On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Mark Kent wrote:

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Has anyone ever had any experiences with calpop.com for colocation services?

Are they Savvis, or just pretending to be Savvis:

They are a stand-alone Savvis customer. I am not certain if they are multihomed at this time.

a) the contact for calpop.com is someone at hotmail.com b) both calpop.com nameservers are on the same /24, likely plugged into the same switch and same power supply c) both calpop.com nameservers report only one NS record, which is a third machine sharing the same characteristics as in b) d) The TTL is one hour... I guess that's so they can pick up and move to, say, an XO data center real fast.

I understand they have a distinct reason for (d).

I think calpop.com is a cabinet inside a Savvis co-lo, not that there's anything wrong with that.

If you believe they are colo'd at a Savvis data center, then where did you get (b) from?

-mark

I have had indirect dealings with Calpop over the last 8 months or so. They are without question a very small shop, however, that may be a plus or a minus, depending on your goals. If you are looking for a no red tape cheap colo, I personally would consider Calpop, as they have always been amazingly responsive when I've dealt with them. If OTOH, you are looking for a penetration proof, fingerprint entry, 24 hour a day guarded facility, you should not be looking at the small guys... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------