Just mustering up some ideas today and thinking about building a couple of servers and colocating IF there were some colocation facilitys aroung boston.. I am actually out near worcester ma so either boston, providence or hartford would not be more than an hour away for me which is what I am looking for.. anyone know of anyplace good.. we have been leasing for almost 2 years and I think it is time to make the move to my own servers.. thanks

Hey I'm from Boston also. I know of one place in MA called kirenet. I beleive their site is www.kirenet.com . I've never used them but have heard good about them.

Depending on your needs (Rack space, bandwith, etc), there are many good data centers near Boston. In fact, may tier one datacenters (UUNet, Level3, MFN/Above, etc) are around Bostong Metro. We have our own rack at InterNAP in Sommerville, which should be close enough for you too. Level3 also has a datacenter in Hartford, CT (Although I heard it's a small one) but Level3 requires at least $5k minimum of recurring fees, the last time I heard.

Good Luck ...

Woah there's a datacenter in Somerville? I grew up there and still didn't know. How are their prices?

Actually, there are at least two datacenters near Sommerville. Level3 is in Cambridge, probably just about 1-2 miles from sommerville. InterNAP is on 70 InnerBelt Rd, Sommerville. Go check them out (only from outside though :) ). Regarding their price, it's quite good, not as cheap as cogent of course .... but then it's InterNAP/Level3 bandwith, not cogent bandwith either :)

regards,
-dave

Hey, FHDave, there's only on 'm' in Somerville.
:)

Originally posted by NixHosting
Hey I'm from Boston also. I know of one place in MA called kirenet. I beleive their site is www.kirenet.com . I've never used them but have heard good about them.

I would avoid kirenet like the plague. They run off a couple of t1's shared with a load of shell servers, and are known quite well in the shell industry because their services are a total joke (which i think im qualified to say as i had an account with them for over a year a few years back).

Originally posted by porcupine


I would avoid kirenet like the plague. They run off a couple of t1's shared with a load of shell servers, and are known quite well in the shell industry because their services are a total joke (which i think im qualified to say as i had an account with them for over a year a few years back).

yep
i know where you're coming from :)

Originally posted by petertdavis
Hey, FHDave, there's only on 'm' in Somerville.
:)

okie! :) And also ... there is one 'e' in "one" :D

regards,
-dave

Originally posted by FHDave
Actually, there are at least two datacenters near Sommerville. Level3 is in Cambridge, probably just about 1-2 miles from sommerville.

Do you know where the Level3 datacenter is in Cambridge? I know they have some space in the building I work in (1 Main), but I think that's just a sales office.

-joe

Level3 data center in Cambridge: 300 Bent Street

regards,
-dave