I think including maintenance in the monthly fees makes lots of sense. But can you explain more what you mean by funds for "upgrades?" Do you mean adding capacity now that we hope to be able to sell to new members later? Or is there some current need of existing members that's going unmet? ----- Original Message ---- From: Justin S. Leitgeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2006 3:06:36 PM Subject: [Hcoop-discuss] Colocation Plans and pricing structure
Hi All, I just wanted to let everyone know that all of the information that we have gathered from potential hosting providers is available on the wiki. At this stage I guess that we're ready to evaluate this information and make a decision about the best provider for our needs and financial constraints. Speaking of our financial constraints, I was also wondering how members felt about moving towards a flat-rate pricing structure that included funds for maintenance and upgrades. I know that there was some interest in this in the past, and I have heard some members saying that would be a more maintainable and simpler system than what we are doing currently. I'm also interested in seeing Hcoop, Inc. keep funds set aside for expansion and emergency repairs, etc. as a safety net. So, I would appreciate any feedback, both about the colocation plans that we've been offered, as well as thoughts about how or when we could change the pricing structure of Hcoop to something that could be more maintainable and allow us to scale our systems with an increasing number of members. Thanks! Justin _______________________________________________ Hcoop-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss _______________________________________________ Hcoop-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
