Well I'm into game hosting and I'm looking for a new east coast provider. This doesn't mean I'm leaving my current provider but it means that I want to expand my locations. This location has to be well priced, good pings (good bandwidth providers) and ideal for game hosting.

I'm also looking for a Chicago, IL location if you guys can recommend any. I was thinking about buying dual xeons and colocating them with CI Host since they have nice bandwidth but I'd rather find a host that rents out dedicated dual xeons with around 500GB bandwidth at least. I wouldn't need 1000 GB bandwidth.

If you guys can recommend some providers and post their website or PM me their info, that would be great. I know about superb and I won't go near Ezzi.

thanks for all the help!

for east coast gaming I would definatly go with either superb or dv2 (or one of there resellers) both of these companies have great routing and pings all over. dv2 has nice support and as said i get excellant pings with them.

For IL I have been searching for a good priced server for quite some time and have yet to find something in which suites my needs if possible I would suggest looking for a servercentral reseller as they have some nice lines but buying directly without a large bandwidth commitment is rather expensive.

what DV2 resellers are there out there?

For Chicago try www.interquad.net

They have a rack in the ServerCentral Facility using SC's bandwidth, and are much more affordable then SC.

i believe cyburwurx is a reseller of dv2 not positive and i know burtonhosting is as we have a server through them,

matt,

ive heard from their former clients that superb has serious intermittent high latency issues. you may want to check the validity of that before committing to a deployment with them.

as far as chicago goes, i know of a chap with space at equinix and servercentral/btn blended, if i remember correctly. he does gameservers as well. i will check with him to see if he wants to take colo orders.

as far as east coast and especially the great northeast goes, i would recommend a provider that has c&w and/or mfn with a peering presence at nyiix and ash and possibly torix, if you are looking for canadian coverage as well.

paul

Yes I've been looking at peer1 as well. I know you have it in NYC.

NAC?

Hi NationHosts,

In the east, I'd suggest checking out Superb Servers. They have good prices and quite developed peering, which helps a good bit in the ping department. I've had a game server with them for almost a year, and I've been pleased with them. I have noticed a few instances of high latency that rusko mentioned (mainly caused by AboveNet, not them), but they've been few and far between. Generally, they've been very reliable... certainly much better than some other providers I've used. The pings/ploss have been quite good. Try some trace routes at their site... that's what I did =)

Hope this is helpful...

Originally posted by NationHosts
I know about superb and I won't go near Ezzi.

Who are some resellers of DV2?

Originally posted by Nessun
i believe cyburwurx is a reseller of dv2 not positive and i know burtonhosting is as we have a server through them, Cyberwurx is a competitor located across the street. Burton is a reseller. Others are listed on their site at gnax.com

thank you for the correction as i wasnt sure but knew they were very close to same area when i did a traceroute on them

dv2 resellers

tranXact Global Services
Coast Inc.
Burton Hosting
MCHost
Iguana Hosting
Myacen
Dixie Systems
GDN
getNetworks
MaxxxHosting
Optic Web Solutions
i-NetSolutions
RSMHost
CompuNet
SolidRack

Originally posted by thelinuxguy
NAC?

:agree:

NAC has great pings to the US and Europe. We still use and recommend NAC because they never fail to impress us.

There are a number of providers who have the ability to offer what you require - if you are on a budget, it may be worth considering someone like DedicatedNow.

Cascompany.com is also a reseller for DV2/GNAX - I haven't tried them, personally, but have seen their offers in the advertising forum here.

Digitalprinceton.net has space in C&W's Jersey City DC - Contact them to see if you can get bulk pricing on bandwidth if you order a few servers.

-Josh

Atlanta is a little far down don't you think? I think it would be better to get something in the northern part of the country so I can host some Canadian customers as well.

********** offers colo (not sure about dedicated) in C&W's Jersey City facility, I believe through Choopa. Their offer is at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218994 , as their site is still under construction.

-Josh

Yes I can confirm that we do in fact offer dedicated servers.

And yes we do lease space from choopa.

i must admit choopa is very very nice as I have a server there as well great routes everywhere but usually a tad high in price

We are indeed a reseller/colocator of DV2.

Originally posted by NationHosts
I won't go near Ezzi

If you can wait it out for a bit, I think Ezzi might be ok after they get some of the power issues they have been having worked out. I would not order a new server there today, but check back with them around Feb and see how they are doing on their power buildout. Their facility will soon have gig-e links to something like 13 different bandwidth providers, and their network has been good for me when they can keep the lights on.

I definetely dont reccomend ezzi :/ just look at the outage forum.

EZZI hasnt had a blip since we emailed our customers that the issues with the network have been solved 2 weeks ago. We hired NAC.net to help with upgrades and get ready for future growth since we let our core network team go... We have new employees starting next week.

In about 2 months we should have 13 Gig-E connections to 13 different providers, as long as all goes to plan. Right now we private peer with 22 carriers and are connected to 8 providers via Gig-E connections and the private peering will only increase.

More info on the network can be found by clicking here (http://www.ezzi.net/datacenters/home.htm)

You will see a lot of good things come from us very soon.

Hello,

I would recommend NAC. I have a server there, if you wish I could give you a pingable IP address.

Thanks and God Bless!