This is very true. There's still a market for high GHz servers though for single threaded apps cough minecraft cough that will always be there.
Volumedrive about to deadpool?
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This is very true. There's still a market for high GHz servers though for single threaded apps cough minecraft cough that will always be there.
They are still restoring...
So, VolumeDrive has gotten some people back online?
BurstNET has gotten some people online
VolumeDrive are still restoring. It appears the network is up to some extent, but no real customer is up according to WHT (or their website).
Jack
Active Member
My old gateway is online..BurstNET has gotten some people online
VolumeDrive are still restoring. It appears the network is up to some extent, but no real customer is up according to WHT (or their website).
PING 173.242.120.1 (173.242.120.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 173.242.120.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=89.535 ms
64 bytes from 173.242.120.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=89.313 ms
^C
--- 173.242.120.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 89.313/89.424/89.535/0.111 ms
Yeah and InfoRelay are pretty big - supposedly a good place. Asked for quotes at one stage. Their network wasn't as fast as I hoped though.
All this is just a mess, i really hope both parts can clean it up for the sake of their clients.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Jack,
Your gateway WAS online.
Looks like VD has been eradicated from the web again. Site offline, DNS busted, emails bounce. Clients offline BGP changed big time.
That WHT thread, uggh. Lots of purging of comments. Lots of kicking the same things over and over.
Unsure why folks buy VD. Must purely be price.
Your gateway WAS online.
Looks like VD has been eradicated from the web again. Site offline, DNS busted, emails bounce. Clients offline
BGP changed big time.That WHT thread, uggh. Lots of purging of comments. Lots of kicking the same things over and over.
Unsure why folks buy VD. Must purely be price.
I honestly don't know why a company would use Volumedrive to host paying customers. With their extremely low pricing, and the fact that they just recently rolled out a billing/support system.Yeah Sola something or another was a "provider" bit in the arse by this. It's on the WHT thread if you have nothing to do today
People love cheap stuff... Look at ChicagoVPS they only got big due to the mass overselling :O haha.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Oh, VD had billing and support systems, finally?
Pretty insane to run things the way they had since day one. I remember ordering service (probably 2+ years ago) and it took no less than 2 weeks. Who waits 2 weeks for a VPS? Emails for support, well same sort of disinterest.
Obviously the owner is a complete cheapskate and whacko. Who else would do that to customers? A month or so into that I cut the cord and never looked back.
Pretty insane to run things the way they had since day one. I remember ordering service (probably 2+ years ago) and it took no less than 2 weeks. Who waits 2 weeks for a VPS? Emails for support, well same sort of disinterest.
Obviously the owner is a complete cheapskate and whacko. Who else would do that to customers? A month or so into that I cut the cord and never looked back.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
They got big due to Colocrossing owning them and shuffling abandoned and spare servers over to that arm of the company. Which in reality is an utter sin considering it isn't one business school type with no tech running the brand but a full company. A full company which wants others to spend real money renting racks and doing big grown up business and spending real cash.People love cheap stuff... Look at ChicagoVPS they only got big due to the mass overselling
Oh yeah snaking LEB/LET and funneling your house and preferred partner ads in your facilities doesn't hurt either
Naysayers who think these are two different companies, oh you'll see pretty soon. Be it a month or three. Time is ticking.
A few months a go they made public their system, it was about 40% functional. Had basic billing and support features with the rest "coming soon".Oh, VD had billing and support systems, finally?
People love cheap stuff... Look at ChicagoVPS they only got big due to the mass overselling
I think the industry is driving the prices down considerably low, similar to what the CD industry did with their music club promotions back in the day. I'll be suprised if VD is breaking even.
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drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
They are profitable supposedly. Enough so the owner can drive his fleet of fancy cars
That aside, the dedicated servers don't appear to be profitable. Surely other revenue streams with VD that make the place go. VPSes way more profitable for them, but sole profit center? Most companies don't have one center unless it is a biggie.
Not hard to be "profitable" when the last two providers they used they never paid.They are profitable supposedly. Enough so the owner can drive his fleet of fancy cars
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Jack
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Well they must profit? Josh I know has a macbook from looking at email headers with him and is driving round PA in a Porsche 911 and has been seen in Aston Martins and other sport cars.They are profitable supposedly. Enough so the owner can drive his fleet of fancy cars
That aside, the dedicated servers don't appear to be profitable. Surely other revenue streams with VD that make the place go. VPSes way more profitable for them, but sole profit center? Most companies don't have one center unless it is a biggie.