[brlug-general] Slicehost?

[Dustin Puryear]

So what's the deal with slicehost? What makes them special? I keep
hearing about them.

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Shannon Roddy wrote:
> On 8/23/07, Brad Bendily <bendily at gmail.com> wrote:
>> when i signed up a couple months ago, i got a 256mb 6 month slice, the
>> estimated time was 2 weeks i think, or 1. i got my slice within 24
>> hours.
> 
> My experience was essentially identical, I also paid for 6 months.
> 
>  but as they grow the demand has got to grow and the times will
>> get longer.
>>
>> bb
>>
>> On 8/23/07, Joe Fruchey <jfruchey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just a note, their wait time is a little on the ridiculous side at the
>>> moment. I signed up for the 256MB slice, three-month prepay (it
>>> estimated a three-week wait at the time) on July 18th. My current
>>> estimated wait is 4 (more) weeks.
>>>
>>> I could probably get on board quicker by prepaying more, but I don't
>>> just have $240 sitting around that I have nothing better to do with.
>>> Plus, I already have hosting, I mainly just want to play around with
>>> Slicehost.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> On 8/23/07, Simon Dorfman <emaillists at simondorfman.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks to everyone for sharing their feedback about slicehost.  I'm
>>> thinking
>>>> about giving them a try myself.  I first heard it recommended via a Ruby
>>> on
>>>> Rails related thread.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of installing CentOS just because of this nice rails stack:
>>>> http://studios.thoughtworks.com/rubyworks/download-ruby-production-stack
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>>
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