From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 18:13:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2CB1065676 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44EAC8FC20 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so397597tid.3 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:13:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=P0AdndqL/JnxBHdnRS/8JO3Gp3rJQh+rZDDhmsdZXl8=; b=nH9jomegCNYvP5gP4Jo6wYq9BDaVVAo/nmb5/MDClj/4e7w4sfvJ2DQm3gSPy9VDD9 Ug3uJn9Sv6CDsyRv0jYzW6tvR14wScXypFpT/iJYbLdGrj7MkCB2nz5JDwoOOzcT9qaO z+TBXiYB5zC4rU8DIRV7+nlzivAosLB0+lSfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=AIcUlqLsBfVEllEw/VqY0Lp6bGz8PGvBefBdSDyZeMmGM/12fSm14Tud7QTpfVrj5r vU5DegvTUsvVcsBhrVMtWyMPtlGYyrPkadg6icBVyeRRJt6OOQOwJd7JWgUfy1mvMEgV pmerU64wOx+vgzXJcCIhDUoDV4OgyWaw3OkLg= Received: by 10.110.84.2 with SMTP id h2mr1800036tib.45.1213899229162; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.9? ( [124.157.244.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u12sm1301938tia.5.2008.06.19.11.13.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:13:48 -0700 (PDT) From: OutBackDingo To: thomas@zaph.org In-Reply-To: <20080619173550.GA2694@zaph.org> References: <20080619003131.GF51002@dereel.lemis.com> <20080619032726.0603654b@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <26ddd1750806181937y232d5b1dg5f84a66e81697b68@mail.gmail.com> <20080619173550.GA2694@zaph.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:13:42 +0700 Message-Id: <1213899222.20035.25.camel@dingo-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:26:30 +0000 Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Maxim Khitrov , FreeBSD Questions , cpghost , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:13:50 -0000 It might be nice if the RootBSD people answered their email inquiries, i know they have lost customers, me for one for not answering a simple email On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 13:35 -0400, thomas@zaph.org wrote: > * Maxim Khitrov [2008-06-18 22:37:13+0000]: > > Is anyone here using RootBSD? > > I am using both RootBSD and JohnCompanies. > > > I'm currently with JohnCompanies. Overall, it's been a positive > > experience, though I wish they offered FreeBSD 7. Beta testing for it > > was supposed to begin last month, but so far no news. > > Agreed. JC has been fine so far, and I asked them to include me in their > FreeBSD 7 beta testing when it opens up. I don't think they have a > schedule posted for when that will start. > > I started out at RootBSD on 6.2, and when FreeBSD 7 was first offered by > them (about a month ago), they were nice enough to setup a 7.0 VPS for > me, and give me a liberal amount of time for me to move my data over > from my 6.2 VPS. > > > My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. > > This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only > get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more > diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. > > Contrast that with RootBSD, where I pay $19 a month and I get 10GB of > space. > > On the JC server, one can easily fill up that 2GB by building various > ports (I did it by running "cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick; make > install"). The RootBSD box comes with 10GB of space which is more than > enough to build almost any port. > > I am sticking with both for now, only because JC reliability/uptime is > purported to be excellent. Granted, I've not had any hardware or > connectivity issues with either provider yet, so I've not yet > experienced any serious problems firsthand. > > > > I should also add that they both have excellent customer service and > response times, I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the support > from both places are. > > hth, > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"