Re:[OT?] [cobalt-users] Am I being Robbed:? - IP's and Gigabytes

["Nico Meijer" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Revd,

> With all this talk of 50Gb per month transfer and multiple
> Ip's for 2c per month <grin>, no wonder the earth's resources are being
used
> up.

50Gb is - IMHO - a fake number. There's maybe a few sites out of maybe a few
hundred that actually consume that amount of data.
While on the subject, if you require 50Gb when not distributing software,
you have a badly designed site. Or porn. ;-)

The important question is: "Do I really need 50Gb per month?" I doubt your
answer will be "yes".

> Spare a thought for us in the UK where my service provider, a major
player,
> gives me a RAQ4i, limits me to 1 IP, and thinks that 5gb per month is good
> all for UKPounds 99 per month (140 Dollars)

That's not a very small amount of money, but the actual question should be
if they provide bad/average/excellent quality. Quality definitely has a
price tag!

I know (ahem), since I do business with UUNET. The price tag is gold plated
;-P, but their service, uptime and what have you not is *so* excellent you
almost wouldn't believe it. Didn't I just read that UUNET won a major UK ISP
price? ;-)

Comparison: I know of one colocation provider that lets you install your own
server for roughly 75 euro a month. It seems like almost every smalltime
hosting provider is doing business with them. They simply have bad
performance during peak hours. With UUNET, I have the same brilliant
performance off peak or on peak! This means I haven't had a single customer
complain.

To cut things short: I'd go for quality over quantity any time! How many
times have you had to pay for extra traffic?

Personally, I haven't seen one provider over in the UK or USA that has
dedicated servers or colocation for under $140. But then, I might not have
searched well enough.

Be careful with whom you do business, would be my advice. And don't go blind
on gigabytes.

Have a great one... Nico