Re: Connection to Server Refused

2009-03-23 Thread Warner White
Paul-- I googled on you and discovered that you teach at Champlain College. And it sounds like the class is in the morning. You could just come right down here after it--straight down Maple, left on Pine to Lakeside, right on Lakeside till you can't go any farther, left on the street there

Re: Connection to Server Refused

2009-03-23 Thread Josh Sled
Warner White warnercwh...@yahoo.com writes: Maybe I need to buy an old machine at Recycle North--except that my Centro has only a cradle connection. Is there an adapter to change usb to serial? If so I could put that on the cradle connector. There do exist USB serial/RS232 ports, yes. --

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread jonathan d p ferguson
All: Thank you for your excellent suggestions, and thoughts about local hosting companies. The main reason I wanted a local company was to keep the money local as that is part of the Vermont ethic. That being said, it is very clearly an economy of scale problem. Virtualization goes a

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread Rion D'Luz
Hi: I was going to stay off this thread as I know of no local datacenter providers; but after taking a peek at www.slicehost.com I'm curious why it makes top choice? Virtualized hosting has been around for some time. I can understand the appeal of not having to manage all the resources

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
A challenger appears... http://www.dyndns.com/services/springserver/ Dynamic Network Services is based in New Hampshire. Might be as local as you can get. :] ~k On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 15:23 -0400, jonathan d p ferguson wrote: All: Thank you for your excellent suggestions, and thoughts

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread David Storandt
If you are considering hosting your own, there's a handful of quasi-public facilities in the state. Some providers may sell space on a per-U basis for the smaller customers, especially if you are looking for a slim platform. We (TelJet) is not offering any hosted or managed services (we're

Well said!

2009-03-23 Thread Paul Flint
Dear David, On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, David Storandt wrote: We (TelJet) is not offering any hosted or managed services (we're construction and IP guys), but looking for shops who want to host services in Vermont and do business using our 100% VT owned and operated network and facilities.

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread Jim Carroll
http://www.dyndns.com/services/springserver/ Dynamic Network Services is based in New Hampshire.  Might be as local as you can get. :] This was a few years ago, but Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom was doing a bit of hosting out of the attic of their Hinesburg Offices. When I toured

Re: Well said!

2009-03-23 Thread David Storandt
Our research is realizing the need for a well-built colocation facility in Vermont. Most of the local firms looking for hardware hosting are being sent to Boston, NYC, or beyond. The economies of infrastructure scale reside in larger metro areas and the cash to pay for them. Many of the local

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread sth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2009/03/22 3:59 PM, Mike Raley wrote: Is this something where a local Co-op model might be an efficient way to go? Find some friends to go Dutch on a used box (with some new HDs) and colocation fees at a local shop, then carve it up with