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[berry05]

for those people that have home servers that are for the web you obviously need a good ISP that offers plenty of bandwidth... well im looking for a good ISP because 250 GB month with comcast wont cut it....anyone know any better ISP's that offer more bandwidth? than 250 GB a month?

[berry05]

i was going to get comcast business plan but i dont know how much bandwidth they offer...

[berry05]

anyone else?

[futts]

There is no cap on their business/commercial plan.

[berry05]

how much is it for colocation....what does colocation even mean? and what are the monthly prices?

[berry05]

There is no cap on their business/commercial plan.
for comcast? really? how do you know just wondering?

[Spunkyasp]

for those people that have home servers that are for the web you obviously need a good ISP that offers plenty of bandwidth... well im looking for a good ISP because 250 GB month with comcast wont cut it....anyone know any better ISP's that offer more bandwidth? than 250 GB a month?
When I had my home server before I sent it to a collocation, I used Optimum Online. Its going to be around $75 dollars a month with a business plan. Check if its available in your area.

[berry05]

question...why did you send it to a collocation...for what reason?

[futts]

for comcast? really? how do you know just wondering?
Because I am a Comcast customer. I asked them a lot of questions about the cap because it was a concern for a household with several people. I was also worried about the future, because the future will call for a lot more bandwidth. I also asked them for instance how am I going to monitor my PS3 usage, etc. They straightforward informed me that commercial/business doesn't have a cap. The frustrating thing is that when I asked for a price quote, they said no because I'm not a "business agent."

[berry05]

wow thats dumb that they didnt give you a price....but whatever...but thxs alot! did you at least order the business plan?

[futts]

No, I haven't purchased it. They wouldn't even give me a quote.

[berry05]

mhm i wodner how much extra dollars it is from residential plan to business

[Spunkyasp]

question...why did you send it to a collocation...for what reason?
I started a web hosting company. I can't run that on a residential line.

[berry05]

so its worth it getting a collocation instead of running it at home with a ISP business plan?

[berry05]

In most cases yes, but check into collocation costs and compare for yourself. For 1 server I would not even bother to factor in your hydro costs but if you plan to grow you may want to just go straight to collocation. The biggest thing is the connection. A data center will be able to offer you a good connection for cheaper.
thxs for the info...ill look in collocation now...do you know any good ones by any chance?