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Wow, that is a sweet deal. Thanks for posting jacques. I can't imagine a startup idea I may have that requires that much disk space, but it may set the mind t
by jhancock 17y ago
Wow, that is a sweet deal. Thanks for posting jacques. I can't imagine a startup idea I may have that requires that much disk space, but it may set the mind turning to know the option is somewhat affordable.
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- jacquesm 17y agoPersonally I was swayed by the bandwidth, the fact that it is unmetered 1G for 1.45 / Mbit is really very low compared to other places. And this is a very serious hosting facility, unlike some of the other 'price breakers' out there. They currently host 10's of thousands of servers, including some pretty major sites.
- jhancock 17y agoWhere are they located? Are there benefits to the location, such as fair treatment of IP disputes? It would be nice to have a server hosted in a place where the ISP only unplugs you after a court decision, not before.
- jacquesm 17y agoThey're in Europe, specifically on an industrial area close to the city of Haarlem. Leaseweb has historically hosted a whole bunch of 'controversial' sites, they've stood by their customers as far as they can but of course they do have to abide by the law. See here for instance: http://torrentfreak.com/leaseweb-forced-to-shut-down-more-bittorrent-sites-071116/ http://torrentfreak.com/leaseweb-forced-to-shut-down-more-bi... Here is their DC from above, it's got to be an old picture because there were a lot more gensets when I was there last time. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=haarlem,+netherlands&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.315864,60.732422&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Haarlem,+North+Holland,+The+Netherlands&ll=52.391931,4.664624&spn=0.001709,0.003707&t=h&z=18 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...