Best internet option?

[dragos240]

I am thinking of getting a second internet connection into the house. Separate from the normal connection. This is for my server. I need something cheap, but something with a good bandwidth limit. I don't need it to be fast. We have verizon for our phone service, and comcast for our internet. What would be good for this?

[pwnst*r]

Well i don't know how cheap it since they'll need to install new cabling.

[dragos240]

Well i don't know how cheap it since they'll need to install new cabling.

Well we have all the DSL stuff set up, but we just never used it.

[schauerlich]

Just get a VPS.

[jamesrfla]

Have you heard of a VPS (Virtual Private Server)?

[Frak]

For a server? Unrestricted Fiber.

It'll run you about $100-$150 for a cheap package.

Or VPS.

[dragos240]

Yikes! Per month or year?

[Frak]

Yikes! Per month or year?
Per month. But, there is no lag between gaming, downloading, uploading, serving, and downloading of teh.. err.. explicit stuff ;)

[dragos240]

Per month. But, there is no lag between gaming, downloading, uploading, serving, and downloading of teh.. err.. explicit stuff ;)

Oh! I see what you did there! DSL it is.

[schauerlich]

Yikes! Per month or year?

A basic Linode (http://www.linode.com/) package is $20 a month. It'll be much cheaper than a second internet connection, and except for physical access you have most of the features of a dedicated server. You can even run Arch on it.

(No, I don't work for or have any affiliation with Linode, I just know people who have used and liked it.)

[dragos240]

A basic Linode (http://www.linode.com/) package is $20 a month. It'll be much cheaper than a second internet connection, and except for physical access you have most of the features of a dedicated server. You can even run Arch on it.

(No, I don't work for or have any affiliation with Linode, I just know people who have used and liked it.)

I'll think about it.

[-grubby]

A basic Linode (http://www.linode.com/) package is $20 a month. It'll be much cheaper than a second internet connection, and except for physical access you have most of the features of a dedicated server. You can even run Arch on it.

(No, I don't work for or have any affiliation with Linode, I just know people who have used and liked it.)

I second this nomination.

I've got a Linode myself, it's great.

[dragos240]

I second this nomination.

I've got a Linode myself, it's great.

My only question is power. How would you shut down or restart. Or turn it on for that matter?

[-grubby]

My only question is power. How would you shut down or restart. Or turn it on for that matter?

They have an in-house Linode control panel that allows you to do those things, along with partitioning, deploying new distros, etc.

EDIT: I took a screenshot (http://imgur.com/Q0vhi.png).
EDIT1: Note, the blue line is NOT part of the control panel and is actually some fail on the part of scrot and/or KDE4
EDIT2: I wonder what's up with the 'shutdown' button being in that awkward place in the screenshot... it's not rendering like that in Chromium right now.

[Frak]

They have an in-house Linode control panel that allows you to do those things, along with partitioning, deploying new distros, etc.

EDIT: I took a screenshot (http://imgur.com/Q0vhi.png).
Basically...

it's A M A Z I N ' !

[dragos240]

They have an in-house Linode control panel that allows you to do those things, along with partitioning, deploying new distros, etc.

EDIT: I took a screenshot (http://imgur.com/Q0vhi.png).
EDIT1: Note, the blue line is NOT part of the control panel and is actually some fail on the part of scrot and/or KDE4
EDIT2: I wonder what's up with the 'shutdown' button being in that awkward place in the screenshot... it's not rendering like that in Chromium right now.

Looking great!

[tubezninja]

Linode is very good for what they offer, I have nothing but positive words to say about them. rock solid.

If $20 is too rich for your blood though, there is fivebean (http://fivebean.com). They have a special going right now where a basic VPS is as low as $6 a month, lifetime. They don't have the same bells and whistles and flexibility as Linode, however.