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I was going through some of the old messages. I just thought I'd throw
out this note that <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://1and1.com">http://1and1.com</a> has a virtual Linux server package
for $ 30 / mo with .5 GB guaranteed ram, 2 GB dynamic ram (whatever
that means in this context), and 20 GB of hard drive space. I've used
their shared hosting for some low volume websites and email and domain
hosting for several years with few problems. I haven't had personal
experience with the VPS package.<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 3/31/2011 8:44 PM, Chuck Peters wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=K1QpWh7LzUfMDZQYyrax+DWQU6svz-JP-dn7z@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:24 PM, James
Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">If
you pay by the year, or two years, you still get the same discount<br>
at renewal time with Linode. I got the same 10% off at the begining of<br>
March as I did when I first signed up the previous March.<br>
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<div>Linode discount is 10% by year or 15% if you pay for two years.</div>
<div>Prgmr is 10% off for 6 months and 20% for a year.</div>
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</div>
<div>Linode 1 year 1024MB $479.40</div>
<div>Prgmr 1 year 1024MB $192.00</div>
<div>Prgmr 1 year 2048MB $345.60</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A straight comparison of price probably isn't fair when you
consider other factors. More people will be happy with Linode because
of their service, number of data centers, likely more expensive
hardware and probably better performance in a 1024MB direct comparison.
Let's not forget the web gui, people will like Linode better since
Prgmr requires the command line to start up your VPS. As for network
topology, the tests I did earlier showed less latency to Linode in New
Jersey than the San Jose data center we are getting, but both Linode
and Prgmr have servers in the same data center. If the size of the
company matters to you, Linode is much bigger than Prgmr. I don't know
the current numbers of employees, but if what I read online is true
Linode has at least 60 people and they all work in New Jersey. They
ship servers out to the various data centers and the data center people
take care of the NOC Monkey part. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We are running a VPS for a few mail accounts, a few mailing
lists, LAMP and static sites that provide little or no income. For
someone like me who doesn't need much support and considering our
particular requirements, we can definitely do more with 2048MB RAM and
spending less. I just hope some of our users are as happy with it as I
expect, less latency when doing mail with mutt, or posting with
wordpress could be something that prompts us to move to New Jersey.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Chuck </div>
</div>
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</blockquote>
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(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)
Ron Frazier
770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
linuxdude AT c3energy.com
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