Wholesalecolo has some great looking deals on colocation. But..... "If something seems to good to be true...." Just wondering if anybody has used them or has any experience with them?

Thanks:)

PM me or send me an email and I will provide you with reference accounts and any other information you need.

Many customers of ours bundle our services with either servers or value added services and resell them so many prefer to remain anonymous.

My email is emoore@wholesalecolo.com

I can also put you in touch with the folks at Layerone to verify we are one of their largest customers.

i also was wondering about them. really really good prices, but seems too good to be true. and when i do a traceroute, it goes to rackshack :( whats with that?

their site is hosted at rackshack, that's all.....

i've seen that question / comment - asked / said so many times its getting annoying :(

Everyone keeps asking that Rackshack question, utaadmin - it is getting kind of annoying.:(

We are going to be moving the site on a server in the datacenter. The IP is http://66.51.25.34. Do not pay any attention to the pricing on this site until we actually move our domain name.

We have to move a few databases and some asp code over now.

We will keep the server at Rackshack for off-network DNS services.

emoore:

Moving your site to your own datacenter is a very good idea. When people are looking for colo/hosting they usually do a trace to the host's site to check the network.

HI,

I am new to this board ... in fact, I found it posted within the rackshack forum ... so I am playing a little catch-up.

We are also evaluating wholesalecolo.com for a project ... so far, they have responded quickly and answered most of our questions ... We are still waiting for one answer, but we know it is forthcoming.

If I say something incorrect here ... I'm sure I'll get corrected .. Their main program (lower-grade bandwidth) uses cogent (who bought psi). Cogent's rates are $3000 per 100Mbps line ... which if my math is correct is about $30 per Mbps. They charge about $50 ... which allows them a reasonable profit (considering they provide the routers, etc.). Rack space is also very reasonable.

Their premium bandwidth is also substantially less expensive than most other centers ...

If we can work out the logistics, we will probably locate a rack or two in their center (which is layerone).

Hope my comments help.

Their cost may even be lower. I'm told by someone looking to buy much more that 100mbits from Cogent that they WILL offer discounts on a bigger buy.

Originally posted by hostpath.com
Their cost may even be lower. I'm told by someone looking to buy much more that 100mbits from Cogent that they WILL offer discounts on a bigger buy.

No, not true. Cogent only gives you two levels of purchasing for the purpose of hosting. $3000 for 100mbps and $30k for 1000mbps. Its still $30 per mbps no matter how you look at it.

I believe it's $20k for 1000 MBPS, but I could be wrong...

Originally posted by Jag
No, not true. Cogent only gives you two levels of purchasing for the purpose of hosting. $3000 for 100mbps and $30k for 1000mbps. Its still $30 per mbps no matter how you look at it.

Thanks. I see what Cogent quotes, but the person who told me Cogent would deal is actually looking to buy 2000-3000mbits.

Originally posted by Revelation
I believe it's $20k for 1000 MBPS, but I could be wrong...

Nope, its 30k. ;)

Originally posted by Jag


Nope, its 30k. ;)

And whether or not they'll even give the pipe to you is debatable. They require information about your push/pull requirements now, because they are worried about making their already scarce peering even more overloaded.

Yeah, they are doing the same thing another company in town is doing. We have a local MAN company here and they sell 10 Mbps for $1000.00. When they find out that you are an xSP, they say "you will put to much of a pull on our drains to UUNet and Qwest so your BW is 10X the price". I really dislike that business model :(