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01-18-2007, 01:13 AM #1Junior Guru
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Colocation and bandwidth
Colocation and the pricing for bandwidth is so confusing. Just when I think I understand it I get even more confused.
Here is what I have learned. 1MBPS is equal to 324GB a month.
How can a company charge $159 for 2500GB of bandwidth and then charge $350 for 1MBPS? This does not make sense.
Is like say teh following
324GB cost $350
2500GB cost $159
Hmm, am I missing something here?
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01-18-2007, 01:50 AM #2WHT Addict
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I seriously doubt anyone charges $350 for 1 Mbps per month, even ten times less than that is expensive.
To give you an example; 2500GB is about 7.7Mbps, so if that is being charged at $159 then you are paying about $20.6 foreach Mbps per month.Last edited by prickett233; 01-18-2007 at 01:54 AM.
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01-18-2007, 02:05 AM #3Junior Guru
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The average price I have found for 1MBPS is about $100 per month.
I did pull those numbers off one web site though. I laughed when I read it.
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01-18-2007, 03:01 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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1Mbps allows for inbound and outbound traffic of that amount typically on a 95th percentile basis. The dedicated server companies are selling the 2500 at an oversell rate betting that more than 90% of that bandwidth useage will be inbound and not outbound.
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01-18-2007, 03:08 AM #5New Member
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Originally Posted by attroll
One provider I talked too recently was willing to sell as low as $35 per MB if I commit to 100 MBPS.
I'm not sure why you are laughing about $100 per MB, that's actually not bad for colo. Consider this: You buy a full cabinet and you can put 42 U of equipment in there and get 1 MBPS @ 100/mo. Some datacenters in my city charge as much as $400 per MB.
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01-18-2007, 03:37 AM #6Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by imdma
I can not see buying a 42U and only getting 1MBPS either, but to each his own.
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01-18-2007, 06:47 AM #7Newbie
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Actually there are companies that use less than 1 Mbit and have a full rack. The power bill is more than the bandwidth bill
In fact we just got a request from one of our reseller for a quote of 1 full cabinet with 1 Mbps of bandwidth
I agree: "but to each his own"
Jimmy
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01-18-2007, 12:08 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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I got 100 mbps for only 48 per month. Is this sound weird to you guys? Is that switch port they are talking about ( 100 mbps )? and they told me I am getting 300 gb of bandwidth per month. So I don't understand the situations right now. Weird.
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01-18-2007, 12:19 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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$48/mb per month for 100mbps is around about what most good providers will charge. You can however negotiate the price lower, I've seen top tier-1 providers hand out bandwidth at $40 or under at 100mbps commits..
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01-18-2007, 12:36 PM #10Workaholic
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Originally Posted by prickett233
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01-18-2007, 02:11 PM #11Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by Yash-JH
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01-18-2007, 04:25 PM #12Registered User
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Originally Posted by imdma
In Chicago you can get Tier 1 providers at the $15.00 to $25.00 level, lots of competition.
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01-18-2007, 04:55 PM #13New Member
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Originally Posted by music
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01-18-2007, 05:51 PM #14Registered User
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http://webhostingtalk.com/search.php?searchid=1927062 (Dennis Nugent) is a start
just look around...I would get a time-out from the Mods as it could be considered self-promotion for mention of names and commit levels.Last edited by music; 01-18-2007 at 05:54 PM.
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01-19-2007, 12:38 PM #15Newbie
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Bandwidth Pricing
Everyone is an expert in pricing apparently. Just keep in mind that every market and situation is evaluated differently by the providers. What ever market you are in, consider prcing from atleast 3 providers. More important than the pricing, research the provider and speak with thier referrenced clients. There are to many horror stories with providers claiming they can provide the universe of services, yet they have down time regularly.
Your TOP PRIORITY should be QUALITY OF SERVICE, pertaining to both the providers network and their customer service!!! You do not and can not experience downtime for critical applications and hardware!!
Have a great weekend!!!
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01-19-2007, 12:44 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by attroll
But I'm talking about top providers in the Miami area.
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01-19-2007, 03:01 PM #17Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by Yash-JH
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01-19-2007, 04:55 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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you get lower rates at higher commits 100mbps+
If you need 1mbps, its best you talk to a reseller rather than the provider directlyinit.me - Build, Share & Embed
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01-20-2007, 03:34 AM #19Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by Yash-JH
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01-20-2007, 09:41 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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I would venture to guess at least half the people posting in this thread have never actually signed a contract with an IP provider for a circuit. $35/expensive/tier 1? Too funny.
To the original poster: 1mbps != 324GB. Anyone who says otherwise - disclaimers or not about 100% theoretical blah blah blah - isn't selling colo, or if they are, they shouldn't be.
As for the price discrepancy between 2500GB on a dedicated vs. 1mbps colo, that just illustrates how insane overselling in this industry is. 2500GB would take somewhere in the neighborhood of 12mbps to service an average customer, assuming a 70/30 outbound/inbound ratio and a much more realistic 200GB transfer per 1mbps@95th. In principal it's really no different than [insert your favorite shared host here] offering 200GB of disk space for $6.95/mo.
A colo customer is typically a more sophisticated customer who knows exactly what he is going to use - it's much less likely to see BW overselling in the colo space. The dedicated business seems to have eroded to much more of a retail-oriented market saturated with all-you-can-eat offers these days, hence the mass-market guys do whatever they can to attract business.
BrandonLast edited by cbtrussell; 01-20-2007 at 09:48 PM.