Sugguestions for providers

let2les

I struggled a lot checking providers offers, so here are some thoughts.

TL;DR Please provide IPv6 subnets, looking glass or speed tests with IPv6, clear traffic policy. And keep one webpage up-to-date.

1. Looking glass and/or speedtests
   Most buyers don't care your DC's photos, but the actual ping/wget/iperf.
   OK w/o one, just put "No LG" or "No speed tests".

2. IPv6
   IPv6 is the future. I personally wouldn't buy a server w/o IPv6 or a single /128. At least provide IPv6 info.
   In addition, please add IPv6 support for the looking glass and speed test, if you have them.

3. Traffic/Bandwidth details
   Unlimited or fair use or unmetered traffic is just confusing. Define fair use. And with "unlimited" or "unmetered" traffic, do you cap port speed after some threshold? Personally I'd like to know the shared port speed and uncapped traffic limit, then capped port speed and hard capped traffic limit. Like 5TB on 1Gb, then 10TB/unlimited on 100Mb, or just plainly 10TB on 1Gb.

4. Keep one or a few pages up to date
   Outdated webpages are everywhere, and knowledge bases are full of useless garbage. I know providers are busy, but please keep at least ONE page updated (likely FAQ), which might include looking glass / speed test links, retired plans, network providers, IPv6 status, CPU models, 1 vCPU ~= ?% dedicated core/thread, traffic policy details, notable prohibited uses (like porn, game, IRC, tor middle relay).

And congrats for my first post on LES.

seriesn

Welcome to LES

Good suggestions.

CamoYoshi

I fully agree that terms for network should be made more clear so we don't have to go hunting for them. It's in the providers and consumers best interest, as the provider lays the ground rules and then your support staff won't get tickets about "why did my service get suspended" and potentially reduce chargeback attempts and the like. Laying down the ground rules right away saves for a lot of heartache and pain later down the line.

Also fully agree on the IPv6 points as well. We need to let IPv4 go. The cost for IPv4 addresses is just going to get more and more expensive.

AK_KWH

Welcome to the family
Thanks for the suggestions

xenspec

Many good points, it can be easy to overlook detail when putting a page together sometimes. Welcome!

cybertech

Looking glass should be available agree

SpryServers_Tab

Welcome. But did you really congratulate yourself? LOL

dahartigan

@SpryServers_Tab said:
Welcome. But did you really congratulate yourself? LOL

He got inb4 @angstrom

angstrom

@dahartigan said:

@SpryServers_Tab said:
Welcome. But did you really congratulate yourself? LOL

He got inb4 @angstrom

True, but so far, I've congratulated people on their first posts only on LET, but perhaps no one has noticed this

vyas

@angstrom said:

True, but so far, I've congratulated people on their first posts only on LET, but perhaps no one has noticed this

Congratulations on your congratulations.