Re: [cobalt-users] more on cobaltracks/visuallink

["LightSpeedServers.Net" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry it took so long to respond.  FYI, cobaltracks.com turned off my server
for retaliation as I have been very vocal regarding these issues!

Ok, you can get an raq3 server starting at $1,080 - and the 256mb memory for
$150.00 more.  Currently, RAQ4s are on ebay for $2,000.  I am even working
to try and have some available to lease - but that will be first come first
serve.  I do not have much income/capital to invest at this time.

The prices I am receiving on Colo leased lines are $25.00 per 1U, and
bandwith is $2.50 per GB and under.  If you use the full 50 GB a month you
may be better off leasing the server.  But most of the $$ are made in the GB
you do not use by the hosting company thats why it is always a 50+ GB
package deal.  Plus you always have resale value of the server!  I believe
even a slower connection which is used by only a few servers is much better
than even a DS-3 overloaded and much more reliable.  And that is all that
really matters.

The colo I am looking at is www.airwire.net - they are in a colo which
intersects with 3 major backbones.  They offer the option to cross connect
and have 24/7 access, and reasonable rates.  From my location I have pinged
the host 3 days straight (an entire weekend) with a average of a 89ms
response rate!  They are a no thrills place, I would do all the connection,
support, restarts, everything, that needs to be done, and will only charge a
per GB price + 1U w/ no minimum.  Airwire.net has the prices listed on their
website, so take a look so you know what I will be paying - chances are I
will start with the 750kbs line - I believe that would work out to $2.50 per
GB on that line.  But I feel $2.00 per GB is fine.  But all the information
is there, so I am hiding nothing.  So if your interested, email me and let
me know what you would be interested in doing.

I am not looking to make any real profit on sharing a line, so if we get
more people we likewise get a lower cost per GB transfered and likewise a
faster line!

Thank you,


----- Original Message -----
From: <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] more on cobaltracks/visuallink


> >
> >  > of us get together we can lease a 10mbs line at a total cost of
$4,000
> >  > ($1.28 a gb) a month divided among us and purchase IPs at the rate of
$100
>
>
> Where can you get a 10mbit line for $4k/month?  Sign me up.  Cheapest
> "real" service provider I was able to find a similar service
> (burstable T3) from was about $15k/month with local loop.  A T-1,
> which is what we went with, is starting to get affordable however at
> just over $1k/month.
>
> >  purchase IPs at the rate of $100
> a
> >  month per block of 256.
>
> I hope you're not paying for IP addresses.
>
>
> Howard Sacks
> webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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