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Surprised the author was able to get 100mbps unmetered for such low prices. Would guess the bandwidth is not multi-homed and single carrier. Usually you pay for

Surprised the author was able to get 100mbps unmetered for such low prices. Would guess the bandwidth is not multi-homed and single carrier. Usually you pay for a standard 100mbps drop, but then 95th percentile based on the number of purchased megabits in your contract.

throwaway54-762 14y ago
Did you read the location? "Hurricane Electric" should ring a few warning bells.
- throwaway54-762 14y ago
  Why the downvotes? HE has really really low-quality bandwidth (highly variable latency) and the datacenter is likely single-homed, so when HE goes down you'll be cut off. This is a valid criticism of HE.
kika 14y ago
HE in Fremont is a very special place. I have about 10 racks there. They're cheap and bandwidth is free, the support is awesome, but it's a ghetto, to put it simply. Or a hippie camp. The racks are telecom, not computer ones (which means that they're shallow and narrow, 30" long server prevents the back door from closing). The power is not redundant and only 15A per rack tops (extra amps are ridiculously expensive). But for a frugal startup it's perfect - cheap, good connectivity, awesome support, easy access. Not very reliable, right, but you don't have many users, don't ya? :-)
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- smgoller 14y ago
  They just opened Phase 3 in Fremont2. All the racks are 36" and there is tons of available space. I agree that power is expensive, but the bandwidth cost can't really be beat.
cullenking 14y ago
Hurricane Electric offers cheap bandwidth. I hear nasty things about their cut-rate data centers in california, but they peer up here in Portland at the local carrier hotel. I rent a rack from the facility itself, then just get a $200/mo 100mbit line from HE directly. This way, I have redundant power, real racks etc, but cheap bandwidth. I'd balk at the non multi-homed line, but they do have two redundant fiber feeds in the building....

throwaway54-762 14y ago

Did you read the location? "Hurricane Electric" should ring a few warning bells.

throwaway54-762 14y ago
Why the downvotes? HE has really really low-quality bandwidth (highly variable latency) and the datacenter is likely single-homed, so when HE goes down you'll be cut off. This is a valid criticism of HE.

kika 14y ago

HE in Fremont is a very special place. I have about 10 racks there. They're cheap and bandwidth is free, the support is awesome, but it's a ghetto, to put it simply. Or a hippie camp. The racks are telecom, not computer ones (which means that they're shallow and narrow, 30" long server prevents the back door from closing). The power is not redundant and only 15A per rack tops (extra amps are ridiculously expensive). But for a frugal startup it's perfect - cheap, good connectivity, awesome support, easy access. Not very reliable, right, but you don't have many users, don't ya? :-)

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smgoller 14y ago
They just opened Phase 3 in Fremont2. All the racks are 36" and there is tons of available space. I agree that power is expensive, but the bandwidth cost can't really be beat.

cullenking 14y ago

Hurricane Electric offers cheap bandwidth. I hear nasty things about their cut-rate data centers in california, but they peer up here in Portland at the local carrier hotel. I rent a rack from the facility itself, then just get a $200/mo 100mbit line from HE directly. This way, I have redundant power, real racks etc, but cheap bandwidth. I'd balk at the non multi-homed line, but they do have two redundant fiber feeds in the building....