Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?

[Jonathan M. Slivko]

Hello Janet/List -

First, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Jonathan M. Slivko and I 
work for InvisibleHand Networks, Inc. (http://www.invisiblehand.net). 
Currently, we offer colocation and bandwidth services in the New 
York/New Jersey market (Telehouse and Equinix to be precise). The reason 
for this post is to put forth a suggestion:

InvisibleHand Networks, Inc. allows you to buy bandwidth "on demand" as 
needed without having to commit to any bandwidth level, 95th percentile 
or long term contract. We can colocate personal 1U servers at either 
facility for a set price per server and then you can purchase bandwidth 
on our "spot" market. All of our services are on month-to-month 
contracts and we can offer you some kind of discount if you buy in bulk. 
However, without having a valid consensus as to how many people would be 
interested in such a deal, I cannot/will not offer pricing on this list 
(contact me offlist if interested).

I look forward to talking to you soon.

Janet Sullivan wrote:

> > I have been aching for this now for about six years.  In every
> > professional setting I've ever been in, a need for this kind of thing
> > arises and my advice to my employer/client is always the same: pay the
> > $x per month for a colo server for your network/system engineers to use
> > as an outpost for emergencies, external analysis, and monitoring.
>
> Exactly!  While route servers are great, sometimes I need the flexablity 
> of an outside shell account to do troubleshooting.  I know a few other 
> people at work who also keep outside shell accounts somewhere for this 
> very purpose.
>
> > It seems like approaching one of the larger colo providers and
> > coordinating some sort of "NANOG Discount" might be one quick route.
>
> I'm of two minds on this.  Obviously, if a group of us go to provider X 
> and say we want Z amount of rack space, we can probably get a good deal. 
>  On the other hand, I'm also interested in a community of like minded 
> folks with servers located in diverse environments who would trade 
> access with one another.  If we're all in one rack in one datacenter, 
> there is more of a chance we'll all go down together.  If we have a 
> diverse footprint, that is much less likely to happen.
>
> > The discount could be restricted to those who are appropriately vetted.
> > This program would be of value to the colo provider because of the
> > potential for discount recipients to direct business their way.
>
> How would this vetting process work? I'm willing to give other nanog 
> folks shell accounts on my machine in return for same, but I really 
> don't want to hand out accounts to packet kiddies.
>
> > Suffice it to say, I'm interested, both to address current work-day
> > issues and for personal use.
>
> I'm also interested.  I do currently have a dedicated FreeBSD server in 
> Australia for personal use.  Those of us who are running our own 
> personal mail & DNS servers could get together to back each other up.
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Jonathan M. Slivko             jslivko@invisiblehand.net
Sales/Network Operations       Invisible Hand Networks, Inc.
http://www.invisiblehand.net
670 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012
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