Does anyone have ballpark costs on what colo space costs in England. We are getting a quote for 7500 gbp per month For 19 square meters of space. In us we pay 3500 a month for 10x10 cage at a quest facility Also I'd anyone can recommend some british colo companies would appreciate it Sent from Wireless BlackBerry
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 04:14:00PM +0000, jgrajewski@mandylionlabs.com wrote:
Does anyone have ballpark costs on what colo space costs in England. We are getting a quote for 7500 gbp per month For 19 square meters of space. In us we pay 3500 a month for 10x10 cage at a quest facility Also I'd anyone can recommend some british colo companies would appreciate it Sent from Wireless BlackBerry
From my Globix days a few years back, our LHR prices were about 1.5-2x US prices. That seemed to be in-line with our competitors at the time.
John -- John Kinsella - Chief Scientist Kliosoft Inc. - http://kliosoft.com
Things tend to cost, in quantity, as many British pounds as they do US dollars. The difference from our perspective is the exchange ratio. Prices that are near 2x the cost in the states is probably comparable. At 1.5x it is probably a bargain, all things being equal. j. John Kinsella wrote:
From my Globix days a few years back, our LHR prices were about 1.5-2x US prices. That seemed to be in-line with our competitors at the time.
John
jgrajewski@mandylionlabs.com schrieb:
Does anyone have ballpark costs on what colo space costs in England. We are getting a quote for 7500 gbp per month For 19 square meters of space. In us we pay 3500 a month for 10x10 cage at a quest facility Also I'd anyone can recommend some british colo companies would appreciate it
If you consider UK != London, then you still get reasonable prices. I recently got two cabinets in Manchester at IFL http://www.internetf.co.uk/ and I was pleased with the service. HTH, Fredy
Does anyone have ballpark costs on what colo space costs in England. We are getting a quote for 7500 gbp per month For 19 square meters of space. In us we pay 3500 a month for 10x10 cage at a quest facility Also I'd anyone can recommend some british colo companies would appreciate it
I would suggest that you specify that the colo must be located outside the Greater London area unless you absolutely, positively must shave off the extra 3 or 3 milliseconds of rtt. That way you avoid our power shortage problems (which jack up prices) and you also get a colo where all other costs are lower (real-estate, labor, utilities). This will be reflected in the prices. Note that many companies claim to be in London even though their physical location is not, because it is seen as prestigious. Get out a map of England that has a scale and compare some distances to your local area. It is a small country and even way up north in Manchester, they are only a few hours drive from London. Thankfully, data traffic doesn't have to deal with the M6 north of Birmingham. England really needs more data centres to locate well away from London, closer to power generation sources. --Michael Dillon
michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
England really needs more data centres to locate well away from London, closer to power generation sources.
Perhaps s/England/The UK/ (our Scottish, Welsh and NI countrymen run bits of the internet too ;) ). The real issue is not power. This seems like a self-perpetuating myth grown out of some whimsical excuse given for a lack of short-term expansion in the London Docklands area (a major economic development zone with significant infrastructure development underway.) As you yourself say, the UK is small, but moreover has a dense, reliable power grid. The biggest single base-load power station in the UK is only 100mi from London, but even then it's not anywhere you'd want to put a datacentre. IMO the real issue is going to be more related to the sustained economic growth in London which has driven up property prices there and in the South East of England, coupled with the same commercial growth requiring more colo space in itself. This is a situation which several colo operators seem well on the way to addressing. :-) Will
On 16 May 2007, at 17:14, jgrajewski@mandylionlabs.com wrote:
Does anyone have ballpark costs on what colo space costs in England.
Space costs lots and lots in central London where connectivity is cheaper. There are datacentres away from London which are much less expensive, but connectivity tends to cost more. Make sure your power requirements are well defined, 8A per cab is becoming a luxury in the Docklands !
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