On Saturday, May 31, there was an electrical explosion that took down power to our H1 data center. All servers have had power restored, and Phase 1 is currently running from our temporary backup generator. We are continuing with our business as usual and have several great promotions currently running.

If you are interested in status updates on our data center outage, please visit http://service-update.theplanet.com/.

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Fill Your Cart
Check our Fill Your Cart (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=fill-your-cart#fill-your-cart_anchor) promotion server list to get deals like:

Xeon 3210 - SATA (Quad Core Kentsfield)
250GB SATA Hard Drives
2048MB RAM
2000GB Bandwidth
Regular Price: $259/mo
NOW ONLY $199/mo

Dual Xeon 5335 - SATA (Quad Core Clovertown)
250GB SATA Hard Drives
2048MB RAM
2000GB Bandwidth
Regular Price: $399/mo
NOW ONLY $299/mo

Additional Note: You CAN combine this promotional pricing with one of our other current running promotions.

Check out the link above for the complete list of the promotion's servers.

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Virtual Private Racks: Introductory Offer

The Planet is now offering Virtual Rack Technology -- the most cost effective way to get:

* Unlimited Server-to-Server Transfer
* Pooled Bandwidth
* Advanced Firewall & Load Balancers

For a limited time, we are giving the first month free on Kentsfield servers when you buy into a virtual rack. Get all the advantages of virtual rack and save money while doing it. Contact sales to order today!

For more information, visit our Virtual Rack (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=virtual-racks#virtual-racks_anchor) page.

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Firewall Sale

The Planet has firewall solutions that fit into anyone's budget. And for a limited time, we are dropping the price on our firewall options.

Checkpoint X16
Regular Price: $89/mo
NOW ONLY $69/mo

Cisco ASA in Private Racks and Virtual Racks
10% Off

Checkpoint XU
Regular Price: $189/mo
NOW ONLY $139/mo

Visit our Firewall sale (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=discounted-firewalls#discounted-firewalls_anchor) page for all the details.

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Current Customers: Upgrade Special

In this customer-exclusive promotion, the cost for all bandwidth, RAM, and HD upgrades for our existing users is cut in half!

Visit the 1/2 Price Upgrade Special (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=50-off-component-and-backup#50-off-component-and-backup_anchor) page for this promotion's details and to contact sales.

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Private Racks: No Rack Fees for Your First Month

Ever stop and wonder what it would be like if you could enjoy pooled bandwidth, back-end connectivity and with the option of Gigabit ethernet? Do you think it's just a dream? It's not -- especially now.

For a limited time or while promotional supplies last, The Planet will pay your rack fees for your first month when you order a new private rack or cabinet. That's right ... in your first month as a Private Rack customer, you can save up to $800 (the typical rack fees for a full private rack or cabinet)!

Check out our Private Rack Deal (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=private-rack#private-rack_anchor) for more information and to contact a sales representative to order your own!

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For Customers Affected by H1 Outage

All customers affected by our H1 Data Center outage can speak with our sales representatives to receive 10% off our lowest advertised prices (and promotions) on any new server orders.

In addition to the current specials listed above, we have discounted some of our high-end, newest technology servers up to 25% off list price. Save on servers in Virtual Rack, as well. Get the power and performance you need for a fraction of the cost.

Take a look at a few of our deals:

Single Processor Multi Core

Xeon 3040 - SATA
Regular Price: $149/mo
NOW ONLY $127/mo

Xeon 3210 - SATA
Regular Price: $199/mo
NOW ONLY $169/mo

Xeon 3060 - RAID
Regular Price: $269/mo
NOW ONLY $202/mo


Multi Processor Multi Core

Dual Xeon 5130 - SATA
Regular Price: $259/mo
NOW ONLY $194/mo

Dual Xeon 5335 - SAS
Regular Price: $349/mo
NOW ONLY $262/mo

Dual Xeon 5405 - SATA
Regular Price: $398/mo
NOW ONLY $299/mo


Virtual Rack

Core2Duo - SATA
Regular Price: $159/mo
NOW ONLY $135/mo

Dual Xeon 5335 - SATA
Regular Price: $299/mo
NOW ONLY $224/mo

Dual Xeon 5405- Monster
Regular Price: $1,199/mo
NOW ONLY $899/mo


Check out our 25% Off Special (http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/default.asp?p=new-technology#new-technology_anchor) page for the full list of eligible servers, and use promo code svr1 when you are checking out to take advantage of these great deals.

*Because this special offers deals considerably below our regular price, the 10% H1 Outage Discount cannot be used in conjunction with this special.

These are nice base prices but... please bring triple play back. And one sales rep told me you can only take advantage of one promotion only. The night before, another offered me a quote which combined 2-3 promos. With so many promo it's damn confusing and I am getting different quotes every night - seems to vary by who you speak to.

These are nice base prices but... please bring triple play back. And one sales rep told me you can only take advantage of one promotion only. The night before, another offered me a quote which combined 2-3 promos. With so many promo it's damn confusing and I am getting different quotes every night - seems to vary by who you speak to.

Hi James,

I saw that Rick was able to work with you to get everything straightened out via ticket. The problem we were running into was that the old "Fill Your Cart" promo could be combined with other promos, and when you factor in the H1 new server order discount along with reseller discounts, it's tough to delineate which discounts could be applied together.

I'm glad I could be of a little help!

-Kevin

Thanks for a reply on this,

I appreciate all the help you've given me last week, Rick G was fantastic as well. Put my mind at ease again.

... along with reseller discounts, it's tough to delineate which discounts could be applied together.

Kevin, I just saw this post from you. I've been discussing a server with a very helpful Planet sales rep to upgrade from my old server, which is also at the Planet. I also just finally got around to applying for the Planet's reseller program.

Now I saw this, and it made me wonder: do reseller discounts apply to servers bought by the reseller for the reseller himself? And if so, how would that affect the server I am presently looking at? Would I be wise to hold off buying it until I find out if I am accepted into the reseller program?

Thanks,
Tim