2009/12/10 Luke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke@blog-thing.com">luke@blog-thing.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Me and a friend have come up with what could be an interesting idea. Basically a hosting service, but users get to customise their own package instead of buying preset plans.<br>
<br>It's comparable to a system like one found on the Dell website where you can get a computer and then customise it, choosing to add more RAM or get a bigger hard drive, except with hosting.<br>
<br>A basic account would come with a user account, a certain amount of disk space, a RAM quota (and some burstable) on a server, which provides ssh and ftp access. This would come at a flat rate per-month. The user could then configure this to add things like web hosting, extra RAM, access to vnc and other software/features to this account for an extra amount added onto the monthly rate.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Is this different to what most VPS hosting providers (and some shared hosting providers) offer? I think you might find you face quite stiff competition from Slicehost, Webfaction and about a million other companies. Let me know if I've got the wrong end of the stick, though!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sam</div>