Going through the posts I can see the following people interested:
sajm...@gmail.com k.ma...@aquariustel.com skooby...@gmail.com het...@hotmail.com Please add your e-mail address to the list and then we can agree on terms or choices. Like to see this happening really quick. I think you should add your name even if you are looking for Dedicated hosting rather than co-location because we can even get aggregated co-lo + dedicated servers even if required. -Bruce > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 16:26:21 -0400 > From: skooby...@gmail.com > To: het...@hotmail.com > CC: p...@xelerance.com; er...@bbn.ca; biz@taug.ca > Subject: Re: [biz] Idea about Shared Co-Location > > So is this a go or no go? I'd be interested in placing a box or two out > there if we can make something work. > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Bruce N <het...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the clarification Erik. > > > > > > > > Hello Paul, > > > > > > > > You may not get the best "shared" deal out there but it's much less > > headache than with a true co-op system anyways. Would you actually go out > > and sue the guy with only 1U server just because he bailed out? I guess you > > never filed in courts to know what the costs are to sue people for every > > single little thing out there. A co-op system like this would never have the > > money to come up with the paralegal fees even. So, you are not much more > > secured anyways with such a system; anyhow, by picking one person I meant > > just a rep to grab good prices like Erik said. For a co-op system once you > > calculate the administration cost, insurance cost for bail outs, etc...you > > are already loosing whatever you thought you might have saved in the first > > place. What I purposed was a separate contract btw the individual and co-lo > > provider for every single member so issues like what you mentioned never > > happen and still you get a better rate than going in individually. > > > > > > > > Again, just a thought. > > > > > > > > -Bruce > > > > > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 22:34:23 -0400 > > > From: p...@xelerance.com > > > To: er...@bbn.ca > > > CC: het...@hotmail.com; biz@taug.ca > > > Subject: Re: [biz] Idea about Shared Co-Location > > > > > > On Wed, 6 May 2009, Erik Turk wrote: > > > > > > > I think the co-op is one method of providing the desired service. > > Another way is for us to > > > > say to existing providers - hey, we have 40 people who want this type > > of service - what > > > > > > Then you are just 40 individuals. With your own bandwidth constrains, > > without being > > > able to combine the traffic into a good deal with 95 percentile. If that > > was a good > > > option, we'd all already be hosting our 1U server. > > > > > > > can you do for us, and then each of us makes an individual decision > > whether or not to > > > > enter a business relationship with that provider. My understanding is > > that Bruce was > > > > mentioning the latter as an option. > > > > > > Neither of the 40 people would likely be able to get 24/7 access, since > > you're only a 1U > > > customer. No aggregate bandwidth to allow us to peak etc. etc. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca > > > For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Find info faster and easier with Internet Explorer 8. > > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655583 _________________________________________________________________ Find info faster and easier with Internet Explorer 8. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655583
