Re: phpwebhosting.com

:) Ok you and John win ;) Probably shoulda kept my yap shut... --Toby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Egan" <egan@sevenkings.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] phpwebhosting.com > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:04:16 -0500, "Toby Butzon" > <php-lists@imawebdesigner.com> wrote: > > >> 125 users at $10 per month, is a maximum revenue of $1,250 per month > >> per server. From that meager revenue, they are able to provide their > >> customers with an OC-12. I would like to meet the genius who is able > >> to pull that financial rabbit out of a hat! > > > >...and one machine is chewing up a whole OC-12? > > > >Who says they don't have multiple machines on the same OC-12? > > I didn't. > > But even if they had 100 servers, have you priced an OC-12 lately? > And if they actually have a server farm large enough to justify an > OC-12, then how many people would be required to maintain a server > farm that large? What about the cost of those salaries? What about > the cost of the co-location space. What about the cost of ... etc, > etc? > > When you add up all the costs, and compare that to the maximum revenue > they could possibly generate with a price of $9.95 per month, I am not > convinced they put much value on truth in advertising. > > Egan > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >