Let's compare "Professional" vs "Dedicated Server" why don't we.
69.28.242.230:27015 = Professionally hosted server located in New York City. (Provided by www.zplay.net /end plug =) ) 65.125.232.146:27015 = Server hosted through EZZI.net located in New York City. Go play on each and I'm sure you will notice a huge difference in game play quality. That's not saying Dedicated Servers are crap and worthless pieces of junk, that couldn't be farther from the truth. But Dedicated Servers wont give you a high-quality gaming experience that collocation can give you. Mass Market dedicated server providers do everything as cheap as possible. Do you really think they make much money off your $100 a month for that p4 your on? They make next to nothing! - Which is why they won't spend a lot of money on high-quality bandwidth and network components, just enough to get by. Colocation and transport providers on the other hand provide a different service. Connectivity, rackspace, and power. You provide the rest. They make sure their network is superior quality, redundant, and has lots of peering points. It costs more, you need your own equipment, but it provides a much higher quality level of connectivity. It's all in the customers perception. He can go rent a dedicated server and host 4 20 person servers for only $70 a month. They wont be great servers, it's gonna take a lot of work to keep them alive, and the box secured. Or, a customer can go through a professional host (GD, GriffenRun, zPlay.net, etc) and have superior levels of connectivity, that would cost the end user thousands of $$$, and have him on his toes all the time making sure things are running smoothly. (i.e. One of my servers had a problem were fans kept exploading.... I don't think the majority of end users know/want to deal with that in a colo experience) And Nelson, your cartel stories make me laugh! Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frash Since there clear guides and distributions only "new admins" will pay twice as much than a dedicated server to get FTP and some crappy webpanel. (Yes people, you can have a dedicated box for 70 bucks a month with a Pentium 2.4 500GB b/w plesk etc. nowadays) _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
