I have a web app I need to host from my home server which will be accessed by a hundred or more business customers (primarily) during USA business hours. My 3bb residential service appears to be blocking port 443 and the service goes down too much to be reliable. I had 3bb Premier and that rarely ever went down, but the up speed is too slow for the capacity I anticipate. I've read elsewhere on TV they are also blocking port 443 on that service plan, too.

I do not want to host in the Cloud as that would get rather expensive and eat into my margins and I'd much rather have my server at my fingertips rather than have to rely on an internet connection to access it. I am implementing NIC teaming and need a reliable primary and secondary connection to different ISPs. Up speed about 2-10 MB or more.

For those of you currently HOSTING from home or SME:

1. Which ISP are you using?
2. Which service plan? (link appreciated)
3. Installation and monthly cost?
4. Is port 443 open?
5. What [locally purchased] model router are you using?
6. What has been your general experience with the above?

Seems to me that your main constraints are cost and upstream bandwidth. That narrows down the possibilities quite a bit because any commercial solution will be expensive so you are limited to consumer grade packages. ADSL technology effectively limits upstream bandwidth to 1Mbps so that's out too.

In theory that leaves you with the following:

TRUE

DOCSIS (Cable Internet)

http://www.trueinternet.co.th/THA/product_consumer_ultra_hi-speed_Internet.html

FTTH (Fibre Optic)

http://trueonline.truecorp.co.th/product-service/product-broadband/entry/2265?ln=th

TOT

TOT fibre 2U (Fibre Optic)

http://www.tot.co.th/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=349:tot-fiber-2u&Itemid=711〈=th

3BB

3BB FTTx (Fibre Optic)

https://www.3bb.co.th/promotion/promotion_detail.php?id=2256〈=th

Whether any or all of these are available to you depends entirely on your location.

I should note that my experience is limited to greater Bangkok. If you are somewhere else there may be other local solutions. For example I have read about a local provider in the Pattaya area that offers Fibre service.

Another possibility might be CAT but I think that their coverage is even more limited than the above and again I know little about them.

Why not use a hosting service here in Thailand? Most are co-located within network facilities, like the CAT building in Bang Rak, with mega-bit and giga-bit connections.

Note that when anti-government protesters targeted this facility it was taken off-line for a day or so.

If your clients are in the US shouldn't your server be there too?

Renting a VPS in the US is inexpensive and they have great bandwidth. Scaling the cost is easy as your business grows.

Amazon, Google, etc come to mind.

Hosting one's own server is so .... passe.