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do you have a website...that i could look at.

reply to NGOwner
I sure hope your specs are supposed to be GB's of throughput and not really MB!
KM

reply to NGOwner
Mod Note added Web address to listing

reply to KoolMoe
It's not GB or MB. That's a transfer limit

It is Mb/s (As in megabits per second). That's a capacity limit.

We don't measure based on the quantity of bytes you use per month. We measure by the size of the pipe you select. It's unmetered, all you can eat up to the capacity of the link you select. Not measured.

Have at it!

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My roommate and I are currently renting a system from The Net Gamer and have done so for over a year now. Whenever we've had a problem, they were prompt to resolve it for us.
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reply to NGOwner
This looks like a very good deal to me, though I would have some different requirements. All of the web servers I have ever worked on have been Linux / Unix based machines, would it be possible to have a Linux / Unix machine instead of a Windows Box? Would you support me if I moved to Linux / Unix? Every now and then I do become stumped regarding a problem on the box.

Also I know with alot of price structures at different hosting companies, it goes down a few bucks when you use a open source operating system, is that true with you as well?

I can't wait to hear from you. If you prefer to email me directly, you can at technick at gmail dot com.
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I don't offer Linux systems for rent at all. Just W2KPro systems. Sorry.

Have you thought about a colo?

»Colocation Deals For BBR Members

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reply to NGOwner

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1/2 Price Setup ($25.00 Value)

1 Mb/s Bandwidth $49.99/mo
2.5 Mb/s Bandwidth $74.99/mo
5.0 Mb/s Bandwidth $99.99/mo
7.5 Mb/s Bandwidth $124.99/mo
10 Mb/s Bandwidth $149.99/mo

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Correct.

Correct.

Yes, bi-directional.

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reply to NGOwner
Hi NGOwner.
(im kinda new to all this, but I do know what Im looking for, ish lol.)

Firstly to let you know I will be streaming video over the Internet, not On Demand, but a Constant Stream ALWAYS sent through a windows media encoder. I am looking for a server capable of handling encoding and sending data packets "real-time."

Also it will need to have a Video Capture Card so we can connect a VCR to it to convert VHS to ".WMV". (Is this the best format to stream with, do you think? I know a fair bit about the MPEG-4 situation, and I am not willing to pay to stream a particular format, at least not for now anyways.)

I do understand that the connection will need to push the stream as close to the user-end as possible to eliminate lost data-packets. Does your technology do this?

Do you have the technology to guarantee me that my stream won't be disrupted by unrecieved data packets or by your connection being run to capacity with your shoutCast Radio too?

(I do understand you have 1000Mbps burstable bandwidth, which is there in case such a problem arises, but just to check.)

I am impressed with the fact you already have an Internet Radio site operating through your service and was wondering if I could get the URL to check it out please.

Does your technology deal with multi-bit rate streams? (I have not decided yet if I will undertake that format or change it to a defined bit-rate, most likely at either:
- DVD quality video & CD quality audio (2073Kbps bit rate and 29.97 frame rate)
OR
- VHS quality video & CD quality audio (400Kbps bit rate and 29.97 frame rate)

Eventually we are building towards:
- High Definition quality video & CD quality audio (5073Kbps bit rate and 29.97 frame rate)

I will need a server for the encoding and sending out the stream. This needs a connection of 10Mbps unmetered. How close to this spec below can you offer for me?
( -Spec currently looking towards:- )
Intel Pentium 4
3.06 GHz Hyper-Threaded or higher
2,048 MB DDR RAM
120 GB IDE hard drive

Hope you can give us a good deal as your service has some good reports and reviews.

Looking forward to hearing from ya'll!
Crisstyl3

Yikes. Alright, let's take this one at a time.

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Firstly to let you know I will be streaming video over the Internet, not On Demand, but a Constant Stream ALWAYS sent through a windows media encoder. I am looking for a server capable of handling encoding and sending data packets "real-time."

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Also it will need to have a Video Capture Card so we can connect a VCR to it to convert VHS to ".WMV". (Is this the best format to stream with, do you think? I know a fair bit about the MPEG-4 situation, and I am not willing to pay to stream a particular format, at least not for now anyways.)

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I do understand that the connection will need to push the stream as close to the user-end as possible to eliminate lost data-packets. Does your technology do this?

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I will need a server for the encoding and sending out the stream. This needs a connection of 10Mbps unmetered. How close to this spec below can you offer for me?
( -Spec currently looking towards:- )
Intel Pentium 4
3.06 GHz Hyper-Threaded or higher
2,048 MB DDR RAM
120 GB IDE hard drive

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reply to NGOwner
Sounds like a great deal, but is there any possibility of upgrading the amount of ram ?

512 is a bit low for a server. Even my desktop has 512 mb ram. Also where are the servers hosted at? In a colocation facility right? I hope its not in your basement or something.

Thanks

Yes, the RAM can be upgraded for a one time fee of around $50.

RAM overkill is common in these circles. More RAM is generally not necessary, it really depends on what you are doing with the system.

Most of our customers run game-, voice-, or fileservers off of these computers. None of which are particularly RAM intensive ....

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It is impossible to create an idiot-proof product. Humanity is simply too adept at churning out better idiots.

reply to NGOwner
Game servers should be the most ram intensive if you run several servers on one box. You have to keep state of all the objects in the game, player info, etc.

Or if you run a game server, a web server, database server, etc. all on one box.

Also, you haven't answered the where it's located question..

Another few questions, who applies the hotfixes? user or your company? if the box gets messed up (hacked or virii'ed), do you format it for free? or does it cost $$$?
any data backups in case of failure? are those free to restore any time?

I've made my living running gameservers.

512 MB of RAM will adequately run 4 normally sized HL based servers with no issues at all (provided the CPUs (yes you will need two for 4 gameservers) are up to it). The only gameserver I've dealt with that has obscene RAM requirements is CoD.

The Rental Rigs are all located in Kansas City.

All Rental Rigs are unmanaged. It's the responsibility of the renter to secure and keep the system updated. No backups are kept, save for the state of the system at handover. Re-imaging is free if the HD fails. If the customer goofs, there's a remote hands charge if you need it re-imaged immediately.

Head to the website, those questions, and many others, are answered there.

»www.thenetgamer.com

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It is impossible to create an idiot-proof product. Humanity is simply too adept at churning out better idiots.

reply to NGOwner
Yes, these offers are still available!

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reply to NGOwner
for a file server...are the files monitored? could it be used to run an irc bot or such?

We do not proactively monitor what files would be put on the computer. Our expectation is that whatever would be put there would be legal.

IRC has a heightened propensity to attract attention of the negative sort. We don't proactively outlaw IRC, but we'd have no hesitation to take your system down if it became the target of something that compromises the integrity of the rest of the network.

[NG]Owner
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It is impossible to create an idiot-proof product. Humanity is simply too adept at churning out better idiots.

Is your site down? I can't reach it nor my server. Up till now it's been great too!