Recommendations for lowend dedicated server/colo shops

[Michael T. Halligan]

= On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 08:15:29PM -0700, richard childers / kg6hac wrote: 
= > What's wrong with a locked rack in a locked closet with a DSL
= > circuit and a UPS?
= 
= Latency is a potential issue. 

Depends on the provider really.. Speakeasy uses internap for their network,
great latency.. I've got a 3.0mb/768k link at my warehouse.. I get about 
310kB/s downloads from good sites, makes rsync incremental backups doable
for a couple of my consulting clients .. Total cost $200, plus they gave
me a month free and a playstation 2.. setup time was about 4 days.. Get
a 4 day turnaround from pacbell on ANYTHING..

= Not if the providers are all using the same LEC.
= 
= But, if a customer wants cheap, they can probably live with the
= occasional loss in availability.

If the customer is considering hosting @ their office in general, than that's
a given.



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