Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Colocation and Data Centers : Host in DC

[jzeil]

Im looking for a colocation near DC and have come up with these three vendors. Any one that has had good or bad experiences with em... I would love to hear.

http://www.thehostcompany.com

http://www.defenderhosting.com

http://services.superb.net/colo/colo-server.php
I have seem a few posts on superb... the others I havent seen much feed back about.

Thanks

[Zeph]

Hi jzeil,

I'd definitely recommend Superb. I've had a server with them for the better part of a year, and it's been quite stable and very good performing. I haven't really heard of any of the others.

[apollo]

I would definetely go with Superb. Reputable and very large hosting company with two data centers and definetely a good choice for quality bandwidth and service.

[neonlexx]

Defender Hosting is awesome, you can find many good reviews about them on this board....try searching.... =)

[WorldNet]

you may want to check with coloco.com also, they are in Laurel right behind a Verizon CO.

[mgphoto]

Are you guys really payng that much for local hosting?

[neonlexx]

Defender Hosting's prices are comparable then a lot of other places and even a LOT cheaper then others, however the quality of service that I get from them is worth just about any price.

[daveduck]

Is Defender part of CAIS Internet Services ?
I know Superb is Canadian, do they have their own facility in the DC area ?
I believe thehostcompany.com is actually part of Minerva Networks in Chantilly.
Hope this helps.

[hjass]

We have two locations in the metro DC area.

DCA1 at 1010 Wisconsin Ave NW in Georgetown, Washington, DC and DCA2 at 8201 Greensboro Dr. in Tyson's Corner (accross from Tyson's Galleria), McLean, VA.

For more info, you can see http://nsssc.superb.net

[neonlexx]

What kinda connectivity is running into the georgetown building?

[hjass]

* 2 x DS-3s to DCA2 (to be changed to OC-3 within the next 3 months), for AboveNet, Allegiance, Level 3 & Cogent transit and IAD1 peering (via dca2)
* 1 x DS-3 to IAD1 (to be changed to OC-3 within the next 3 months) for peering in Ashburn, VA, Chicago, IL and NYC, NY (soon also Palo Alto, CA)
* 1 x DS-3 to Sprint
* 1 x DS-3 to AT&T
* 1 x DS-3 to GlobalCrossing (to be replaced with an OC-3 within the next 2-3 weeks)
* also to be added within the next 3 months: OC-3 to C&W

[tpetersen]

This should be move to Dedicated/Colo Hosting Offers and Requests.