From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 5 19:33:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DDFD16A401 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:33:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5F3813C491 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: (qmail 25872 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2007 19:32:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?74.109.56.185?) (cms.kw@rogers.com@74.109.56.185 with plain) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2007 19:32:59 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 6YLzutQVM1lANFU7ohmb.q6rkaHM261Hiq13wsZqeov8KIJ6sPJefhiCXh9NN4QCCg-- Message-ID: <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.com> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:33:03 -0500 From: Chris Slothouber Organization: hier7 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0703051126l9fac8e3v72f0c1a7d6942e37@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld 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: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:33:00 -0000 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