I was guessing it was 95th percentile but the quote didn't mention it. I'll look into a dedicated/managed server and see if I can find something at a reasonable price. This server won't be just for websites, email, databases, etc. I'd like to have more control over the server than you can with shared hosting so I can use it for subversion, cvs, etc.
> -------Original Message------- > From: Dave Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [UPHPU] Utah Colocation > Sent: Dec 12 '07 19:41 > > I'll second Tierfour. > > They price their bandwidth based on 95th percentile billing. The numbers > they give you are for a constant stream of data at that speed. i.e. > 256kbps seems slow, but thats a constant rate of data transfer per second. > You can burst to 10x your bandwidth amount. So if you purchased a 512k > connection, you can burst to 5mpbs. > > I'll also second what Brandon mentioned about hosting. Unless there > is a specific reason for wanting to colocate, using a hosting provider such > as one that provides a dedicated server or a VPS can usually be very > competitive and a good choice. > > Regards, > Dave > [LINK: http://www.silverrack.com] http://www.silverrack.com - VPS Hosting > > > On Dec 12, 2007 12:00 AM, Eric Faerber <[LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > > > > Tier Four > > [LINK: http://tierfour.com] tierfour.com > > > > (the are a [LINK: http://php.net] php.net mirror and host [LINK: > http://uphpu.org] uphpu.org) > I got a quote from them and the speeds they quoted me were 100Kbps, > 256Kbps and 512Kbps. Sloooooooooooow. I've replied asking for > clarification. That's got to be a mistake. A server connected at > 100Kbsp? Have to use a dial up connection so the server speed wouldn't > affect you. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > UPHPU mailing list > > [LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] > > [LINK: http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > IRC: #uphpu on [LINK: http://irc.freenode.net] irc.freenode.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1181 - Release Date: > 12/11/2007 5:05 PM > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] > [LINK: http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on [LINK: http://irc.freenode.net] irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
