I need some suggestions on somewhere to co-locate a server. I am looking for something from $100 - $200 a month with about 50 GB of transfer. Thanks

Tera-byte and VDI are good options. Tera-byte has cheap bandwidth costs. By cheap I mean really cheap. Take a look at them.

Yeah, so far tera-byte looks the best, but VDI is a bit pricey and they block ports for eggdrops, so we cant use them.

Originally posted by jw
they block ports for eggdrops

So isnt that good? why is it bad?

Yes it`s true, we Block ports to stop eggdrops and prevent people from IRCing from the servers.

WE like to keep an uptime, and not spend nights fighting DOS attacks or flooding.

Most people like to put eggdrops in Efnet channels, then people flood the eggdrops, then :)

what's an egg-drop?

an eggdrop is an irc bot

so which ports are blocked then to do this ?

Try to take a look at http://www.ECUI.com. If you think tera-byte's bandwith is cheap, then you will be surprised at what ECUI will offer you. But whose service is better? I don't know.... I am going to colocate my own server at ECUI.com, probably in late December/early January.

cheers,
:beer:

Originally posted by dektong
Try to take a look at http://www.ECUI.com. If you think tera-byte's bandwith is cheap, then you will be surprised at what ECUI will offer you. But whose service is better? I don't know.... I am going to colocate my own server at ECUI.com, probably in late December/early January.

cheers,
:beer:



Hmm.. I would stay away from them. They state unlimited, date transfer on there virtual accounts. And NO, and I mean NO one can provide unlimited transfer for that monthly fee.

I guess common sense tell us that for a given month, there will be no *unlimited traffic* since the traffic per second, per hour, per day, per month is off course limited (the number of seconds per month is limited).

The fact that most people only use 350 Mb/month traffic means I can actually offer much more traffic than what I am charging.

Also, if you see their dedicated server/colocation prices, they *do not* offer unlimited traffic. So as far as my colocation is concerned, I shouldn't be bothered with this, right?

Besides, no one seems to argue too much if an ISP is offering an unlimited internet access, hence unlimited traffic going through the ISP. ISP also pays for the traffic! So how can they sustain "unlimited" traffic? The fact is most internet user only use the internet at most 2 hours/day. So when somebody (the outlier) uses an internet 24/7/365 (for example, broadband internet), the ISP of course can still make money from this.

So, why should this bother people too much if a web host offer "unlimited" traffic while no body is bothered when an ISP offers "unlimited" internet usage?

please enlighten me, and cheers,
:beer:

Just a suggestion, I would prob. not debate unlimted traffic with these guys, you could go on forever and no one would agree with you. Most people here REALLY hate hosts who advertise unlimited traffic.. I know how this thread can turn into a bickering match over this subject as its happen many times before. Just a suggestion....

Originally posted by dektong
Besides, no one seems to argue too much if an ISP is offering an unlimited internet access, ..

So, why should this bother people too much if a web host offer "unlimited" traffic while no body is bothered when an ISP offers "unlimited" internet usage?

please enlighten me, and cheers,


Because unlimited bandwidth from a web host is a flat out lie and unlimited access isn't.

Bandwidth, for some sites, could increase to levels far beyond average and may have no upper limits. In a sense, the lie gets bigger and bigger.

Access, however, is a very different issue. It has definite limits, 168 hours a week. Many ISPs will define "unlimited" to mean half the hours in a week (or month). Since we all have to eat, sleep, work, and do other things, it works out to as many hours as we have need for, even for the most devoted web surfer.

That's why.

OK duster, makes sense. Thanks...

cheers,
:beer:

Also, when you are talking about one user connecting to a server getting unlimited traffic (as is the case with you connecting to your ISP), it is different than many users (could be hundred's of thousands) accessing that server of yours and pushing your traffic through the roof. Epples and Benenes.