Re: [cobalt-users] should I buy into RaQ3

[James Bond <jamesbond@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Before you actually purchase a machine, maybe you won't too think about it
if you really need your own dedicated machine.

What are you planning on doing with it.
-web
-email

anything else ??

unless you are familiar with the maintenance of a unix box, you might want
to consider if you really need a dedicated plateform or if a shared one
would do. I'm not trying to discourage you, but we have quite some customers
who wish to have their own box, but then when they actually start using it
and see that there is a little more to it then just putting page onto the
server, they start calling and end up selling their box and moving to a
shared plateform.

Please note that I'm not trying to make any publicity for the company I work
for but it's just a general thought people might want to go through before
making such a choice.



le 21.8.2001 11:49, Rich Aston à rich@xxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

>> I am thinking of getting a Cobalt RaQ3 from http://uk2.net/. Is this a
>> good idea? Are there any drawbacks from buying into this particular
>> service apart from those directly related to running my own server?
> 
> I looked at uk2.net a few weeks ago and the things that put me off were:
> 
> * No support of any kind -- try and find a phone no on their site
> * When you email them you get an autoreply FAQ
> * You have to pay for 3 years in advance
> * No prices to upgrade RAM, bandwidth allocation etc.
> 
> 25ukp a month is very cheap -- you get what you pay for.
> 
> I ended up buying a Raq4i from easily.co.uk for £999+vat, bought 512Mb
> of RAM (£50 from www.crucial.com/uk) and fitted it myself. They'll
> colocate the server for free for the first 12 months. You only pay for
> the bandwidth you use (costs about £15 per 5 gig). Their service and
> support is very good.
> 
> Rich
> ps i'm not affiliated in any way -- just a happy customer!
> 
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