What kind of distribution do you expect to see from your traffic? If it's even (i.e., you're visitors are pretty internationally / time zone diverse), you're l

What kind of distribution do you expect to see from your traffic? If it's even (i.e., you're visitors are pretty internationally / time zone diverse), you're looking at: 60k / page * 10k page views = 600MBytes transferred / day. IF you're 2Mbps connection is megabits, you're looking at a maximum transfer per day (if it's wholly saturated) of 21.6 Gigabytes / day. So without knowing more, I'd say you should be OK. However, if you're traffic is spikey (not evenly distributed; e.g., you're a primarily US-based site, so instead of your traffic over 24 hours, it's over 8) you may need more bw. Honestly, I'd recommend that you just graph your requests / sec on an hour-by-hour basis. Then look at spikes, figure what you think your growth will be, and adjust accordingly. Also, make sure that you're including images, multimedia, or any downloads in these figures (those can take up loads of bw. Most big sites use static servers like nginx / lighttpd to serve those resources from a different domain). Edit: if you're talking about a personal (cable / ISDN) connection, don't do it. You'll have too much downtime, and usually ISPs monitor for servers (its generally against their TOS). They'll shut you down quickly. Get a cheap VPS. Prgrmr.com has them as low as $8 / month (in fact, I might get one of those just as a backup!)