boston colo/dedicated server

[jonathan-Zp4isUonpHBD60Wz+7aTrA at public.gmane.org (Jon Masters)]

On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 10:16 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Ryan Pugatch <rpug-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Any recommendations on an inexpensive Boston-area single-server colo or 
> > unmanaged dedicated server provider?
> 
> How much U-space do you need?  The cambridge bandwidth consortium has a
> half-rack in TowardEx and may be able to support you.

I hadn't heard of them, but I also can't connect to their .us site. Is
there another address/problem? I am considering a dedicated server too,
to replace various VPSes I have, which is kind of going backwards as I
used to have dedicated hardware colo'd in London, but when wanting to
run more than a certain number of VMs, it starts to make sense again.

There does seem to be a shortage of mom-and-pop type colo like you get
in the UK. E.g. dmesg.printk.net is hosted with a cool colo company that
is still small, and there are lots of others who run small groups with
great connectivity in Telehouse, etc. Here, really it seems the default
is to hand over way too much to some $corporation many miles away with
little or no hope you'll ever get to visit/install/touch your machine.

Jon.