What would be the total expenses of running an in-home web server?

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Published on 2012-03-30T04:59:06Z Indexed on 2012/03/30 5:33 UTC
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I have several hosting accounts with companies, and plan to keep them. However, I would like to try my hand at creating my own home web-server, both for fun and for the learning experience. I would like to know the expenses involved, including:

electricity costs (greater than light bulb?)
internet costs (will I have to upgrade my internet? Or is 3-5Mbps upload speed fine for a web server with medium amount of traffic? Would I have to get a separate internet connection?)
other unknown expenses

Consider that I will configure the web server myself, so that is not an expense. Also consider that I already have a computer (year-old Dell laptop, 15R) to use to be dedicated as the web server.

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