Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:33:03 -0500 From: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld Message-ID: <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.com> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0703051126l9fac8e3v72f0c1a7d6942e37@mail.gmail.com> References: <755cb9fc0703021022x11e32010pa50107bf5787139c@mail.gmail.com> <755cb9fc0703021131s197d4f4bpd0a1decbf3b7dc76@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20070305100724.01a34dc8@totaldiver.net> <45EC355F.1080008@hier7.com> <000d01c75f3a$de580200$0202fea9@jarasoft.net> <45EC3852.8080105@hier7.com> <755cb9fc0703051126l9fac8e3v72f0c1a7d6942e37@mail.gmail.com>
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I'd recommend Leaseweb in Amsterdam. Their network has great connectivity to Europe and their prices are competitive for unmetered plans. http://www.leaseweb.com/index.php?p=dedicatedflatfee http://noc.leaseweb.com/cgi-bin/peers.pl Alexandre Vieira wrote: >> > >> >> Personally, I would never consider a vendor that does not at least >> >> have a cursory knowledge of the platform I was using on a leased >> >> server. If they are miles away, I want someone with a clue to be my >> >> eyes an ears in the event of an emergency. >> >> >> >> I'd recommend going with a host who supports FreeBSD. > I'm interested in this specific company because the boxes are hosted in > France and cprm.net (A big telco in Portugal) is an excelent carrier for > France and UK. I have less than 50ms roundtrip time for this network. > > Also for 99eur/month you get a dual opteron w/ 2x160GB SATA2 disks, 1GB > DDRII, linked to a 100mbps network (shared but burstable) with no traffic > limit. > > But the guy who called me to help me with my questions doesn't understand > much of anything and he tought Freebsd was a linux distro plus he > refuses to > either install freebsd on the machine or put a CD on the server tray and > plug in a serial cable to the machine so I can install it. I don't even > know > how would I install freebsd without using depenguinator or going on site > myself. > > I've tested depenguinator back in the 5.4 days with some friends, just for > the kicks, but as someone said before.. I can't rely on a company that > knows > nothing about the technology i'll be using. > > If anyone know a good UK or Franch dedicated server provider, let me > know :) > > Cheers
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