Re:Why do startups need all that funding money? It is just f...
by e1ven on Sunday November 25, 2007 @04:58PM
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It depends on if you're bringing it in house, or renting a server someplace.
I've found that if you are renting a dedicated server, you can get insane bandwidth deals, but if you try to bring it in-house, or even colo, you get burned. The dedicated hosts aren't expecting that you actually use the allocated bandwidth- This is why they'll give you 1000GB for the standard cost, but charge $100 extra to bring it to 1200GB.. If you need to bump it, it shows you're actually using it.
I've found that if you are renting a dedicated server, you can get insane bandwidth deals, but if you try to bring it in-house, or even colo, you get burned. The dedicated hosts aren't expecting that you actually use the allocated bandwidth- This is why they'll give you 1000GB for the standard cost, but charge $100 extra to bring it to 1200GB.. If you need to bump it, it shows you're actually using it.