From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 5 19:54:35 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 C35D916A401 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:54:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nullpt@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE83D13C481 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:54:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nullpt@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so1253735ugh for ; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:54:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=S4KnLMjHZtxK/Al3VHX5TCeWgXaHyygenqT4VLcGUKYxmhuRlgfIr9zpK8Qb2UuESNrm/Kp9T+UgdDPGFZS5c8zPF7hTXoyVJ+DusbSAv+01dc1FmwTUJI9cxhbyc+8odOwFszVPxTzPFzRNlZHzeqYNmgF421NCcnfd152/CwE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=RDcF+A0uYsfF+6IHBrhbz35MB0TYLNLWGj5cMpm0LXckcIwcQNvcqY6h6vqdK/+stA8ISOz2mKtU1SQjconp11vG0xMub8gdTntmm+tqIKrwHSbZbEwAZ8iHshB0IXjcZtKUveDbXo3kxLdigrNbN4+y6kdSp72OOZGOtCXcqvQ= Received: by 10.67.19.20 with SMTP id w20mr11353039ugi.1173124472745; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:54:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.237.17 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:54:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <755cb9fc0703051154q36da9832rac487decaeecd21c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:54:32 +0000 From: "Alexandre Vieira" To: "Chris Slothouber" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 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> <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 19:54:35 -0000 On 3/5/07, Chris Slothouber wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Thanks for the feebback Chris. I've took a look and the prices are very reasonable as well, but still.. it's more expensive (equivalent hardware) and the latency for Portugal is higher. If I can't get my way around the folks at amenworld this is my second best solution. 64 bytes from www.amen.pt (62.193.207.153): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=46.443msec 64 bytes from www.leaseweb.com (83.149.80.111): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time= 57.091 msec Cheers -- Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com