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by rkalla
5356 days ago
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Appreciate the heads up on Burst's network. I noticed their bandwidth for big chunks on dedicated machines is ridiculously cheap (40TB for like $100 [1]) but if the routes are inconsistent that doesn't help me a whole lot. Also noticed while speed-testing the different nodes the CA connection (to Tucson, AZ) is phenomenally fast, but to PA about half the speed and to EU it drops quite a bit again. When I do the speed tests for Linode using similar locations they all perform fairly well, same goes for AWS. [1] http://burst.net/servers-la.shtml |
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I must clarify that my experience was related to their regular VPS offerings.
They do offer a premium VPS (notice how its product descriptions mention "1GBPS port" and "Less than 50% load of budget VPS nodes", in contrast to just "XXX GB/MONTH" for the regular).
I didn't try their dedicated servers. They may have fatter pipes. I just had very poor latency, consistent with all their locations, being Florida the most stable for me.
If you do any sort of data crunching, you can get a good value for your buck. Certainly cheaper than AWS.
For my taste, Linode's latency has been pleasantly consistent. 95% of the time, it equals 142ms from Atlanta to South America (so far, the best I've found). I just wish they had a smaller offering.
I'll go back to watching the presidential election, have a nice day!