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

Of course, you will notice however that they hide behind blanket liability
clauses.  We are not responsible for anything!  However, I doubt they would
be able to use these clauses to escape their obligations.


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Etheridge" <DavidE@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 3:41 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com


> Another thought. Are Cobalt Racks in Breech of contract here through lack
of
> service (for the customers like me who have have connectivity outages).
> Surely in that case you can cancel your contract (as I intend to)
> immediately as they originaly broke the contract not the customer? Any
ideas
> folks?
>
> Dave Etheridge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LightSpeedServers.Net [mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 December 2000 20:22
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com
>
>
> What server are you using w/ Cobaltracks.com - are you in the process of
> leaving to?
>
> When your making a  couple hundred per month per server, a refund really
> isn't good when you consider you lost twice as much in customers!!
Though,
> I am jeleous, I could not even get that from them!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael T. Ross
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 4:27 PM
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Problems w/ Cobaltracks.com
>
>
> > 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
> >
> > 1 10.33.56.1 *  10 12 9 10
> > 2 24.95.225.134 HE7-Central-GSR-P00.cfl.rr.com  23 6 13 50
> > 3 24.95.225.18 HE6-Central-GSRA-P20.cfl.rr.com  13 8 12 19
> > 4 24.95.225.113 HE5-Central-GSRA-P40.cfl.rr.com  13 7 7 25
> > 5 24.95.226.106 HE5-Central-GSRC-P20.cfl.rr.com  10 10 13 7
> > 6 24.94.158.74 TPA-ERL-GSRC-P40.cfl.rr.com  24 21 12 39
> > 7 208.172.67.129 acr1-serial2-1-0-0.Atlantaald.cw.net  33 39 27 33
> > 8 206.24.226.61 acr1-loopback.Washingtondck.cw.net  50 47 44 60
> > 9 206.24.226.8 bar3-loopback.Washingtondck.cw.net  62 45 67 74
> > 10 208.173.0.122 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  126 146 121
> 110
> > 11 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  149 114 107
> 227
> > 12 208.155.65.163   538 637 558 418
> > 13 208.155.65.167   201 168 171 264
> > 14 208.173.0.118 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  397 453 491
> 246
> > 15 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  344 275 241
> 515
> > 16 208.173.0.114 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  618 994 462
> 397
> > 17 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  382 481 370
> 296
> > 18 208.173.0.118 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  944 910 1045
> 878
> > 19 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  802 821 736
> 850
> > 20 208.173.0.110 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1092 1433
1019
> > 824
> > 21 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  812 899 620
> 918
> > 22 208.173.0.110 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1339 1311
740
> > 1967
> > 23 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  1112 797 936
> > 1604
> > 24 208.173.0.118 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1562 1602
1542
> > 1542
> > 25 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  1130 1285
1288
> > 818
> > 26 208.173.0.118 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1596 1845
1475
> > 1469
> > 27 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  1628 * 1782
> 1475
> > 28 208.173.0.110 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1636 * 1631
> 1642
> > 29 208.173.0.121 bar3-serial4-0-0-9-0.Washingtondck.cw.net  1491 * 1713
> 1269
> > 30 208.173.0.110 visual-link-internet.Washingtondck.cw.net  1660 * 1660
*
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