On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Bob Tanner wrote: > I "feel" the need for cheap co-lo. BUT I don't want to offer cut-rate service. > That is why I was looking at the S390. > > Ok, the box is not cheap, but it scales. It would be awesome to give linux-vms > for $50/month AND still keep good service. But did you ever say how many people you needed to commit to $50/month in order to make that a viable option? Really, a colo without bandwidth limitions couldn't really do that low a rate. Especially in a crowd (us) who's likely to use it if they have it. There were vendors at Annual Linux Showcase last fall who were offering something really cheap, like $25/month plus something per 1K/s avg bandwidth. I'd bet that even with the S390 you'd have to charge for differential usage, unless you can also shape/cap bandwidth per virtual computer. Andy