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Originally Posted by Paul M
Bandwidth is really quite cheap - and you can spread the load across multiple web servers. You can get a 1 TB VPS to run as a web server for < £100 per year. Storage (for the database) is really just as cheap as well. The cost of a thread like you mention would be little more than pence per year.
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Oh right, I didn't realise that it was this cheap to run a forum.
Maybe the savings will be made from staff wages ie the moderators that are still paid, journalists etc.
I have a friend who hosts a website in his cellar! It's really warm and he has to have a dehumidifier on 24/7.
I'm thinking of hosting a server myself:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...2#post35871262