BurstNET informs clients of Colocation of higher prices, changing the location

Some clients of roommates BurstNET sent an e-mail this week to inform them that their media and servers would be displaced to the data centre BurstNET Carolina of the North, and from their next billing cycle, charges would increase to take account of the increase in the cost of electricity.

According to the email put online by several customers, costs now range from $99 per month for a single server to $899 per month for a full rack.

The email notes among the reasons for the price change: "over the years the electric cost is systematically passed up, as well as many other expenses that surround the COLO business. We so far have been absorbing the cost spikes. In addition, BurstNET is one of the only providers that does not require a 36 month contract and invoice not the average $399,00 create charges. »

BurstNET also refers to investments in activities in anticipation of the growth as reasons for the changes.

In a telephone call with Keith Vannan of BurstNET, it notes that all infrastructure of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, North Carolina to provide customers more reliability, connectivity and redundancy which was not possible in Pennsylvania.

"Everything we have from Dunmore is moved to the new facility out in North Carolina," he said, noting that dedicated servers and VPS will move this weekend and colocation will be the last to take the step. "It is not cost effective to have a data center, in northeastern PA between increases in rates in Pennsylvania, in the past 3 or 4 months, as well as the additional bandwidth cost... There are many more out there."

He said that most clients understand now that the changes will result in better service, and the price increase reflects a reasonable increase due to the costs associated with the provision of the service. "If you take the price increase, we have, we're still cheaper than almost everyone out there in any way," he said.

The servers will be moved March 30, 2014 with a time of 9 h HE planned March 30 to March 31 at 09.

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David Hamilton is a Toronto-based technology journalist who has written for the National Post and other media. It covers the accommodation industry at the international level since the Web Host Industry Review with particular attention to innovative hosting solutions and industry issues. David is a graduate of the Queen the University and Humber College School of Media Studies.

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