Latency and slow upload speed are usually what makes a home server unfit for this kind of duty. Not to mention you'll be violating your TOS most likely. On the

Latency and slow upload speed are usually what makes a home server unfit for this kind of duty. Not to mention you'll be violating your TOS most likely. On the other hand, no need to buy hosting until you have something to put on it, so you might as well go with this setup while you test/develop your service. You can get two months of a 256 slice by mowing someone's lawn... hosting shouldn't be hard to come by once you need it.