100tb.com for a (Shared) Seedbox?

[CuraHack]

Hi,

I wanted to rent a dedicated server to create a shared seedbox (combined with rapidleech with premium accounts), and "sell" accounts to friends of mine. We have a poor internet connectivity on our island so I want to make it easier to download/share files. (Don't worry I've got lots of linux server/seedbox experience)
Thats all for my business plan...:shifty:
I have been searching for good dedicated server (providers) and I have come up with a few good one's (such as www.directspace.net). I've also noticed the provider 100TB (www.100tb.com), which comes with 100TB of traffic and a 1Gb/s connection :wacko:.
Their servers are placed in the US and you can choose between 3 different datacenters, Ive tested the datacenter and they come with good connectivity with our Island (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles).
I know placing a Seedbox in the US comes with (lots of) legal issues:mellow:.

In short:

Is there someone with (seedbox) experience on their servers?
Would you recommend me to host my service here?
How big are the legal threads?
If you have a better alternative in the same price-range please let me know!


I'm waiting for your thoughts! Let me know!:cool:

Thanks!

[lmn8r]

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=968000

Don't forget to pay attention to some of the deals they have. Sometimes they'll have $100 dedicated servers. 100tb is equivalent to sustained 300mbps.

[unoriginal]

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1435587&p=25#r498


not happy with 100tb atm... having speed issues, hopefully gets resolved.
Edit: kinda making laughing, there running speedtest's and posting screenshots of 60MBits achieved on a bloody 1GBit port and telling me thats acceptable, If i was after 60MBits id have gone for a 100MBit port. I think I'm going for a refund.


There are a few other comments about them there as well. Doesn't sound like people were too happy with the performance.

[Thelen]

100tb.com use Softlayer, which is VERY fast in US, but crap anywhere else. Same as OVH really, and EU.

Legally, you should be OK, just don't let them use public torrents very much.

[SB-087]

they cut your bandwith heeavily, and apparantly io speeds are also very poor

[CuraHack]

Ok, now what are alternatives within the same pricerange and "bandwith"-range?
I've found a few here:



DirectSpace.net - Unmetered servers, but litle HDD-space, and only few reviews
iWeb.com - They have nice servers with good hardware and prices, and very interesting specials! (http://iweb.com/landing/performances/). The only thing I don't quite understand is that you have to request a 100mbit uplink port?
xirvik.com (Dedicated servers) - They have some good dedicated servers, and known for quality, but I find their website lacking information (what datacenter, how much IP's, bandwith details etc.)

What do you think of these alternatives and....
Does anyone have other alternatives? Thanks...:happy:

[Thelen]

Those other 3 are crap, or at least if you want Gbit.

You can try echoservers, they also use softlayer. Otherwise Zenex5ive resell FDC. There isn't really any good Gbit providers aside from OVH, with good speeds to OVH that is.

[CuraHack]

What I others posted about Softlayers network:

100tb.com use Softlayer, which is VERY fast in US, but crap anywhere else. Same as OVH really, and EU.
Other then that they have pretty competitive prices. Meanwhile I have continued my research and I have come up with another provider: http://www.knowinservers.com (http://www.knowinservers.com/)
They appear to have very good VPSes with unmetered 100Mbit bandwidth for only 15 dollars a month. I am planning to get one soon to start testing. If all goes well I can buy a few VPSes instead of one big server.

[spiridonov]

There isn't really any good Gbit providers aside from OVH, with good speeds to OVH that is.
How about Leaseweb gigabit?

[CuraHack]

Their servers are verry well priced and they are known to have good connectivity, but the EURO is really expensive for us. I think I will start with one or two VPSes from http://www.knowinservers.com (http://filesharingtalk.external/?http://www.knowinservers.com/) and work my way up from there...

[lmn8r]

100tb.com (owned by softlayer) guarantees 1gbps speeds at all times. The big question is whether or not they're bittorrent friendly.

[Thelen]

Leaseweb Gbit is even more expensive than USA Gbit. Otherwise they are fine.

knowinservers look like a scam. Their site is on HostGator.....

If not, I doubt they can give much BW at all, based on their prices and host, look like they are using netdirekt, so no way those VPS plans will work very well with 8+ users.

[CuraHack]

They do/did advertise on www.**************.com (http://filesharingtalk.com/www.**************.com) so I find it hard to believe theire a scam, aside that they appear to have (good) reviews:

I want to to recommend KnowinServers to anyone who's looking for good offshore offers.
Of course I also recommend myself http://www.wjunction.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
But it has to be said, they have a blazing fast setup on both VPS's and dedicated servers.

Support: 9/10 Screenshot:
http://imagedropper.net/image/direct/2Lj_vVLvL6/vps.jpg
Source:
http://www.wjunction.com/showthread.php?t=40425


I have 2 servers with them , support is good and server also.Source:
http://www.wjunction.com/showthread.php?t=41082

I honestly don't believe its a scam, aside that I still think its weird of them to host their site with HostGator...

[Thelen]

knowinservers are a scam, they are using limited ovh.co.uk servers.

You don't have to believe me, but just look at their prices. There is no way to beat the current prices, OVH is the cheapest host...

[OlegL]

100tb.com use Softlayer, which is VERY fast in US, but crap anywhere else. Same as OVH really, and EU.


Are you saying that softlayer servers have poor downloading speeds from Europe and poor uploading speeds to Europe? Isn't it like the best company in the world for dedicated servers? Look how expensive their prices are when browsing softlayer.com

[CuraHack]

Just a tip:
They have a 50% off sale now on the first month. So if you have the money and you'd want to try them out, let us know :)

[high557]

Thanks for this info

[Thelen]

I'm not saying anything except that SL servers don't seem to perform as well.