There is a local ISP in Bellows Falls (Sovernet) you might want to get in touch with -- except their rates for colo-servers (last time I checked) were more expensive than someone like RackSpace or ServInt (I have 3 server w/ ServInt and love them!).
Back when I was doing some work with Rene I had a box at LayeredTech (They were hosted with Savvis in Texas, but they are moving to a more budget provider) that was decent ($40-$50/m for a dedicated box w/ lots of bandwidth) -- but service was so/so. Outside of that -- there are a mirriad of small companies who do one-off hosting -- but you pay more, and get less bang for your buck than you would at a commercial host. Its simply economy of scale unfortunately. "Buying local" in my previous searches ment 400% higher base cost typically. Stan On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Mike Raley <mrale...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ya know, I've often thought about running my own hosting business on the > side, virtual hosts, on a monthly fee through some of the local colo and > ISPs. It's the economic inability to compete with the non local providers > which has stopped me. Is this something where a local Co-op model might be > an efficient way to go? Is there enough of a "buy local" segment in the > local IT people to make something like this work? > > Mike > > > > On Mar 22, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Forest Bond wrote: > > > Why limit yourself to local options? > > > > Because it is the Vermont way. :-) Local business to local > > business. Locally owned, locally served, organic Internet. > > Well, you get the idea. > > > > >
