2009/10/1 Jamie Powell <[email protected]> > Ashley, I've been using ATU's $13.20/month mini > VPS<http://www.atu.net.au/?section=pricing>for a little testbed project and > so far it's going very well (OK their web > ordering system is a little clunky but you can certainly start and stop the > VPS from it, and service talking to them is great). This VPS is decidedly a > 'mini' size allocation, but if you want something much bigger they're got > the capacity on hand and I reckon they would do you a sensible deal (It's > not my place to say more than that). They've been around in one form or > another for at least 8 years. Their servers are in equinix and have a fair > bit of good peering. >
hmm... just realised that doesn't read informatively. I meant to say Equinix in Sydney, in that there are Equinix data centres in other places too :) uh.. also meant to reply to list > > On data transfer, if you want quality in Australia, you should expect to > pay for it. I've worked in the wholesale/infrastructure level hosting > industry and unless things have changed a lot in the last 3 years or so, > data links here cost probably about 10x what they do in many other countries > (however an Australian IP address, lower latency and less bandwidth > bottlenecks from your customers' ISPs can offset the cost issue). > > On structure, I think you'll find most hosting providers charge for IN+OUT > these days. Those that don't will have to have some sort of ratio and > pricing to effectively charge in both directions anyway - either explicitly > in their terms, or done quietly in the background. Otherwise they risk > running highly congested traffic in one direction and/or running at a big > loss, as they'd get clients taking massive arbitrage advantage of the > situation. After all, at some level their is a wholesale provision of links > and peering, which cost money to build, power and/or rent, and have a finite > bandwidth capacity in each direction. > > > > > 2009/10/1 Ashley Glenday <[email protected]> > > Can anyone recommend a good, cost effective, virtual hosting provider? I'm >> unhappy with the host I'm using now charging to reboot the server and for >> data transfers in and out. Basically what I'm looking for is a server I can >> reboot myself (I accidently flushed iptables twice >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Ashley >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
