Colorackspace.com
Pre-Grand Opening Special

For Webhostingtalk.com members, we've opened this special up early!

Server Specs:

- 866MHz Pentium 3
- 512MB PC133 SDRAM
- 40GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
- 10/100 Integrated NIC
- 300GB Data Transfer (Cogent bandwidth)
- Redhat 7.2

$149 per month
$149 setup

- Add 300GB Data Transfer for $100 per month
- Add DarkORB Cpanel/WHM for $75 per month
- Add a second 40GB IDE Drive for $129
- Add 512MB PC133 SDRAM (1GB total) for $249

Minimum one month required. Additional data transfer billed using monthly average at $0.50 per GB in 10GB increments. Additional IP addresses available at no charge, following ARIN's regulations (RFC 2050). Price valid for new customers only. Limit one per customer. Price is guaranteed to remain the same for as long as the customer chooses to keep the server. This is a limited time promotion. Legal adult content is permitted. Illegal or offensive content, UCE (spam), and IRCD are not permitted. Onsite technician services available at $150 per hour, with a one hour minimum. Reboots are provided at no charge as long as we do not deem them to be excessive. All pricing information contained in this offer applies only to this offer, and are only available at the time of signup at the advertised rates.

Order now: https://secure.plusweb.net/~colorack/order.htm

Q: I want to order, but have some more questions. How can I contact you?

A: You can get me on ICQ 3000984 if you have questions, I'm usually online between 9AM and 11PM almost continuously... If I don't answer immediately, I'm not in front of the computer at that moment, but I will get back to you. Feel free to e-mail sales@colorackspace.com if you don't have ICQ.

Q: After I order, how long will I have to wait to receive access to my server?

A: We have a number of these on hand, but please expect 5-7 days delay depending upon demand. Ordering upgrades, such as extra hard drives and/or memory, will increase the time it takes to get your server online.

Q: How long will your offer be avaiable?

A: Not sure how long at this point. Get them while they last. Like it says above, this is a limited-time promotion.

Q: Can I get an IP address of something inside of your network to run some tests on?

A: Feel free to traceroute to www.colorackspace.com to test the network.

Q: Do you offer Plesk with this deal?

A: We do not have any agreements with Plesk to distribute it to our customers at this time. This does not prohibit customers from purchasing it and installing it on their own. If Plesk becomes a highly demanded option, we may contact Plesk about establishing a distribution agreement.

Q: Can I swap Cpanel/Webhost Manager for H-Sphere?

A: Not at this time. Just as with Plesk, you should contact them directly to purchase this product.

Q: How long has Colorackspace in business?

A: Colorackspace is a new division of its parent company, Plusweb Communications, LLC. Plusweb has been in business since July 1994.

Q: Can you tell me more about the company and it's future goals?

A: Colorackspace will be providing low-priced bandwidth products. Further information will be available on our webpage shortly.

Q: Do you have any SLA's available?

A: Not at this time. Our SLA is a work in progress.

Q: What is the "Atlanta NOC" referenced in the post?

A: There is no "Atlanta NOC" as you put it. This is a common misconception - "NOC" is not synonymous with "data center." Our NOC is in Anderson, SC. Our data center is located in a carrier-neutral facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

Q: Since this is a special offer, how much are your regular prices for this dedicated server?

A: We don't have regular prices at this time, this is a brand new one-time offer.

Q: Is the RAM expandable? What options are available for upgrading the server, and how much do they cost?

A: Most of the motherboards we get in only have two DIMM slots, and they are utilized by the two sticks of 256MB. To upgrade to 1GB of RAM, we have to use the more expensive low-density RAM that will work with the Intel i815-series of motherboards. SCSI is definately not an option with these servers, but feel free to contact us for a custom configuration. There are no upgrades available other than what is listed above for these machines at this time.

Q: Any possibility of getting one of these with FreeBSD?

A: Not at this time.

Q: How much are daily backups (per month fee)?

A: You can do this by adding a second hard drive into your system. However, beyond our installing the drive in the machine, it's your responsibility.

Q: Can you use these servers to host client sites?

A: Absolutely.

Q: What is Cogent bandwidth? Is it reliable? Why so cheap?

A: Cogent bandwidth is provided to us by Cogent Communications, a new nationwide network. You can find out more information on their network by visiting their web page at http://www.cogentco.com. We've been very impressed with Cogent so far.

Q: I need very good uptime. How is the uptime on these servers?

A: Since we started using Cogent on August 1, we've seen well over 99.9% uptime. Cogent has never been down, but we have had problems with the demarcation between us and Cogent, which should be corrected when we begin connecting directly to Cogent shortly.

Q: I need support, emergency phone support if possible.

A: Yes, emergency telephone support is available. As stated above, support is billed at $175 per hour for issues other than basic reboots.

Q: Are things like mySQL and different Apache modules installed?

A: We do a standard Redhat 7.2 Server installation. Beyond that, it is your responsibility. Webhost Manager/Cpanel takes care of installation of most of the mySQL and Apache stuff if you should choose that option.

Regards,

Well Jeff

Nice offer!!!!


See you thought i would say something else


Good job

Joe

Looks like rackshack has some competition. ;)

hmm sounds like a good deal, just out of curiosity as im sure some will ask, do you offer plesk with this deal? And is that vdi or darkorbs cpanel?

By the way i like the new url

not to be rude but it says "Add DarkORB Cpanel/WHM for $75 per month " So It is DarkORB.

Originally posted by TimPD
not to be rude but it says "Add DarkORB Cpanel/WHM for $75 per month " So It is DarkORB.

I added the "DarkORB" part after he made that post... it was an oversight on my part. I was just trying to follow the forum rules. :)

<edit> Nevermind, Kehe clarified what I was posting about </edit>

Nice offer.

Where will these servers be located?

are the RAM expandable ? how much for upgrade ? (option)?, IDE RPM 5400 / 7200 ?

How about options?
- RAM upgrade
- SCSI
- second hd for backup

Originally posted by Walter
How about options?
- RAM upgrade
- SCSI
- second hd for backup

Originally posted by jkehe
There are no upgrades available for these machines at this time.

It's nice to see RackShack have some competition :)

Great job Jeff! BTW, uptime at the Atlanta facility has been outstanding!

Good deal!

But would you really call it competition of the RackShack deal?
Only thing I can find to be the same is the bandwidth offered is the same amount in GB. (Different type and price though)

Seems like jeffs deal is actually a better deal then rackshacks??

Better than RackShack? I think that is the first time we have ever heard those words :)

I wouldn't say that. If you can make a better deal the RackShack... you won't be in business long.

Has anyone gone for one of these servers yet ?

If so, let us know how it's going for you.

hi jkehe
how long will your offer be avaiable?
Need to transfer accounts to a new server betwen Dic. 20th and 25th.

thanks

WOW... amazing deal.. I wanna signup, however I have some questions.. Can you get on ICQ??


btw cannot reach "colorackspace.com".... it appears to be down.. :(

Unfortunately the webpage doesnt load.

edit: i cant even traceroute.

Originally posted by cbaker17
Seems like jeffs deal is actually a better deal then rackshacks??

I will wait to agree with you ... Pricewise, yea ... it's wonderfull! however, Rackshack also offer BGP4 with 4 other providers besides cogent ...

But, besides that, I agree ... the price is really cheap ...

cheers,
:beer:

Originally posted by teck
Unfortunately the webpage doesnt load.

edit: i cant even traceroute.

It's my fault. Jeff asked me to move his virtual hosting clients to the server where Plusweb, Colorackspace, Serverhost, etc.. are hosted, and I screwed it up. The server is online (IPs work), but domains aren't resolving (thus, all email isn't working). We're still working on. I take full responsibility though, as it wasn't Jeff's fault at all.

Also, this doesn't affect any other servers. They're all online and pumping Cogent bandwidth like there was no tomorrow.

Yeah, I apologize for the problems with our webpage... With the moving around we were doing, it kicked Bind and Apache offline. Luckily, it only affected a handful of virtual hosting clients for a few hours, and our webpages for a little longer than that.

Regards,

<< MOD EDIT >>

Not needed..

<< /MOD EDIT >>

[nevermind]

Originally posted by jkehe
Colorackspace.com
Pre-Grand Opening Special

- Add DarkORB Cpanel/WHM for $75 per month
- Add a second 40GB IDE Drive for $129


There are no upgrades available for these machines at this time.



??
what upgrades are physically possible? ram? cpu etc?

thanks

pre-grand opening?

how long has colorackspace in business?
tell me more about the company and it's future goals
any SLA's available?

Site is backup but something is really screwed:

0.242 ms
3 p4-2-0-0.r02.chcgil01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.4.6) 23.811 ms 23.799 ms 23.773 ms
4 p4-5-0.r00.chcgil01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.3.133) 23.773 ms 23.855 ms 23.759 ms
5 * * *
6 * p14-0.core01.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.109) 344.510 ms 336.924 ms
7 p5-0.core01.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.118) 343.033 ms 340.798 ms 341.916 ms
8 p15-0.core02.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.14) 342.321 ms 342.279 ms *
9 * p14-0.core01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.2) 341.850 ms *
10 p4-0.core01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.17) 343.280 ms 340.838 ms 422.691 ms
11 * p15-0.core02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.22) 341.747 ms 342.014 ms
12 p14-0.core01.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.125) 352.699 ms 345.147 ms 353.586 ms
13 g49.ba01.b000173-0.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.5.242) 356.276 ms 356.283 ms 355.185 ms
14 five-star-communications.demarc.cogentco.com (66.28.20.130) 355.911 ms 350.088 ms 356.231 ms
15 * 209.51.137.250 (209.51.137.250) 348.610 ms 350.037 ms
16 209.51.154.5 (209.51.154.5) 348.796 ms 350.042 ms 348.389 ms
bash$

Originally posted by teck
Site is backup but something is really screwed:

From Dialtone:

traceroute to colorackspace.com (209.51.154.5), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 216.87.208.1 (216.87.208.1) 13.703 ms 136.658 ms 1.407 ms
2 12.119.94.5 (12.119.94.5) 0.942 ms 0.962 ms 0.850 ms
3 gbr4-p100.ormfl.ip.att.net (12.123.218.66) 4.849 ms 4.531 ms 4.536 ms
4 gbr3-p10.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.2.129) 13.498 ms 13.417 ms 13.557 ms
5 gbr1-p100.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.1.170) 13.640 ms 13.555 ms 13.432 ms
6 gr1-p3100.attga.ip.att.net (12.123.20.194) 14.032 ms 13.676 ms 13.815 ms
7 above-att.atl-oc3.above.net (216.200.254.173) 48.586 ms 37.373 ms 44.130 ms
8 iad1-atl1-ds3.iad1.above.net (209.249.203.90) 44.643 ms 62.537 ms 64.835 ms
9 core4-core3-oc48.iad1.above.net (208.185.0.142) 65.136 ms 65.633 ms 53.915 ms
10 dca2-iad1-oc192.dca2.above.net (208.184.233.125) 49.141 ms 39.459 ms 38.780 ms
11 atl2-dca2-oc48.atl2.above.net (208.184.232.50) 48.905 ms 49.856 ms 48.717 ms
12 core1-atl2-oc48.atl4.above.net (208.184.232.18) 50.240 ms 50.047 ms 52.299 ms
13 64.124.51.162.cogentco.com (64.124.51.162) 49.068 ms 49.554 ms 48.994 ms
14 g50.ba01.b000173-0.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.5.246) 50.741 ms 50.419 ms 48.964 ms
15 five-star-communications.demarc.cogentco.com (66.28.20.130) 49.650 ms 49.664 ms 54.019 ms
16 209.51.137.250 (209.51.137.250) 49.738 ms 49.747 ms 49.235 ms
17 209.51.154.5 (209.51.154.5) 49.895 ms 52.936 ms 49.683 ms

I don't see what the problem is?!?!

WOW! Talk about a good deal. What NOC are you in? URL please. :) I just like looking at these things. If your in your own, tell me everything about it, lol. :) I want to show my friend who just got a ded. server what a great deal he missed. LOL

-Kyle

They are in the Atlanta NOC.

I have a server with them (not this particular deal) and it bursts REALLY well.

The usual 9mb file from uu.net...
VO = 487k/s
Plusweb/Serverhost/Colorackspace = 2.47mb/s

Only downtime that was not server related was I think a router went a month or so ago. Can't remember if it just slowed the site down or if it went offline though.

Nice deal

James

Now... how about upgrading my 100gb a month to 300gb for plugging ya? ;)

I guess it was a verio <-> cogent peering. No biggie.

what is the "Atlanta NOC" that is referenced in this thread?

Originally posted by teck
I guess it was a verio <-> cogent peering. No biggie.

If you have a specific network you were coming from that is still having problems, let me know, we'd like to report these problems -- Cogent is VERY good about clearing them up quickly.

Jeff,

It's cleared up now. They must have fixed it last night:

3 p4-2-0-0.r02.chcgil01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.4.6) 23.781 ms 23.845 ms 23.949 ms
4 p4-5-0.r00.chcgil01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.3.133) 23.786 ms 24.382 ms 24.008 ms
5 206.220.243.177 (206.220.243.177) 54.187 ms 53.916 ms 54.109 ms
6 p14-0.core01.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.109) 54.183 ms 54.449 ms 55.885 ms
7 p5-0.core01.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.118) 54.467 ms 53.963 ms 53.863 ms
8 p15-0.core02.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.14) 54.798 ms 53.812 ms 54.055 ms
9 p14-0.core01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.2) 53.911 ms 54.203 ms 54.364 ms
10 p4-0.core01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.17) 54.426 ms 55.214 ms 56.370 ms
11 p15-0.core02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.22) 54.087 ms 54.032 ms 55.192 ms
12 p14-0.core01.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.125) 66.151 ms 65.866 ms 65.979 ms
13 g49.ba01.b000173-0.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.5.242) 66.266 ms 66.034 ms 65.854 ms
14 five-star-communications.demarc.cogentco.com (66.28.20.130) 74.854 ms 66.446 ms 67.875 ms
15 209.51.137.250 (209.51.137.250) 66.202 ms 66.418 ms 66.544 ms
16 209.51.154.5 (209.51.154.5) 66.685 ms 66.732 ms 66.525 ms

Originally posted by teck
It's cleared up now. They must have fixed it last night:

Great. I edited the original post and cleaned things up a bit, hopefully that will make things clearer for everyone asking questions.

Regards,

Any possibility of getting one of these with FreeBSD?

jkehe.. I've been trying to reach you on ICQ with no success :/

btw how much are daily backups (per month fee)?

Also.. can you use these servers to host client sites?

hi
i just sign but i cant understand how will you get contact with you
you donot get my email adress in signup form

You can reach him at

jeffrey.kehe@plusweb.com
or
sales@colorackspace.com

Include your Name, address etc

Signup form has 2 entries for your email address
1. Under ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT DETAILS.
2. Under BILLING CONTACT DETAILS.

--James

How does Cogent rank with NAC.. Same, better?

Originally posted by zagadka
hi
i just sign but i cant understand how will you get contact with you
you donot get my email adress in signup form

Without a valid working e-mail address, your order is not vaild.

jkehe,

FYI. I sent an email to sales@ today asking a few sales questions. Looking forward to hearing back from you guys as I am ready to purchase. ;) Great deal btw.

Yes i also tryd mailing them - zero response yet..... guess they suddenly got bussy :p

I have replied to all e-mails I have received. If you did not get a response, please e-mail jeffrey.kehe@plusweb.com. Thanks!

There is no comparison, NAC far exceeds cogent. If transfer is destined for the cogent network NAC peers with them at MAE-East. Comparing NAC to cogent is like comparing UUNet to cogent.

Originally posted by universal2001
How does Cogent rank with NAC.. Same, better?

You got mail.

You have mail again too. :-)

Well still no reply - if you find my mail then disregard it. I cant relay on someone that doesn't respond.

Lundorff - remember, Jeff is in the US, so your first post was at 4:24am GMT (about 11:24pm NY time). Then 5:05pm GMT (12:05pm NY time).

Give him a chance to wake up - it is Sunday :)

--James

Originally posted by WildWayz
Lundorff - remember, Jeff is in the US, so your first post was at 4:24am GMT (about 11:24pm NY time). Then 5:05pm GMT (12:05pm NY time).

Give him a chance to wake up - it is Sunday :)



12 in the afternoon? he needs an alarm clock then :)

Well sorry - i were in a stupid mood.... my bad.

the question was:
what is required to run a ded. box?
Do i need do add emails, domains, cgi, php etc etc myself or do you guys do it on request?

Rgs Lundorff :cool:

ordered server in saturday

still waiting for a response

Originally posted by Lundorff
Well sorry - i were in a stupid mood.... my bad.

the question was:
what is required to run a ded. box?
Do i need do add emails, domains, cgi, php etc etc myself or do you guys do it on request?

Rgs Lundorff :cool:

'elloooooooo

Well, you would need at the very least Webmin (www.webmin.com), but for an easier approach, pay extra per month for Plesk or Cpanel.

Jeffrey won't add domains/emails etc unless you wanna pay him $170 or whatever he quoted for costs :)

So basically, these servers come with no admin software.
Webmin is free
DarkORB Cpanel/WHM is $75 per month
Plesk is something like $699 one off fee
I have CPanel on my servers.

Jeffrey installs whatever is on the distro - so if it is RedHat 7.2 he will install PHP/Perl/Apache etc that is included with that.
He wouldn't install latest kernals/security patches unless you paid him to do it.

You get a vanilla install - everything else is down to you. I know I keep on mentioning it but Cpanel installs all u need - ie latest PHP/MySQL/Perl/Apache/Bind etc so no need to learn how to compile them.

I really am not slating Jeffrey - just wanna make people aware that the server they will get will require at least some kinda knowledge on how to admin a server.

Once u get the server, Jeffrey deals with getting it on the net, any hardware issues but not the running of it ie if you need more IPs he will give you them, but you install them.

--James

Thanks for your response ;) but i dont think it's the right thing for me then.

I dont wanna spend all my time worrying about the server (if something fails etc etc) and if my mathskills arn't failing me then it's 215$ a month insted of 150$ (still VERY! cheap).

Rgs Lunde

it does seem like a wonderful deal. it's about time to see some competition to rackshack. i hope it keeps up.

lundorff.
a dedicated server is much more involved than standard virtual hosting. if you're looking into a dedicated server, check out the RAQ4's. they're between $89 - $100 per month depending on what company you go with and they have a pretty basic control panel that focuses on ease of use as far as adding domains, email addresses, etc. etc. of course, you'll still have to do some command line stuff, so, basic linux or lots of reading in the WHT RAQ forum would be required.

@skylab:

yes that is what i can understand. I simply haven't got the time for that (sad cous it's the best deal _ever_)

Rgs Lunde

hi

today i talked with jeff in icq and hesaid my credit card has high fraud risk(because of my country (a master card from a Trurkish bank) and they wont accept that card

i say ok i can send you money thru paypal or using wire or can give my second credit card number
he said they only accpet credit cards
and donot give me answer anymore i tried him with another icq number he answers me but when i say my another nick he stop talking with me

i must say donot use them they are rude behave customers like a bull****(sorry for that word)

i paid 100$ to a friend for install the software i want to server(he needs money so i give to him when my servers comes he will install the software i want) he probably cant give money to me

who will pay that money to me

donot work with these guys !!!

Originally posted by zagadka
today i talked with jeff in icq and hesaid my credit card has high fraud risk(because of my country (a master card from a Trurkish bank) and they wont accept that card

Yeah, we tried to send him an e-mail about it, giving him the opportunity to provide us with another credit card, and the e-mail we sent came back as "Permanent Error: Undeliverable" because the e-mail address did not exist. He had verified that this was the correct e-mail address, and even fraudlently sent e-mails from this non-existant address (we contacted the System Administrator of the domain name to confirm that this e-mail account does NOT exist).

i say ok i can send you money thru paypal or using wire or can give my second credit card number
he said they only accpet credit cards
and donot give me answer anymore i tried him with another icq number he answers me but when i say my another nick he stop talking with me

I told this customer that everything about this transaction pointed to a fraudlent order, and that unless we could get another credit card number that we would be unable to complete his order.

i must say donot use them they are rude behave customers like a bull****(sorry for that word)

I hardly think that we behaved inappropriately. Any host here would have tried to contact you to let you know of the problem. When the e-mails bounced back as an invalid e-mail address, we cancelled the order. On ICQ, you were bombarding us with requests for us to try to run the credit card again, etc., so we blocked you from sending us messages.

I certainly hope that everyone can understand the amount of fraud that goes on through the Internet, and that when everything in a transaction points to a fraudulent order, that we will not complete the transaction.

Sincerely,

As much as I have disagreed with jkhehe in the past, I am totally on your side here

Fraud and internet security is a major issue with most internet companies and also being in the hosting world, as soon as my credit card company would say its fraud I would actually email the person and personally no except credit cards from that person anymore.

Jeff at least gave them the opportunity for another one,

Good job

Joe

Have some questions:
I am in need of server and am researching for possible purchase this week or next.

1. What is cogent bandwidth? Is it reliable? Why so cheap?

2. I need very good uptime, I have tried RackShack and their uptime was terrible. How is the uptime on these servers?

3. I need support, emergency phone support if possible.

4. Are things like mysql and differnt apache modules installed?

Yeah, we tried to send him an e-mail about it, giving him the opportunity to provide us with another credit card, and the e-mail we sent came back as "Permanent Error: Undeliverable" because the e-mail address did not exist. He had verified that this was the correct e-mail address, and even fraudlently sent e-mails from this non-existant address (we contacted the System Administrator of the domain name to confirm that this e-mail account does NOT exist).


"hi my mail is oguzg2@softhome.net anyone can try it and see it is working or not exist or not ?
i think the thing he writes we contact with softhome.net and this account doesnot exist is funny(ehhe i am using that mail for 4 years)"


I told this customer that everything about this transaction pointed to a fraudlent order, and that unless we could get another credit card number that we would be unable to complete his order.


"he say my creidt card has high fraud risk i say it can be as most companies recognized my countries card have high fradulant risk it is possible i say i can directly send cash to him or can give another credit card he donot give me any response"

I hardly think that we behaved inappropriately. Any host here would have tried to contact you to let you know of the problem. When the e-mails bounced back as an invalid e-mail address, we cancelled the order. On ICQ, you were bombarding us with requests for us to try to run the credit card again, etc., so we blocked you from sending us messages.

"first of all i must say this is my first real server(used raqs cpanelled ones in past but it comes with nothing) it is normal that i have too much question i apoligise for my questions alot fo times
in past.
secondly both have icq logs i sent alot of messages after i see you donot respond me(i donot know why you donot)
i say i can give my another card you donot respond what must i do ?"

also why a turkish address seems have too much fraud also want to add why donot you put my country to your order list i selected "others" becauese of i cant see my country may be it increases my card to be seem highly fradulent in your eyes

I certainly hope that everyone can understand the amount of fraud that goes on through the Internet, and that when everything in a transaction points to a fraudulent order, that we will not complete the transaction.

Sincerely,

why donot you say what thing point to fradulent? i see everything ok with my credit card it is latest cyber mastercard card that you can set its limit i think all my thing is true


edited to clean qutos thing (AND ADDED THAT SECTION(i lost time more importantly money and most importantly my reputation on other people that i promise about hosting.)

Has anyone received their server yet?

Was everything working and installed correctly? e.g. server software, PHP, mysql, openSSH, etc..etc???

Let me know :)

Thanks

This offer is still available, but I can no longer edit the message. Feel free to check out our new website, featuring low co-location pricing at http://www.colorackspace.com. I will be updating this offer as it progresses on the web page http://www.colorackspace.com/dedicated.htm.

Regards,

This is considered bumping and even though you cannot edit the message, you could have emailed the mods and have them add what you had to say.