dektong
03-29-2001, 12:00 PM
After a good experience with interserver.net (so far), I have decided to colo my second server at weinbar.com. Some people may ask: "so, if interserver.net was going fine, why did you go with weinbar?". The reason was because this time, I do not need CPanel/WHM. If I need CPanel/WHM, then I will go again with interserver. But now it's different story! Also, the extra charge for bandwith overage is cheaper at weinbar than at interserver, not to mention that IPs are free at weinbar (yea... get as many as you want). Withouth the need for CPanel/WHM, I have finally decided to go with Weinbar.
Before I decided to go with weinbar, I have been talking with Michael at several ocassions through ICQ. He seems to be a really nice guy. He has been willing to work with me, and though I have to refreshed him with the deal he has given me almost everytime we talk :D, it's still good to know that they are willing to work with my request no matter how small my request was. BTW, Mich is online most of the time at ICQ and he responded my questions quickly (another reason that makes me decide to try them). Hope this is still good with his tech support.
So as before, I build my own server (now: P3 733, 256MB, 16 GB with ASUS CUSI-FX m/b in 1U rackmount). Knowing that last time the onboard NIC did not work, I supplied my own PCI NIC. So I shipped the server on Saturday, 03/24/01 and it arrived at the NOC on Monday 03/26/01. The tech support did try to get the server up by the same day, but it was not the case; the server was up Tuesday afternoon. Not a big deal for me... A bit better than inteserver's 2 days set up time.
It costs me $75 for the setup fee, $50 for the server installation and $25 for the OS installation. Well, though $75 setup seems to be expensive for me (especially since last time it was free with interserver), it's still OK with me. I do hope that they would not nickel and dime me to death... On their page, the tech support charge was $150/hours (incredibly expensive, hope Mich want to clarify it here), but he was willing to lower down the tech charge for me (very thankful about this). Interserver tech has been great so far; they have helped me several times with administering the server. Hopefully the same goes with Weinbar.
The server has been up for two days straight... Hopefuly it would have a great uptime (connectivity/hardware). Connectivity-wise it has been good. Never got a packet loss so far (unlike VDI that has been having this problem with their router lately) and ping response is quite OK from here.
So far, my experience has been a great one... Hopefully it would still be great and even better (time will tell). For Michael, thanks for working out the deal for me! I really appreciate it. Please take care of my server :)
cheers,
:beer:
Before I decided to go with weinbar, I have been talking with Michael at several ocassions through ICQ. He seems to be a really nice guy. He has been willing to work with me, and though I have to refreshed him with the deal he has given me almost everytime we talk :D, it's still good to know that they are willing to work with my request no matter how small my request was. BTW, Mich is online most of the time at ICQ and he responded my questions quickly (another reason that makes me decide to try them). Hope this is still good with his tech support.
So as before, I build my own server (now: P3 733, 256MB, 16 GB with ASUS CUSI-FX m/b in 1U rackmount). Knowing that last time the onboard NIC did not work, I supplied my own PCI NIC. So I shipped the server on Saturday, 03/24/01 and it arrived at the NOC on Monday 03/26/01. The tech support did try to get the server up by the same day, but it was not the case; the server was up Tuesday afternoon. Not a big deal for me... A bit better than inteserver's 2 days set up time.
It costs me $75 for the setup fee, $50 for the server installation and $25 for the OS installation. Well, though $75 setup seems to be expensive for me (especially since last time it was free with interserver), it's still OK with me. I do hope that they would not nickel and dime me to death... On their page, the tech support charge was $150/hours (incredibly expensive, hope Mich want to clarify it here), but he was willing to lower down the tech charge for me (very thankful about this). Interserver tech has been great so far; they have helped me several times with administering the server. Hopefully the same goes with Weinbar.
The server has been up for two days straight... Hopefuly it would have a great uptime (connectivity/hardware). Connectivity-wise it has been good. Never got a packet loss so far (unlike VDI that has been having this problem with their router lately) and ping response is quite OK from here.
So far, my experience has been a great one... Hopefully it would still be great and even better (time will tell). For Michael, thanks for working out the deal for me! I really appreciate it. Please take care of my server :)
cheers,
:beer: