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Pragma · 05-09-2004, 01:43 PM

The key is long-term sustainability.

If you buy 10 servers, each costing $3,000 (total cost of $30,000) and plan to use them for 24 months, you would make $14,400. That's not enough to pay for the servers, so if you keep them for 36 months, you make $21,600. You'd have to keep them for over 4 years to turn a profit.

However, if you lease the servers from companies (i.e.: HP) and possibly arrange a promotional deal where you post numerous advertisements for their company, you should be able to arrange even lower lease prices. This will allow you to turn a profit much faster.

05-09-2004, 01:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	The key is long-term sustainability. If you buy 10 servers, each costing $3,000 (total cost of $30,000) and plan to use them for 24 months, you would make $14,400. That's not enough to pay for the servers, so if you keep them for 36 months, you make $21,600. You'd have to keep them for over 4 years to turn a profit. However, if you lease the servers from companies (i.e.: HP) and possibly arrange a promotional deal where you post numerous advertisements for their company, you should be able to arrange even lower lease prices. This will allow you to turn a profit much faster. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!