RTP-area local music and culture

[Kevin Slater <saulecker AT gmail.com>]

The man speaketh the truth here.

k.


On Feb 28, 2008, at 1:56 PM, grady wrote:

> How asymmetric is the throughput for RR business class? (I'm guessing
> they have different rates)
>
> Honestly, speaking as someone who did his own hosting for too many  
> years
> (I owned my own box, and had it colocated in a few different
> facilities), I have to say that I've never been happier than the day
> when I cut over my hosting to a provider who handles all the OS-level
> crap for me.
>
> If you're an internet-security fiend who enjoys reading all the
> different security-risk lists and keeping up with patches & exploits,
> then by all means, host your own box. If you just want to develop
> applications, you're going to get higher throughput and a better  
> uptime
> SLA for a lot less money from a dedicated hosting provider like
> Dreamhost or GoDaddy (not that I'd necessarily recommend GoDaddy, as
> they are fuckwads).
>
> I mean, you're gonna pay dearly (>$100+/month, I'd guess) for a static
> IP with decent upstream bandwidth from RR or someone similar. You can
> get a wide range of hosting options (from simple space on a box, to a
> complete virtual host with root access, to your own personal  
> server) for
> a monthly charge in that price-range, or well below it, depending on
> your needs.
>
> Just my .02,
>
> Ross
>
> Kevin Slater wrote:
> > Road Runner will do this.  Business class.  So will any other ISP.
> >
> > k.
> >
> >
> > On Feb 28, 2008, at 1:13 PM, bessebs AT hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Off topic question, but I figured someone might have an answer. I  
> > > live
> > > in Chapel Hill andcurrently have Roadrunner. I am looking for a high
> > > speed service provider that will provide a static IP address so I  
> > > can
> > > run a server and host my own site. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bruce
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