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Do I need a special ISP package to do a file hosting site?

Where can I find a hosting site willing to host a file hosting site?

  • Price is not a question, I'm just trying to find a host that is willing to let me create a file hosting site, basically for the beta I'd limit the max users to 15gb per account and 150,000 total users so I'd need to be able to store a lot of information, the service would be free but I'd have an integrated system to make profits. My question is where can I find a host that would allow this? How do the current file hosting sites work?

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    Offshore hosting is your best bet if you have a US IP adress, it will secure your data from legislation however If CISPA passes, your ISP may be forced to block the site. You could also set up a small server and incorporate strict bandwidth policies and ratios, like a private torrent tracker and take it a step further with a VPN, which would probably be the most logical method if your setting up a server stateside.

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Current file hosting sites run their own servers - not a website - with tons of bandwidth, that costs tons of money, system admins (that also cost tons of money) to run the servers and battle hackers 24/7 (you would need 3 guys at around $60,000 -$100,000 a year each) and I would imagine a team of lawyers on retainer for when an account on their servers get busted for child porn, to defend you, and get you out of jail, that kind of thing. You're responsible for the content on your server.

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