Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:54:32 +0000 From: "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com> To: "Chris Slothouber" <chris@hier7.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld Message-ID: <755cb9fc0703051154q36da9832rac487decaeecd21c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.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> <45EC706F.4080906@hier7.com>
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On 3/5/07, Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> 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
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