[olug] Co-Location: Just For Fun

[Joe Catanzaro]

Thanks for the input. I will post my findings when they become available.

Sincerely,


At 8/15/02 03:03 PM Thursday, you wrote:
>Yes, and if you do this, please post what you find... ;)
>
>Jonathan Warren wrote:
>
>>I still think you should consider a small business line from cox at work or 
>>price out dsl to where your at.
>>
>>On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 10:34:49AM -0500, Jeremy Bettis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You're crazy.  The cheapest I've ever seen co-location is in the range
>>>of $250/month for 1U of rack space.  (Note that you probably need room
>>>for a tower not a rack, so that's about 4-5U probably.)
>>>
>>>I'd advise that you go with shared service.  (I have some to offer if
>>>you respond privately).  If you absolutely must have a dedicated
>>>machine, go with rackshack.net.  They are absolutely the cheapest, they
>>>will rent you a dedicated server running Linux for $99/month. (Plus a
>>>big fat setup fee unless you catch one of the $1 sales.)  But that is
>>>not Omaha.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Joe Catanzaro [mailto:joecatanzaro at cox.net]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:48 AM
>>>>To: olug at olug.org
>>>>Subject: Re: [olug] Co-Location: Just For Fun
>>>>
>>>>Is $50 - $80 a month reasonable or am I crazy?
>>>>
>>>>At 8/15/02 09:22 AM Thursday, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What is super cheap?
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 08:52:25PM -0500, Joe Catanzaro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>A few of my friends and I would like to co-locate a Linux box
>>>>>>
>>>>somewhere in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Omaha. It's going to be for a few web pages (probably
>>>>>>
>>>non-commercial),
>>>
>>>
>>>>>some
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>ftp, maybe mail, and other stuff. Can someone recommend a provider
>>>>>>
>>>>here in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Omaha that's super cheap? If not, we're probably going to go with
>>>>>>
>>>some
>>>
>>>
>>>>>type
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>of shared service.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Joe Catanzaro
>>>>>>joecatanzaro at cox.net
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Joe Catanzaro
>>>>>joecatanzaro at cox.net