04-05-2009, 07:39 AM
Plus there are the issues of downtime. When you have a hosting company, they usually bring the server back up in no time if it goes down, but if it's being privately hosted and it goes down while the owner's out (or on vacation) it could be hours or days before it comes up again. :<
On a plus side though, I'm pretty sure an average desktop machine that you'd build for like $6-800 would be able to run a server just fine. I don't know what type of internet you'd have to get though. Something like DSL with a good Upspeed and Downspeed would be nice, but I'm not sure how much bandwidth you need for a UO server. It was originally made to be run by people on a 56K modem.
Lets see, the DSL in my area is 3.0 Mbps... that's like .375 MBps... 384 KBps... I'm guessing about 10KBps per person... that's only like 38 people. Probably closer to 30. :/
I'm rambling.
On a plus side though, I'm pretty sure an average desktop machine that you'd build for like $6-800 would be able to run a server just fine. I don't know what type of internet you'd have to get though. Something like DSL with a good Upspeed and Downspeed would be nice, but I'm not sure how much bandwidth you need for a UO server. It was originally made to be run by people on a 56K modem.
Lets see, the DSL in my area is 3.0 Mbps... that's like .375 MBps... 384 KBps... I'm guessing about 10KBps per person... that's only like 38 people. Probably closer to 30. :/
I'm rambling.