I just signed up a account with fastservers - i rang them on sales - great bunch of people, they know what they are talking about. I will document my experience here.

looking forward for your review :)

Let me know too :)

woohoo i been looking at all the posts about them now actually somone using them i'm waiting for your expierience

Me too...Post a review of how it all went...set-up and everything else please.

Thanks!

Originally posted by edude
I just signed up a account with fastservers - i rang them on sales - great bunch of people, they know what they are talking about. I will document my experience here.
Yes, please keep us updated on all the gorey details. They have some nice load balancing options there that I'd like to try out etc..

Thank you and this will help a lot of us looking for such offer.

I wish you good luck with fastservers as they do provide some nice offers.

Thanks.

Kindest regards,
Choon

If there are any questions at all regarding Fastservers.Net, please don't hesitate to ask. Myself and the other various minions will be floating around the boards attempting to answer anything we possibly can.

The new site is quite beta, to be sure.... ;)
Lots of work to be done to groom that and actually make it somewhat navigable- heh.

Again, please don't hesitate to ask if there are any questions regarding service. Hopefully we can churn up some decent feedback from individuals as time progresses.

Thank you for your interest!

Still on standby to see what the outcome is :)

What kind of setup time do you have for new servers? The site looks very good, but I like a lot of details -- like prices for upgrades, etc, that I'm currently unable to locate.

I'm a bit curious as well, since it seems you are based in Iowa and the datacenter is in California (although that matters less and less these days), if I call for support I assume it will be in Iowa -- do you have staff I'd be able to speak to who would have physical access to my server?

Thanks!

BTW, I just went through the order process and saw that I could change different options and do different upgrades (I did not actually place an order)

I found on the last page though, that the terms and conditions link shows up 404 not found...

(also, I will make sure somebody is in touch regarding the site inconsistencies- appreciate the feedback)

We have staff on the ground in Fremont/SanJose/ the bay area, at all times. Certainly, if you require a staff member on the phone with physical access that can definitely be coordinated.

Home base is in Northeast Iowa, that's exactly right.
We have a fairly cohesive system in place for tying things in instantly with the people on the coast- though I definitely understand your concern.

Any updated on fastserver.net ?

I am going to sign up with them soon. Please let me know ~

BTW
If you'd like we could internally send you some referrals of recently at least halfway pleased customers. We're not going to hold a sword to anyone's head and make them post anything up....

if you have any specific questions, or would like a referall of a pleased fastservers.net customer (gosh, I hope we can find a couple :D ) , please get in touch with sales@fastservers.net , and they'll be happy to assist!

Hi isildur,

Your windows package is nice. Can I do streaming video?

You can do anything you'd like on your own dedicated server.
;) The only things you can't do on your own dedicated environment would be offer services that are illegal.

Otherwise the configuration & choice of software & purpose of the box is entirely in your hands.

Guys,

I am going to try out Fastserver.net even though the setup cost is quite high. But somehow I just believe they will do a good job,
I don't know, my fingers' are crossing.

I am going to put in an order to nite and I will let you guys know once I got everything setup!

Originally posted by k6cheung
Guys,

I am going to try out Fastserver.net even though the setup cost is quite high. But somehow I just believe they will do a good job,
I don't know, my fingers' are crossing.

I am going to put in an order to nite and I will let you guys know once I got everything setup!

heh seems they are getting a good following early :) i hope they do great and provide a good service and they will surely get alot of customers from here :)

p.s. dont forget to post your opinion on them those who are geting servers.

Yeah, can't wait to hear about their services, because he.net has an awesome datacenter.


Does fastservers.net offer managed or unmanaged servers?

Both.

And colocations- you can send us a box, etc.
But yea, we have people in both unmanaged (the box is entirely in your hands to admin) and managed (our admins are your admins) environments.

Ordered a Win2K box yesterday.
And they said it will be in the DataCenter later today and setup probably within a day.

Everything is smooth so far and their responses are very quick and friendly.

Will keep you guys posted on my situation.

Are there any Fastserver box IPs I can ping?

We usually disable ICMP on our linux/UNIX servers since that makes them 500% more vulnerable to particular attacks. However, you can definitely test "powersurge.net" , it's in the same building, same connectivity, only a few racks down.

:)
Any questions at all let me know.

Can you give me more insight on the following:

Online Billing

Online Ticket System


Is this for me or if I want to resell?


Thanx

May I get 300gigs metered instead of the 1Mbit burstable and may I enable ICMP ping on my server if I purchase one?

I, too, would prefer to have a 1 Mbps cap rather than burstable 95th percentile bandwidth. Perhaps there's a way to throttle down the NIC? (that is, if Fastservers couldn't do it on their end)

Yes you can definitely have ICMP turned on, that is all at the customer's discretion. We do a lot of customized bandwidth metering for various individuals, so arrangements like that are very commonplace and would be an option.

I will attempt to get some more in-depth answers for you from sales as the day progresses.

isildur - is the offer on your homepage Redhat Linux - $98/mo. - setup $198 a managed, or unmanaged, dedicated server?

Thanks
John

isildur - sorry, I just saw your paga about the system administrator. So your dedicated servers are managed.

John

Isildur,

I am interested in a possible win2k server , how can I contact you via phone or messenger?

www.fastservers.net has all the details (i hope!)
we have 24/7 staff and sales@fastservers.net is always available via email to take requests.

the main sales force will be present tomorrow (monday), but if you have some questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to give us a call anytime.

peace

Originally posted by isildur
However, you can definitely test "powersurge.net"



:nuts: 12ms ping! I know where I'm getting my next server from!

Greetings:

Just wanted to let you know that www.fastservers.net has went through some revisions. The online quote system in ready for action, with new and better pricing. CPANEL prices have dropped from $48 per month to $38 per month and you now have an option to get "Actual Bandwidth" or "95th Percentile". IP Addresses have also lowered from $1 per IP to 4 for a dollar.

FastServers.Net had quite a week, and I personally thank all of you who placed orders with us. The technical staff and sales engineer will be standing by this week to answer questions, fulfill orders, and take your feedback.

Newbie question: What doe this mean? "1 Mb/sec Burstable Bandwidth (95th Percentile) or 200GB Actual Transfer"

-thanks

The online quote system in ready for action, with new and better pricing.

.. Dang, your Windows boxes just got bumped to $138/mo instead of $98/mo.

Old: http://www.fastservers.net/dedicated/standard.shtml

New: http://www.fastservers.net/dedicated/w2k.shtml

Dang, your Windows boxes just got bumped to $138/mo instead of $98/mo.

Wow!, but isn't that still very cheap for a windows box? - I'm just asking - I think that licensing the software for windows is much more costly than for the software at a linux box (?)

John

Fastservers look great, but it would be great with a support forum.

John

Originally posted by JDMundo


.. Dang, your Windows boxes just got bumped to $138/mo instead of $98/mo.

Old: http://www.fastservers.net/dedicated/standard.shtml

New: http://www.fastservers.net/dedicated/w2k.shtml

WOW $40 an increase but still not bad for a Win2k box :D

No, the Windows 2000 Servers were always an $138, Red Hat Linux/FreeBSD where $98.00, the site was orginally a little misleading which was not our intention thus was one of the reasons for the update. If you have any questions please let us know.

and why only 200GB for actual transfer? 1mbit/s would be about 300gb.

Greetings:

1mbit/s sustained traffic could be 300GB per month, when dealing with the 95th percentile but in reality it ranges anywhere from 150GB of 250GB depending on what kind of traffic is being pushed through the pipe. The 300GB data transfer that is referred to would be true if 1 mbit/s was sustained the entire month without peaks or bursts occurring.

95th percentile measures your average transfer, chops of the top 5% and you are billed for the next highest transfer rate that was measured. Comparing "Actual" vs. 95th is technically impossible as they are two completely different types of measurement. 95th is actually measuring line speed and keeping track of it, while Actual is measuring data passed through the switch and keeping a running total.

If you have any more technical questions about Actual vs. 95th percentile, I have spent quite a bit of time comparing the two. They each have pros and cons, so choosing one that meets your needs is important.

Are you saying then that we can't actually push out 300GB at the 1Mbit level as advertised? That if we had a constant server-side throughput we could only send out 150GB worth? Unless you are grossly overselling your bandwidth or have lots of downtime I see no reason why hitting the maximum would be unattainable.

Mushrew:

This is not actually how the 95th percentile works, it measures your bandwidth or line speed and re-arranges it from highest measurment to lowest, cuts of the top 5% and the next reading is the one you get billed for.

The range of actual GB's transfered per month really varies when using 95th percentile as peaks that can occur sometime skew the end results when converting this to GB's.

If the overall challenge here is the need for servers to have 300GB of Data Transfer per month, ask me to change the site and I bet I can make it happen!

Thanks for your posts and keep them coming!

Ah, the new website calrifies a lot about the pricing. Thanks for the update :)

Originally posted by PowerSurge
If the overall challenge here is the need for servers to have 300GB of Data Transfer per month, ask me to change the site and I bet I can make it happen!


:cool: :cool: :cool:

Now that it has been a few days since some have stated they definitely signed up for a Server, I was wondering if they are ready/willing to post feedback about their experience so far?

I would like to know how many harddisk that a server can install? Is the server capped at 10mb port or 100?

Would I expect that changing this for you "311" would result in you ordering a server from us? Or are you just the type that likes to pose the challenge :D :D

Originally posted by maxbear
I would like to know how many harddisk that a server can install? Is the server capped at 10mb port or 100?

Maximum of 2 Drives on the FSC 1200
Maximum of 4 of all other servers.

They are connected via 100 MB/s connections and this would be the limitation.

That's really pretty good.

I really want to order a server. But I have a 6 months contract with rackspace. With the same config (or FS is even more powerful), the price from FS is around 1/3 compare with rackspace. May be it can't be compared, but the differences is really attractive :stickout

They are my 1st choice a few months later.

I contacted them and talked to Aaron and he was very helpful, answered all of my questions and provided me with a good price. He was willing to help and was availble and answered me fast.

I ordered a server and it was ready in about 48 hours. They asked all the right questions before having the system up. Had mail problems never got the activation letter and never know about my mail problem so i complained for not receving anything. Got a responce in less than 1 hour with an apologe and another email followed a few minutes later by a phone call from the tech responsibal for the server make sure everything was alright and that I got the email.

Been up for just over 2 days now and everything has been good..

For know I would rate them A+++

Hope this helps anybody interested.

Network : A+++
Service : A+++
Support : A+++

I don' t know what will make people NOT sign up with them.

I hope PowerSurge have enough staff to continue it's growth.

KC.

Originally posted by k6cheung
Network : A+++
Service : A+++
Support : A+++

I don' t know what will make people NOT sign up with them.

I hope PowerSurge have enough staff to continue it's growth.

KC.

Appreciate the comments, and definitely understand the concern. I think we've got a fairly talented and well rounded group of admins here- and we definitely love our foothold on the westcoast with our HE datacenter server farm. They've got a great combination of bandwidth there.

We'll keep growing as quickly as we can stay sane.
That's possible, isn't it?


:eek:
:D

I just acquired a dedicated server with Fast Server. I heard about them from this thread, and I decided to give them a try. So far they a fantastic. Fast and accurate service. My server was set up the same day. I am now up and running. The support is fantastic.
I spoke with Aaron yesterday, he is friendly and helpfull.
I will keep you all posted. So far I am enjoying my move to Fast Server.
Keep up the good work Aaron.

Originally posted by isildur
We'll keep growing as quickly as we can stay sane.
That's possible, isn't it? :eek: :D
Nope. :stickout :D

Originally posted by k6cheung
Network : A+++
Service : A+++
Support : A+++

I don' t know what will make people NOT sign up with them.

I hope PowerSurge have enough staff to continue it's growth.

KC.
If the IPs were free [HINT] I'd probably get one now [HINT] :D

They quoted me a good price if you buy a full C class...

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
They quoted me a good price if you buy a full C class...
What's buying a C-Class Mercedes got to do with servers?? ;) :D

anyone willing to do a speed test with their server at fastservers.net?

Also in your humble opinion..whats better the 200gb/month or 1meg/second?

I think the 300gb/month would be the best =).

Did someone say speed test?
3mb download --> http://65.19.139.18/test/http.03m.sav
10mb download --> http://65.19.139.18/test/http.10m.sav
50mb download --> http://65.19.139.18/test/http.50m.sav
139mb download --> http://65.19.139.18/test/http.139m.sav

Mushrew ---> Sign Up Before Friday and you get 350GB Actual of transfer + I will have the site changed to offer 300GB to customers. I will also give any customer that signed up in the last 2 weeks 300GB of Actual per month. The entire WHT is counting on you don't let us down :)

Originally posted by Aussie Bob

If the IPs were free [HINT] I'd probably get one now [HINT] :D

IPS are 25 pennies a piece!

Other things that cost a Quarter:
1.) Video Games (80's style of course)
2.) Gum Balls
3.) Newspaper (small towns only)
4.) 1/100th gallon of gas
5.) 1 cigarette (Jailhouse Style)
6.) 1 minute of Long Distance on Cell Phone
7.) My average hourly wage
8.) FastServers.Net IPS (after your 4 free)

:pimp: :pimp: :pimp: :pimp: :pimp:

2 border1.fe5-11.speakeasy-19.wdc.pnap.net (63.251.83.187) 11.295 ms 10.88 ms 12.104 ms
3 core4.fe0-0-fenet1.wdc.pnap.net (216.52.127.6) 8.606 ms 9.20 ms 9.298 ms
4 s4-1-0.ar1.WDC2.gblx.net (64.214.121.65) 10.322 ms 11.150 ms 9.322 ms
5 pos2-0-155M.cr1.WDC2.gblx.net (206.132.113.125) 9.684 ms 10.994 ms 11.61 ms
6 so1-0-0-622M.br1.DCA2.gblx.net (64.215.195.114) 12.535 ms 12.776 ms 13.719 ms
7 pos0-0.mpr2.iad5.us.mfnx.net (208.184.232.185) 14.290 ms 13.580 ms 12.481 ms
8 so-2-2-0.cr2.iad1.us.mfnx.net (216.200.127.13) 13.16 ms 11.325 ms 11.647 ms
9 pos8-0.mpr1.iad1.us.mfnx.net (208.185.0.145) 12.4 ms 13.42 ms 10.290 ms
10 so-6-1-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.mfnx.net (216.200.127.26) 84.424 ms 90.60 ms 84.723 ms
11 pos6-0.mpr2.pao1.us.mfnx.net (208.185.175.162) 84.522 ms 84.834 ms 85.262 ms
12 209.249.24.136.he.net (209.249.24.136) 85.615 ms 86.40 ms 89.131 ms
13 64.71.131.174 (64.71.131.174) 94.721 ms 86.622 ms 93.160 ms
14 powersurge.net (216.218.202.95) 88.492 ms 88.324 ms 86.957 ms

This is coming off my SDSL line from home.
Download peeks at 71.9K/sec on a 768/768 SDSL line.

30ms ping and 205KB download from a 250KB max line.

300 GB Actual? Hmmm, I might be into that also. Or maybe 350 GB Actual for WHT Memebers??? Eh? .... :D

FastServers, you guys are making a name for yourselves "FAST!" - excuse the pun. Keep up the great work. Continue to make us all happy, and who knows!?

-Matt

Originally posted by mushrew
I think the 300gb/month would be the best =).
As a minimum, I would have to agree. ;)

80-90ms ping time here....anyone else here on the eastcoast getting ping times under 80-90ms, please post.

I want to know if its my connection or the fact im on the otherside of the US. =)

Originally posted by Magnet Eye
[...] Or maybe 350 GB Actual for WHT Memebers??? Eh? .... :D

FastServers, you guys are making a name for yourselves "FAST!" - excuse the pun. Keep up the great work. Continue to make us all happy, and who knows!?

-Matt
yeah, 350 would be great! :D
have to agree to matts statement :)
keep it up ;)

<edit>

You guys kept asking for more bandwith. I think we have to focus on the quality of service for now and make sure our sites are up.
What is the use getting all that bandwith then the servers are always down?
I will say getting 300 is fine, but let's don't forget aboout getting quality service and at least 96% uptime.

I am so far happy with their service.
Hope they keep it up, and not just drop down like other companies did in the past.

I am planning on signing up with the FSC 1200, with cPanel. For $136 ($98 server + $38 cPanel) a month you can't find a better deal than that, and with all of the positive comments I've seen here it just reassures me ;) Also Aaron was nice enough to split the setup fee over 2 months for me. He was very friendly and answered all of my emails promptly, we spoke on Live Chat for a while and he answered all of my questions in a great manner :) I will post a review once I sign up with them within a week.

so is everyone still happy , I am seriously considering fastservers.

Yes, we are a happy bunch at Fast Servers.
I wish I could have found these guys before. Take my words on this, you won't regret it. Plus they have a 30 day moneyback guarantee. You cannot go wrong.

Keep up the good work Fast Servers Team

ME too...
300Gb actual transfer would be goooooood :D

I signed up with them last night... I'll post here if I have any problems (not that I'm expecting any! :))

Owen

I also sign up with them last night. Aaron told me the server will be online by tonight. Can't wait to get this. I signed up after reading good reviews about fastservers.net. I hope there service is as good as you all have mentioned here. There email and phone response have been very good so far.

I am also awaiting a reply from Aaron on the 300-350 GB actual Transfer for WHT members.

-----------------------
Raj Gounder

350GB for ALL! until Friday anyway then it will be 300GB as a new standard, and yes you do get service + bandwidth all from the same company --> odd eh?

Originally posted by ap_surge
350GB for ALL! until Friday anyway then it will be 300GB as a new standard, and yes you do get service + bandwidth all from the same company --> odd eh?

:smokin:

ahh I want one , it's just the setup fee is killing me :bawling:

Thanks ap_surge..


--------------
Raj

Douglas,

We can split the setup fee over the first 2 months if you wish.

Let us know!

Originally posted by ap_surge
Douglas,

We can split the setup fee over the first 2 months if you wish.

Let us know!
Hmmmm, they like to haggle hey? ;) :D

It appears that RAM, Hard Drive upgrades cost $$$ per month.. Is it possible paying a one-time setup fee for them instead of paying per month price?

I would rather pay $100 one-time fee to upgrade to 1GB RAM than pay $25/mo for ever... In say 2 years it means I would of paid $600 for that 512mb RAM stick... ($25/mo x 24 months)

I don't understand why they have to charge monthly. Imagine if you really like the company, and 5 years later the RAM cost you $1500! That's not right! Even worse, after 2 years and $600 for the RAM it will probably become obselete, and you'll have to fork out even more cash! (which makes me wonder...What DO you guys do after say 2 years when your server sucks? You just have to go out and buy a new one/plan all over again?)

I think one-time fees are the best, or they could do something like $25/month for one year and then the charge is dropped. That would benefit both parties.

Whatcha think?

-Matt

I also agree: Upgrades should be a one-time flat fee.

Speaking of which, if one does want to upgrade, what are the current types of RAM and Hard drive being used? I presume upgrading gets one more of the same? Or...

I got my server today from FastServers (less than 24 hours)... so far so good. The CPU appears to be a PIII 1.2 GHz (instead of Celeron) and the 350 GB of transfer. :) The speed appears to be fine (I haven't tested it much, but it seems fast). Support was great--the admin was on the server when I first logged in (I thought it was a hacker at first glance--nope, he was testing for security flaws) and we talked briefly (though I had to go quickly, so I didn't have a chance to ask much)

Every thing looks good! (Well apache isn't installed as far as I can tell which is sorta weird, but everything else looks good so I'll just assume either I'm being stupid or it's an oversight--and acutally I don't mind since I wanted to recompile it anyway.) [Edit: I just ran up2date and it took literally 10 seconds to download and completely install--nice! They said they didn't install it because they believed I wanted to do it myself (fine w/ me) but offered to install that or anything else I needed as part of the initial setup.]

Owen

What is the AIM or MSN to these guys at Fastservers?

In terms of the hardware upgrades, you are leasing the server and the hardware. FastServers.Net remains completely responsible for the hardware thus charging a monthly fee. I do know that other competitors do a one time fee for upgrades on the server, but this is not the route we have choosen.

If more questions about this arise please let us know.

Regards,
FastServers.Net Sales Team
Aaron Phillips

Originally posted by Aussie Bob

Hmmmm, they like to haggle hey? ;) :D I like the fact that they do, it's like a server swap meet.

ap_surge,

I have Pm you an emailed you please let me know asap.

Thanks

Aaron ,

I understand your position on the monthly fee's , can't say I agree if someone is a long term customer but I get your theroy.

I am just wondering though , say a person is your customer for 1 year , they pay monthly for various upgrades every month throught the year. There is always bigger and better products each year and why not offer a discounted price to the customer to upgrade there server hardware every 12 months in order to keep pace with the times.

I think most people who sign up for dedicated servers are in it for the long haul and it seems pointless if my server hardware would be come obsolete that I would have cancel one server just to get a better server. feel free to take this with a grain of salt but I would like to hear some feedback.

just my 2 cents :)

Ok, most of this is an ad thread. Experiences may be posted however pre-sales questions should be emailed directly to the host, and hosts should email potential customers directly.