Tom -- Are there any providers you've worked with that you would recommend?
Unfortunately, no. The ones that me and my friends have dealt with, we've had informal relationships with. Which I wouldn't recommend in this case.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
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Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2003 7:22:18 am PDT #5551 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2003 7:27:18 am PDT #5552 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I worry that a $200/month deal, even with the possibility of some discounts, might lead to some HUGE board culture changes that I don't feel like we can commit to without careful consideration by the whole community -- and I'm not comfortable with making that kind of choice.
That's true, as far as it goes. But the additional problem is, can the board continue as we've been doing? Have we outgrown the $20/month options?
(Edited to delete pointless question.)
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2003 7:28:54 am PDT #5553 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm very nervous about making a decision in this abbreviated timeframe. If we rush into this, things don't go well, we maybe cause problems for Fangeek's other customers -- we're spending a lot of money to make Kristen miserable.
Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2003 7:29:09 am PDT #5554 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Have we outgrown the $20/month options?
Yes, but we haven't outgrown the $50-60 options that people are throwing around.
Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2003 7:30:16 am PDT #5555 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yes, but we haven't outgrown the $50-60 options that people are throwing around.
I had no idea those options were available. Which is why I feel hopelessly unqualified to answer anything. I'll shut up now and delete that last question.
(Edited because done, and revising to make it clear what I actually was going to do.)
Jon B. - Oct 23, 2003 7:32:47 am PDT #5556 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm very nervous about making a decision in this abbreviated timeframe.
Me too. On the surface, it seems like Rob's offer is at least as good as Kristen's and it comes without a (now) 24 hour deadline.
Consuela - Oct 23, 2003 7:33:04 am PDT #5557 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Put me in the corner with Theodosia. We have sufficient broad expertise among the Stompies that I'm happy to go with them.
I'm also with Wolfrom on the "let's not cause Kristen our friend any more grief than necessary" wagon. I'd hate for Kristen to stop coming by because we're such a pain in the ass for FanGeek. That's no fun for her, and it deprives us of Kristen!
Betsy HP - Oct 23, 2003 7:52:39 am PDT #5558 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
So if I'm not missing something, iStrata is a much better deal wrt bandwidth.
I am cautious now about the lowest-bid provider. As we found out with HR, the lowest bid may not equate to a willingness to provide service. That doesn't mean iStrata is bad, either; I don't have any information.
Kristen - Oct 23, 2003 7:54:26 am PDT #5559 of 10000
Morning folks!
So I'll just tell Steven thanks but no thanks?
I'm a little confused with how this fixed bandwidth stream works over at iStrata. It seems that it's essentially like we'll be running on a T1 connection at all times. That's considerably slower than the connection we have now.
Also, this VDS sounds...not quite right. According to the site, a VDS "appears to have its own processes, users, files and provides full root access". But, if it's only "appearing" to, does that mean that we reside on a server with other VDS and share resources with them? Because that's pretty much what we have now.
Anyway, just questions I'd probably want to ask before you guys make a decision.
Astarte - Oct 23, 2003 8:03:53 am PDT #5560 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Kristen, I don't think there's any conclusion as yet. We still have a day to mull over the possibilities, right? Noon Friday board time, IIRC.
I'm all for using the Stompy/Techgeek Expertise in this decision. I don't have any direct experience with servepath to offer up, so I'd say FanGeek/IH and Istrata are the leading contenders based on the discussion so far.
I'm also confused about the "virtual dedicated server" question. Does this mean access to the root directory?