[BlueOnyx:14025] Re: Problem setting interface alias netmask to 255.255.255.255

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

On 11/13/2013 9:42 AM, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Menno,
>
>> No, dedicated server. I wasn't expecting much as it's cheap, but am a bit
>> surprised.
>
> Yeah, their prices are pretty good - no doubt. Like so many others in
> that segment they can only do that by cutting corners. It's the same
> with United Internet (1&1) in Germany. Prices are pretty darn cheap.
> Infrastructure? Bordering on "could be worse". Service? Don't ask! More
> like: "Listen to this 40 minute flute solo while we tell you how
> important your business is to us!" ;-)

Which is, in case anybody is interested in some history, the exact 
reason that VIRTBIZ owns & operates a 10,000 square-foot datacenter. 
We've been a family-owned and -operated business since 1978 and have 
always used technology as a centerpiece of our operations.   In 1996 we 
began to offer web-hosting services.   We began by reselling space on 
another provider.  Since then we have grown and taken everything 
in-house, including the professional services, management, equipment and 
facility.   That's not because that was our goal to begin with.   It's 
because we kept encountering disappointment with the way the services we 
purchased were provided to us.   Even when we were located in some of 
the largest datacenters in our area, we were never treated any better 
than just another number.

We have now grown very comfortable serving our niche.  We have customers 
ranging in size anywhere from $6/month to over $25,000/month.  Our 
"bread and butter" are small businesses.

We will never promise to be "the cheapest".  But I'm confident that we 
will always provide a great value, and proud to know that there are many 
folks from the BlueOnyx community that call VIRTBIZ home.  If ever you 
have the desire to see what we can do for you, let me know.  If you tell 
us what you have in mind, we can often come up with something custom for 
you at really attractive pricing.  And if you don't go with us, check 
out some of the other members of the list who also offer dedicated 
servers, VPS or colocation.   I'd much rather see users support the 
providers who have shown themselves to have a good understanding not 
only of what it takes to run the business, but to serve the customer. 
  By and large, that describes everyone on this list that I have been 
fortunate enough to get to know.

-- 
Chris Gebhardt
VIRTBIZ Internet Services
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