files, as you likely only have around 512kbit of upload bandwidth available to you. This will equate to a download speed of 64 KB/sec total for all users.

You should look into either a VPS or colocation for hosting multiple sites.
Apache2 with virtual hosts would be the best for this.

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