[BBLISA] colo

Alex Aminoff alex at basespace.net
Mon Apr 16 15:36:27 EDT 2012


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Located in Porter Square, Cambridge. In business for 12 years without 
any external financing! Few other colocation providers can say that :)

  - Alex Aminoff
    BaseSpace.net


On 04/13/2012 12:09 PM, Dave Pascoe wrote:
> Here are some other suggestions - can't guarantee anything about current
> pricing:
>
> 1) TowardEX at 1 Summer Street (http://www.towardex.com) - check out
> their QuantumColo - you can lease a few U.  Great network and service.
> 4U for around $450/month - though check with them and see if you can
> work out a deal.
>
> 2) One Communications in Marlboro, MA (just barely outside 495) - though
> they are now owned by Earthlink and I don't know if Earthlink will keep
> the colo pieces.  You might also check out Access Northeast in Marlboro,
> not far away: http://www.accessnortheast.com/solutions/colocation/
>
> 3) Expedient http://www.expedient.com/get-a-quote/index-b.php  - I know
> nothing about them except that there may be space there.  Probably not
> as inexpensive as you want.
>
> 4)
> There are other options, but most of them focus on selling extra
> services that you don't need, and their colo prices have never been cheap.
>
> Too bad you're (we're) not in the Bay Area - lots more options there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 4/13/12 11:08 AM, Michael Sprague wrote:
>>
>> A friend of mine runs Techevolution in Lynn, MA.  They do basic colo.
>> Not sure what the space situation is these days though.
>>
>> http://www.techevolution.com
>>
>> Feel free to tell them I sent you.  :-)
>>
>> MikeS
>>
>> On 04/13/2012 09:25 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>>>> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Dave Pascoe
>>>>
>>>> To get reasonable answers to this question you really need to answer a
>>>> few key questions (which I am sure you know):
>>> Well, for the immediate need, we're talking about a small number of servers
>>> (say, 4 or so).  Any power availability would be ok.  Must have network
>>> availability (without leadtime for installation), and obviously, building
>>> managed cooling and physical security.
>>>
>>> Location could be anywhere within the 495 belt, or possibly even just
>>> outside.  Remote hands not important.
>>>
>>> It wants to be low cost.  It's the sort of thing that could be hosted in my
>>> basement, if business class network offering is available at my house.  But
>>> it's for a small business, and I have no interest in having said servers in
>>> my basement.
>>>
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