Unmetered Xen VPS

rethinkvps

ReThinkVPS is looking to expand into Xen VPS's. I was wondering if there is big interest in unmetered Xen VPS's and if so what kind of featuress would you like to come with it?

DanielM

Just depends how "Unmetered" it is.

Zetta

1Gbit unmetered, 100GB disk, 2GB RAM, Xen HVM, Load own ISO, $5 a month ... ...What? You were thinking it too.

rethinkvps

@DanielM It will be completely unmetered 1Gb/s but obviously we will have a fair usage policy.

Spirit

How's with your previous http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/2293/would-you-buy-an-ultra-leb/p1 thread? :P Will be this time public offer or just something to discuss about? :P

vedran

@rethinkvps said: It will be completely unmetered 1Gb/s but obviously we will have a fair usage policy.

How many GBs is fair?

DanielM

@rethinkvps said: we will have a fair usage policy.

So its not unmetered?

rethinkvps

@DanielM No I never said that, we don't suspend for bandwidth usage but we don't allow the lowest possible package to push 10TB.

ElliotJ

@rethinkvps said: we don't allow the lowest possible package to push 10TB.

So it's not unmetered?

debug

You say you won't suspend for bandwidth...but you'll suspend the lowest package for pushing 10TB

?

rds100

semoweb is offering at WHT a VPS with 10TB transfer for $5.83. I was thinking of ordering one and trying to use all the bandwidth, just for the fun ;-)

ElliotJ

If it's unmetered gigabit, I'd expect to use up to 313TB bandwidth each month. Sure, I probably won't, but I should be able to.

rethinkvps

@Debug We would ask the client to either upgrade their packages or we would limit their network speed.

Abhishek

@rethinkvps said: We would ask the client to either upgrade their packages or we would limit their network speed.

Then you should label it 1Gbit till 10TB and 10Mbit after and not unmetered. Just a thought.

Spencer

Still 10TB on 1GBit is plenty for most people I think unless you are abusers like @rds100 :p

yomero

TB TB

raindog308

Unmetered gbps...

Sniff, sniff. What's that smell?

Oh, it's the Cogent.

Taylor

@rds100 said: was thinking of ordering one and trying to use all the bandwidth, just for the fun ;-)

Thats like 333 GB a day, how could you possibly use that expect with tor or public torrents?

Spencer

@Taylor said: Thats like 333 GB a day, how could you possibly use that expect with tor or public torrents?

DoS

rds100

Naaah. Just while (true) ; do wget -o/dev/null somebigfile ; done

dmmcintyre3

@rds100 said: Naaah. Just while (true) ; do wget -o/dev/null somebigfile ; done

until you get blocked by the test server?

rds100

@dmmcintyre3 don't worry :) I can use my own.

BassHost

Unmetered vps sounds like a good idea.

kalam

I prefer the unmeated vps personally.

You need to state the limits clearly.

Taylor

@kalam why not just state the limit in the first place?

KuJoe

Don't call it unmetered if it's not. It will ruin your reputation among popular forums and intelligent clients.

FYI - Future LEB posts will reflect your definition of "unmetered".

Jack

@ElliotJ said: If it's unmetered gigabit, I'd expect to use up to 313TB bandwidth each month. Sure, I probably won't, but I should be able to.

Shared port...

I guess if he put 20 clients on the node...

it would be 50mbps each with 1gbps burst = 16.5TB/month

ElliotJ

So, according to this it's really:

Unmetered, until either... 1) We want more money from you. 2) We want to save more money.

Kairus

@dmmcintyre3 said: until you get blocked by the test server?

Get two unmetered servers and constantly download to each other.

Aaron

@rethinkvps You do this already. You're currently offering unmetered 1gbps VPS servers for $7.95 a month? http://www.rethinkvps.com/vpshosting.php

Just be honest with your customers, it will turn out better.

Jack

@Aaron said: @rethinkvps You do this already. You're currently offering unmetered 1gbps VPS servers for $7.95 a month? http://www.rethinkvps.com/vpshosting.php

Just be honest with your customers, it will turn out better.

They use burst.net that offer unmetered 1gbps for $200/month