John Ferrell wrote:

> Has it come to the point where it is no longer desirable or practical to=
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> host from your own machine?
> There are ways around the Static IP thing so that should not be the=20
> limiting factor.

The static IP is not the problem. Most consumer internet provider
service agreements prohibit you from running a server. You usually don't
get in trouble for running a server for personal use with low bandwidth,
but anything public is likely to get you in trouble sooner or later.
Plus, most such connections are asymmetric and have a low upload
bandwidth.

Typically a commercial provider plan (allowing you to run a server) is
much more expensive than a consumer plan plus hosting costs with a
professional hosting company. Using a hosting company is probably also
'greener' in most cases.

Gerhard
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