Anyone ever used calpop.com?

Sat Apr 6 17:29:14 UTC 2002

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Mark Kent wrote:

> >> 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... 

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