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Online.net
Redstation - Hampshire, UK
UK2 - London, UK
Melbourne - Manchester, UK
M247 - Manchester, UK
Fasthosts - Gloucester, UK
What's their network like compared to OVH's?
Much worse in my experience.
Pricing on Online.ie seems very good. UK pricing is expensive at first glance
UK is expensive.
I'll post a test shortly.
@george
Dedibox Classic + Gen 2 - 150Mbit/s guaranteed
I can't compare it to OVH as I have no 1Gbps servers with them.
This is my OVH VPS with 1Gbps uplink - Online.net compares well
Much better in my experience.
I'd have to agree with worse, every few days there would be seemingly random bouts of the network just tanking in speed to North America, while an OVH server to the same place in NA would be the same as usual. Once in a while I got strange packet loss as well, I can assure it was in no way my config as well as it was an as per usual debian install for me, nothing special that would have caused it. Naturally I didn't even bother asking their support since I already know what to expect from them, as I've helped people who couldn't speak French buy from them prior to them accepting international customers. However other people in the same DC (3rd one) would confirm the issue at the same times as me, thus I could only assume it was their fault in some way. I'm not really "dissing" online.net/proxad/Iliad/Free/etc, but I certainly didn't have much fun on their network.
OVH on the other hand has pretty much always been consistent in terms of meeting what little I expect of them, which isn't much. Also, no weird network issues either with the exception of "fiber cuts" all the time in BHS.
Disclaimer: These are just my experiences with proxad(online) and OVH respectively, your experience probably will vary.
Just google "site:lowendtalk.com online.net packet loss"
I've said "in my experience"
http://ping.online.net/ You may test Online.net network by now, from your ISP connection or from another place in case of need.
If you target UPC (a very large (around 50mil customers) cable telco in many EU countries) forget OVH, their ports are overcongested and rarely give me more than 1.5MB/s - Contrary to online.net which gives me full 12MB/s.
I was with online.net for quite some time in the past. And yes: They had packet loss problems. And yes: Their network was not so good during that time. And yes: Support was slow and only in french.
I am with online.net again since roughly 2 months. And yes: I have seen NO packet loss at all. And yes: Their network has vastly improved, specially for international routes. And yes: Support is now also in english.
Right now, I would recommend them to anyone without any hesitation at all.
Great hardware, great network, non-existing support on weekends and holiday with the "Basic Support" option, but my inquiries during business times have always been solved < 1h.
I know that people here love OVH for some reason that I will never understand. I also have 2 servers with them, but would favour online.net at any time.
The only thing that bothers me a bit was the "guerilla way" in which they tried to promote themselves here in several threads. That was, honestly, quite poor. But this is really the only downside I see at the moment.