Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : this sounds to good to be true RaQ 3 for 100 a month?

[Chris0]

at cobaltrack.com


RaQ 3 Platform
X86 300MHZ
32MB DRAM
8.4 GB Hard Disk
51GB of Traffic
$0/Setup
$99/Month

and they only charge a $2.75 dollar per gig?

there has to be a catch since its so cheap?

funny thing is that they are located 25 miles from me.


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[Jason_Berresford]

Its hard to say, seems at that price they would be loosing a good amount of money. defiantly not making any. Figure that type of server costs around $2600.00 US, 51 gigs/month transfer is around $100.00 US (bulk bandwidth cost)

So it depends how the company is doing, if its a larger company they would have lots of bandwidth to spare, and they buy in large amounts so they get a discounted price. If its a smaller company then you need to ask a few questions.

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[Chicken]

Chris, it is a nice day out- take a ride down there and checkum out for us, would you?

Jason, that RaQ doesn't cost that much (about $1,300 less than what you thought), but it still is pretty cheap!

Sent a message to them, and it was undeliverable after 4 hours. Still haven't gotten a reply yet (sent yesterday afternoon).

[Chris0]

there in a real small town i wouldn't think they could have much of a fast connection to the net im thinking of getting a cobalt with them cheapest one i've seen is 200 a month.

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[Jason_Berresford]

Chicken,

Really that cheap?
The cheapest we are able to get the same type of server (except with 64 megs of ram) is about 2900.00 CDN .. which is $1951.00 US, and that's at Gold reseller price, Regular suggested retail is about double that.

You are right, I am a bit over, but not 1100.00, If I am over that much, please forward me to where ever you have seen that price


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[marksy]

If you start a post out with "Sounds too good to be true" you just answered it. Of course you may be the one person who got a ferrari for $50 at a government auction! Seriously, any newbie's - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Servers and bandwidth cost money - make them cheap and you compensate by jamming servers too full - it's just the economics of web hosting unfortunately. I'm just rambling, I didn't read their web close enough to shoot them down.



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[Jason_Berresford]

chicken,

You are right .. the price I quoted was a bit high .. didn't have the exact price, However thank you for the link (it is working) as it is a couple hundred dollars cheaper.

The gold reseller I am talking about is the company who provides us with Bandwidth, We have a very close relationship with them and get the servers at the price they get them at. A gold reseller if I am correct sells over 50 servers / month , and there for get them cheaper then you would buying them directly from cobalt. (which is a new development, before you had no choice but to get them through a reseller.)

Will need to find out how fast they ship the servers, as they could also be a reason why they are a bit cheaper. As we get charged nothing for shipping, and its up in one day

Again, thank you for the help.


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[Jason_Berresford]

I would like to make a correction in my references to a GOLD reseller, of the cobalt computers. the Exact name is: TRUE BLUE SAPPHIRE PARTNER.
Which ISP's/Companys can become if they sell over $50,000 /Cobalt products quarterly.


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[MikeA]

Maybe this is a coincidink but go here:
http://www.cobaltrack.com/deds.html

Then go here:
http://dialtoneinternet.com/cobalt/cobaltprices.htm

Am I the only one who smells something fishy? I mean the sites are pretty much identical.


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[Chicken]

I noticed that as well, first thing.

Jason,

Of course now that I want to show you a link, it is GONE. Hmmmph.

Well, ($1,300 less than what you said would be $1,300). Here is another link that is close but not what I was talking about...
http://www.insight.com/cgi-bin/bp/17...=raq&x=49&y=11

The prices you quoted were quite high. I don't know who's "gold reseller" prices those were (cobalt's?), but you can do better.