RE: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com

["John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I send them a trace route to my domain and stated that was not the first
time this month and send them the ping stats from the ip. The gave me a
refund for the month.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of hirsh -e-skwirtz
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 4:50 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com



how did you get them to do a refund???

i too would like one... or a credit for a month

>From: "John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com
>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 16:27:17 -0500
>
>I got a refund for last month because of the down time. YEs its getting
>worse. They told be it was due to Cable & Wireless upgrading their
>Backbone.
>
>John Cordeiro
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
>LightSpeedServers.Net
>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 1:45 PM
>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com
>
>
>Hey, guess what!  I too have had no end of problems with this company.  The
>connection time gets so bad I cannot connect to my server at least 2 to 3
>times a day.  Each time it lasts about 20 minutes.  And then 1 to 2 times a
>month they have everything go to heck for almost a full day.  Look at the
>prior posts, they had the same issue occur last month!!
>
>My server was up and running for a bit this morning then things went to
>hell
>for about a half hour.  Some of you probably will get a laugh out of the
>traceroute.  I have included it at the bottom of this.  Sort of reminds me
>of that old bugs bunny show w/ the cartoon character George who always said
>"Which way do I go, which way do I go".  As you can see from the traceroute
>it has no clue where it was going!
>
>Anyway, what I have been in the process of doing is to purchase my own
>server, and lease the line itself at a real collocation facility.  The no
>thrills type, where you are just renting space and a connection, and where
>I
>myself have 24/7 access!  That way I maintain the highest level possible of
>control at all steps of the way.
>
>Currently, I am looking at a 728kbs dedicated leased line.  Considering I
>only will have 2 servers which do not use that much BW I expect this should
>work out nicely for me as it will provide much more reliable bandwidth
>during peak.  Less bottleneck caused by sticking hundreds of servers on a
>line already at capacity!!  Lets face it, you can have a DS-3 or higher,
>but
>if you overload it with hundreds of servers, its simply is not going to
>work
>very well.  A slower line with only a few servers is much better.
>
>If anyone is interested in sharing the cost of a leased line, please
>contact
>me.  If a few of us get together we can get a 10 mbs connection w/o a
>problem!!  Currently, the cost I am getting is about 1.50 to 2.00 per GB
>transfer, $100 per 256 IPs, and $25.00 per 1U of rack space.  Oh, and I
>tested a server on their network for 3 days straight w/ no downtime!!
>
>And one final thought.  Cobalttracks.com knows the value of uptime on a
>website.  Have you ever noticed that their server never goes down.  Next
>time your connection goes to hell, check out their site.  They made sure to
>route theirs seperately.  That tells me something about their company, it
>should tell you something as well!
>
>Thank you,
>
>Michael T. Ross
>admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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