Re: [cobalt-users] Hosting suggestions ?

[Jeremy Anthony Kinsey <webmaster@xxxxxxx>]

CF Developer said:

>> You can visit us as www.hostdrive.com
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>Your minimum relocate service price is 200 USD/Month ! ?
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>I can lease a Cobalt RaQ4i with 128 Mb Ram as 180 USD/Month !
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>So ? ? ?
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So what?  You have not expressed where you can rent the RaQ4i for 
$180/mo., nor have you mentioned anything else that would make this a 
fair comparison.  It goes well beyond the whole apples to oranges thing, 
as well as the old cliche' "you get what you pay for." 

 If you really expect to be in business you better start looking at the 
whole picture, not just price.  Take a look at levels of service, the 
network, service level guarantees, uptime, latency, you name it.  Can 
this provider sustain a power outage, do they have redundancy, ie., do 
they run BGP, are they directly connected to major carriers, or just the 
local ISP?  How long have they been in business?  Are there hidden costs, 
over and above your service level?  These are questions for all 
providers, not just the one you are referring to.

 Our pricing is a happy balance of cost vs. profit, vs., just what the 
market will bear.  For what we provide, and based on the network we have 
built we have always charged accordingly.  I am sure you will find 
pricing more or less than $200/mo. for 128k, but all in all, this is a 
pretty fair market price based on what we pay, and what we provide.  

I expect this type of nonsense from an average $15/mo. dialup subscriber, 
most people who colo are in the hosting business themselves, and you 
would think that there would be a modicum of common sense when it comes 
back to that notion; you pay for what you get.

I have heard many people rant and complain about the fact that they could 
build a RaQ for pennies compared to Cobalt, and there are tons of 
companies doing it.  However, when you put the RaQ up against one of 
these cheapy devices, the RaQ seems to still have something they lack, 
the GUI.  Sure some others have it, but not quite like Cobalt.  This is 
not to say there never will be, but my point is, you really have to 
create a complete and full comparison of two or more different services 
before you can run you mouth off.

Regards,
Jeremy Anthony Kinsey
VP Network Operations        Colocate Your G4 Cube at cubelocation.com

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