internet connection

Hello:

If I was to setup a server in my home, what would be the recommended Internet connection that I would need for it to run smoothly? Any help on this would be great!

this depends on a few things:

1) Intended Server Load
2) Number of visitors
3) Number of Websites
4) What you will do with the server

if you intend to run say a personal site and perhaps a few small applications (such as web based forum) then you could probably get away with 256kbps (low end dsl). I have setup a server of my own on a 1.5mbps, at first i setup a server on 512kbps but that was for a small website with less than 5000 visitors a month, so anything higher than 256kbps you could get away with. Techincally you can run a server off dial-up but this is unreliable and too slow, your better sticking with cable/dsl lines. Also one more thing you had better check with the ISP you intend to use as they might not allow servers to be hosted on there lines.

rochakchauhan.com/blog/2007/09/25/what-make-a-website-slow-and-how-to-fix-it

Another thing this depends on and you had better check with the ISP is the monthly transfer cap.

Bell Sympatico, in ON, CA, have low end dsl, at 512k, with a 2MB, per month, cap. Once you exceed that, they go from just robbing you to sodomizing you.

wow 2mb? that would take about 4 seconds at 512kb to fill up. guess they do really screw ya.