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mike503 · 05-21-2002, 01:34 PM

go for some place that has multiple feeds into the same building. some may call it a "colo hotel" - you'll benefit because their network is fed from different carriers and since it's all in the same building, the hosts you go with don't have to pay pricey local loop costs and can pass that on to you.

places like fci are housed in the westin building up in seattle, which houses most of the telco carriers on the west coast. they only have to pay for the amount of bandwidth they want, no local loop (normally the line ran from building <-> telco) - those type of companies are where your money is well spent. because they don't have to pay local loop they can buy bandwidth in more quantities as well as diversify their composition of carriers, it's a win/win.

05-21-2002, 01:34 PM
mike503 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: oregon. Posts: 2,243	go for some place that has multiple feeds into the same building. some may call it a "colo hotel" - you'll benefit because their network is fed from different carriers and since it's all in the same building, the hosts you go with don't have to pay pricey local loop costs and can pass that on to you. places like fci are housed in the westin building up in seattle, which houses most of the telco carriers on the west coast. they only have to pay for the amount of bandwidth they want, no local loop (normally the line ran from building <-> telco) - those type of companies are where your money is well spent. because they don't have to pay local loop they can buy bandwidth in more quantities as well as diversify their composition of carriers, it's a win/win. __________________ php/mysql guru. hosting, coding, all that jazz.