I heard datafeedfile was upgrading their T1 to a T3 in their office about this time. But, they are located in Huston, Tx where Ike was at last week.
Anyone know if their servers are alive or if Ike washed them clean?
thinking about Colo at Hurricane Electric but some people have told me that it's inferior bandwidth. I have heard that in the past HE has had problems. But is that still true today?
Using it for web hosting, spam filtering and the critical one is that I'm running a personal Asterisk server for my telephone system. That's where latency might be an issue.
Here's what I asked a sales rep:
Quote:
It would be a slam-dunk to go with HE if the limit was 2.5 AMPS- so I have to ask one more time: is is 2.5 or 2 AMPS that I am limited to? Reason I ask is that in a 4/6 email you said:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks checking it out. I think Dell can only spec it out configured
> >>> fully loaded. 600Watts So it looks like your server will not be fully
> >>> loaded. Like you said, you can get, check it your self or just go with
> >>> our $200 7u special, rack and read the kill-a-watt meter we provide. If
> >>> its around 2.5A, it should be no problem, if its higher, we can
> >>> immediately upgrade you to the full 15A cabinet and 1Mbps for $600.
> >>
But everything else you have said and I have read says 2 AMPS."
And here's the response:
Quote:
> > Keep in mind its not the start up power usage its the operating power
> > which is much less than start up. If you are at 2.5 Amps you will not be
> > asked to upgrade. 3 Amps yes but not 2.5..
> >
> > Let me know if you would like go forward with the services. My quote is
> > good for 30 days even if the marketing dept decided to eliminate the
> > special pricing.
To which I replied:
Quote:
Thanks,
Then I’m ready to sign-up, if we can amend the contract to state the
following (changes in bold):
“7U customers are provided with one metered outlet with a limit of 2 amps.
If customer exceeds 2.5 amps, customer will be allocated a full cabinet,
asked to move their equipment to the cabinet, and the full cabinet rate of
$600/month will be added to the monthly bill for the remainder of the term."
Let me know if that’s acceptable and I’ll amend the copy I have, sign it and fax it back to you.
To which I receive the response:
Quote:
> Hello,
>
> Unfortunately I cannot amend the terms. I can only assure you by email
> that 2.5 Amps should not be an issue. As an example, we had one customer
> with 2.8 Amps and didn't ask him to upgrade until he hit 3.4 Amps.
>
> I would say to consider getting started with the one server now and when
> you add your second one, we can look at the power usage then. We will
> work with you and are reasonably flexible.
>
> I look forward to your reply.
Would YOU sign this contract? I've only heard good things about Hurricane Electric on this board, but I hate having to trust someone who probably works on commission.
I need to host a service that has to have best possible speed anywhere in the world.
I am unable to find anything comparable to Hurricane Electric.
They own 15+ transit nodes in America, 4 in europe, 1 in asia
And they provide dedicated hosting.
I am looking for the alternatives because HE's service is very rudimentary, they just provide servers and you're on your own.
Especially, there's no KVM-over-ip, to reinstall or upgrade you have to pay them $200 every time.
But the connection rates, network uptime are best you ever get.
So there's not possible to get both: level 1 connection and great dedicated hosting service?
There are either backbone providers or service providers.
Is Hurricane Electric the only one who does both?
