Re: [cobalt-users] UK Colocation

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 7/5/00 12:55 AM, Sales - Way to the Web at sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello Stephen,
> 
>> I've have a raq3 with Webfusion for 9 months now - they are
>> always prompt
>> and helpful, I have found them very good, have never had a
>> prob with pings
>> and am about to get another raq with them!
> 
> You're lucky :-)
> 
> It's funny, this morning, so far, the link has actually been good. I've no
> idea if they've done anything since they still haven't bothered getting back
> to us, but we're going to have to see how things go at busier times.

Well, to www.webfusion.co.uk I am getting an average ping of 520 over 55
packets.  From another route/machine I am getting average 381, with 10%
packet loss over 10 packets.

The network spikes about 75ms between xara.net and webfusions router.  Which
means it is more than likely a saturated connection.

It also spikes about 50ms on the last two xara.net routers (which look to
both be in Great Britain), which also says to me that it is over saturated.


I am actually curious as to if there are any decent co-location facilities
in the UK.

If your server/site is to be a global presence, I would consider shipping
the server to a world-class facility in the states.  If you are
predominately catering to the UK market, you would probably be better off
staying put.

-k