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OMG I can't wait for the GBIT uplink from server.lu. I will be all over it once it comes out. Any idea on pricing for the GBIT?

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Originally Posted by dwdm

Might be interesting for you people to note that we are soon going to provide GBIT uplinks to our customers. The switches have already been ordered (Cisco WS-C3560G-24TS-S and WS-C3560G-48TS-S).
We do not yet know how much to ask and how much to give, but I was thinking of something like 50 EUR / 100 MBIT. Would that be an interesting price?

That being said, please don't bump me with questions like when this will be available. Now we are waiting for the new switching devices to arrive and then we will do some intensive testing and finally include it into the control panel where the customer can request GBIT uplink.

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Would this make the speeds of internal transfers at 1gbit?

any idea on pricing? --> read my post carefully

internal 1 Gbit? --> yes

You said 50 Euros / 100 MBIT. That isn't what I asked.

I think he meant "50Eur per 100MBIT".... so if u need 1Gbit ---> 500EURO??

I know what you guys are thinking: 500 EUR for 1 GIG? Way too expensive for my little seedbox...

Well, thinking that Level3, Cogent, whoever charge between 3 and 6 EUR per MBIT on a hudge commit, I think that passing on a price of 0.5 EUR / Mbit is the best you can get.

Now don't tell me that others can do better. I know that and I don't care. Don't mix genuine 1 GBIT with shared 1 GBIT. That being said, what I mentioned as a price is just a guideline for people who honnestly think to use 1000 MBIT/s permanently, all day and all night, which probably isn't the case as your hardware might be a limitation factor as well.

There will also be a "burst" price available, where you can shoot beyond 100 MBIT/s, but this will be more regulated because everybody knows what kind of abuse can be done when you give people a big pipe :)

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Originally Posted by dwdm

no ETA, but we are working on it.
There will be no more agreement per se. We won't call it resale anymore - it's going to be an automated discount calculation based on different criteria like:

- how long you've been with us,
- how many servers you have,
- how clean you maintain your balance,
- and so on...

So basically everybody is a reseller when he is behaving correctly

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So the discounts will grow with each month & additional servers you get? Just wondering how a continually changing discount will effect prices when we resell whole servers + our services & management plans.

The sooner the better though :) Since I would have been a new reseller I haven't been able to start buying those servers yet, and literally have a dozen customers wanting their own dedicated box + our custom setups etc and I'm running out of time to keep them waiting.

Thanks for the updates.

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Originally Posted by dwdm

I know what you guys are thinking: 500 EUR for 1 GIG? Way too expensive for my little seedbox...

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Word...

Yes, we've all seen offers from other companies offering Gbit for anywhere between $80 and $400/month but getting it all hooked up and maxxing it out (let's say for 20 hours a day) is quite the expensive thing. Only last week the company I work for had to pay a cool $125,000 just to get 20ft of 10Gbit connected from the fiber in the ground to the ports in the datacentre.

Even if server.lu would cut back prices to $250/month for Gbit; it's always expensive and if you want these dedicated speeds, you have to pay for it.

Yet, good to see server.lu might offer Gbit and thus is investing money in a good/better infrastructure in their datacentre! :thumbsup:

So we're looking at 500 Euros plus the cost of the server for gigabit... that's a little to rich for my taste, unfortunately. Especially for torrenting.

But kudos to you guys offering gigabit!

so the 50 euros package would be fantastic if every1 were using server.lu like the way ovh boxes are being used all over the place, cos internal speed would be gbit.no need to pay for the premium price.