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11-06-2003, 08:30 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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The best and Reasonably priced colos+bw
If money is no objection then every one will colo at Equinx and buy bandwidth from UUNet or Internap. But if you want to pay a reasonable price then there must be others who can offer you a value for your money. I have been looking at people who offer 50$/Meg at the 100 Meg commit and found the following vendors to match our need.
1. Peer 1 (BW and Colo)
2. Global Crossing (BW only)
Any one else you think that should be added to this list.
Jay
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11-06-2003, 09:25 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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AboveNet
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$50/Mbit for 100Mbit will get you a nice provider. This is pretty much the going rate for above-average to very good bandwidth. I think XO might be a bit below this price level at 100Mbit, but I'm not positive.
AFAIK, all of the above providers also have colo space available at their facilities for reasonable rates. You're probably looking at $600-$800/month for a rack at any one of these facilities.Erica Douglass, Founder, Simpli Hosting, Inc.
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11-06-2003, 09:30 PM #3Web Hosting Guru
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You cant get Level 3 for 50$/Meg on 100 Meg. I do not know about AboveNet....any one know what the going rate on that.
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11-06-2003, 11:36 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Abovenet is currently at 55/meg for 100meg if you like it with SLA. $500 more for port charge.
Level3 Not thru NEXGEN is still expensive, it would be above 75/meg for 100meg for sure.
It also depends where you want to pick it up.
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11-06-2003, 11:39 PM #5Web Hosting Guru
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My understanding is that NextGen (http://www.nxbs.com) does not sell L3 bw any more.
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11-06-2003, 11:51 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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Correct, seems they had a little $150,000 disagreement...
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11-07-2003, 12:25 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Yep, Nexgen is gone. They're left with Wiltel only.
NexGen was the only chance we have that could allow us to pick up Level3. Now my dream dissapearred...
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11-07-2003, 03:02 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by jay23
You cant get Level 3 for 50$/Meg on 100 Meg. I do not know about AboveNet....any one know what the going rate on that.
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11-07-2003, 03:38 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Simpli-Erica
$50/Mbit for 100Mbit will get you a nice provider. This is pretty much the going rate for above-average to very good bandwidth.
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11-07-2003, 04:45 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by UmBillyCord
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11-07-2003, 04:48 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Another thing to really think about when doing colo is, do you really want to put all your eggs in one basket and go with a single bandwidth provider? Sure, the rate of $50/mbit is attractive, but what about redundancy...
They can give me all the SLA's in the world, but unless they are giving me cross connects from two seperate network segments, connected to diverse routers, it's an accident waiting to happen.
Just my $.02
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11-07-2003, 04:49 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Aussie Bob
Or they have those mini trampolines.
Its all about team work... Dwarfs/Elvs.. They can reach the bottom servers perfectly and they can stand on each other's shoulders to reach the higher ones
Note: This was not ment to offend short statured people. Ment purely for entertainment value
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11-07-2003, 04:51 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by The Prohacker
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11-07-2003, 04:54 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Aussie Bob
*nearly looses mouthful of coffee*
And I bet tomorrow I'll wake up with either a flood of hate mail or a summons to court from the National Assossciation of Little People
I like Level3.. You might be able to find $50/mbit-100mbit through a provider with a gig or more with them.. I can't think of any off the top of my head with that much but I'll try to think of some tonight.. Err this morning
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11-07-2003, 05:02 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by UmBillyCord
I think you mean 42U. I would hate to see a 52U datacenter with racks. Only the Harleem Globetrotters could reboot the top servers.
Nothing like using everything you're paying for by putting this HUGE 2U server on a shelf at the top of your rack.
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11-07-2003, 05:15 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by insiderhosting
They can give me all the SLA's in the world, but unless they are giving me cross connects from two seperate network segments, connected to diverse routers, it's an accident waiting to happen.
I know AboveNet is not the only provider to guarantee this level of uptime, either. In my opinion, it does come down to the SLA. The datacenters (note the word datacenters) that guarantee 100% uptime... they pretty much have 100% uptime. They'd lose their face if their network were down several times every month like some of the cheaper providers are.
Take a look at Netcraft. They do hosting company uptime statistics every month and post the companies that have 100% uptime. There are several datacenters in this country that make that list consistently. The best indicator to me is not how many network connections you have, but 1) What is your SLA? and 2) Do you stick to it? Colocating in a provider facility, to me, doesn't have as much to do with it as a proven track record does.
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11-07-2003, 06:51 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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If you're in the carrier's DC, then you don't have to worry much about redundancy. They'll stay up pretty much to 100%. Put it simply, even if you have 2 or more providers, your router's failure rate is going to be higher than the carrier's setup. What good is it if you got 2 provider but they depended on one router.
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11-07-2003, 01:43 PM #18Disabled
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Don't forget about the best darn DC in Cali... uh, besides Equinix.
Sfcolocation.com, how do I say?... awesome? I think so.
If you are judging facilities this place is in the top 5, hands down.
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11-07-2003, 11:37 PM #19Junior Guru Wannabe
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Re: The best and Reasonably priced colos+bw
Originally posted by jay23
I have been looking at people who offer 50$/Meg at the 100 Meg commit and found the following vendors to match our need.
1. Peer 1 (BW and Colo)
2. Global Crossing (BW only)
Any one else you think that should be added to this list.
They own and operate their own facilities, and operate out of carrier hotels as well.ServForce - www.servforce.com
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11-08-2003, 03:14 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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papa smurff,
do you know who got fiber going into 365? seems that only XO have fibers going into it. I tried 360network and onfiber, both say they don't actually know and have to look it up.
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11-08-2003, 03:22 AM #21Disabled
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Originally posted by Mfjp
papa smurff,
do you know who got fiber going into 365? seems that only XO have fibers going into it. I tried 360network and onfiber, both say they don't actually know and have to look it up.
1. XO
2. SBC
3. MFN/Abovenet
4. MCI/UUnet
5. IPnetworks (a metro fiber provider kinda like Yipes or Onfiber)
Nobody else is "on net" in the facility. So if you want another provider you need to get the loop from one of the 5 above.
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11-08-2003, 03:31 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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I'm looking at the facility also now,
Hmm, of the five
1) Do you think you can help me find out if XO only got a Sonet POP?
2) too expensive to do anything with
3) Doesn't offer metro transport or anything last I check (They may even be on XO fiber, but i'm totally unsure)
4) too expensive to do anything with
5) Do you think you can pass me a contact from them if you know one?
Thank you.
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11-08-2003, 03:40 AM #23Disabled
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Originally posted by Mfjp
I'm looking at the facility also now,
Hmm, of the five
1) Do you think you can help me find out if XO only got a Sonet POP?
2) too expensive to do anything with
3) Doesn't offer metro transport or anything last I check (They may even be on XO fiber, but i'm totally unsure)
4) too expensive to do anything with
5) Do you think you can pass me a contact from them if you know one?
Thank you.
2. Agree
3. True
4. I dunno
5. This is the only link I can find that refrences them http://www.pge.com/tariffs/advice/ad...ers/2285-E.pdf
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11-08-2003, 03:58 AM #24Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: The best and Reasonably priced colos+bw
Originally posted by ServeForce
*********** should undoubtedly be on that list.
They own and operate their own facilities, and operate out of carrier hotels as well.
I heard they built a new datacenter on Federal Street and that the new datacenter is nicer. 1019 Mission is just a joke.
You can pull their bandwidth into Exchange or others and be fine, though.
-Erica
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11-08-2003, 12:29 PM #25Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally posted by Simpli-Erica
Nope, I mean 52U. As in 9' tall. And yes, you're right... we have a 2U colo server up there at the very top and we had to have a very tall (and helpful!) datacenter employee get it up there from a ladder.
Nothing like using everything you're paying for by putting this HUGE 2U server on a shelf at the top of your rack.
-Erica