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I get the same with Superb.net

I've been with a few different providers over the last 10 years, and the support from superb is the best I've seen. Fast responses all the time, and they don't pry, but when I have needed to, they were willing to help (I made a typo in /etc/fstab once DOH)

They also provide KVM over IP if requested instead.

Very fast, and well network connected too.

http://nsssc.superb.net/information/dca2net-info.php

http://nsssc.superb.net/information/corenet-info.php

(II promise, I have nothing to do with them, other than being a satisfied customer)

I get the same with Superb.net

I've been with a few different providers over the last 10 years, and the support from superb is the best I've seen. Fast responses all the time, and they don't pry, but when I have needed to, they were willing to help (I made a typo in /etc/fstab once DOH)

They also provide KVM over IP if requested instead.

Very fast, and well network connected too.

http://nsssc.superb.net/information/dca2net-info.php

http://nsssc.superb.net/information/corenet-info.php

(II promise, I have nothing to do with them, other than being a satisfied customer)

traceroute rather... If you think latency at superb.net is bad, it's probably your side of things.

Here is their network info. I'm afraid they aren't using quantum networks yet:

http://nsssc.superb.net/information/dca2net-info.php

I was with Superb for a leased server for a few years. I was very pleased with it and only moved on because I decided to colocate a server of my own construction. The trick is to watch for specials. They'll frequently have slightly-underpowered hardware (mine had an 80GB hard drive, a 1.4GHz Celeron, and 512MB of RAM) on special. I paid $80/month for 1,000GB of transfer, and the latency was phenomenally low. Their customer service always treated me well and answered the phone when I called, and when I needed it they have a nice Java KVM setup to give you console access.

This is kind of a silly Slashdot question, just given the fact that you're going to get about a million different answers. Regardless, I'll toss in my vote for Superb[1]. I've had a box coloed there for years without any issues. They have given me a surprising amount of help, even going so far as to connect a KVM-over-IP to one of my servers without me even asking for it after they had exhausted their knowledge of the problem.

Take a look at their network. It is amazingly good:

      http://nsssc.superb.net/information/corenet-info.p hp

robert

[1] http://www.superbhosting.net/

Casinos use multiple decks for a variety of reasons. I can't remember exactly off the top of my head but as you add more decks to the shoe, the odds become more favourable for the house. The Nevada gaming council requires a minimum deal before reshuffle (last I checked) something like 3 of 4 decks. The way they play at the moment you will only ever see 75% of the cards, thus you will never be able to do "Rain man" style counting.

The idea of basic card counting is that the shoe has either a higher density of high cards, or a lower density of high cards, the extent of this is determined by the count (the difference of high cards and low cards already played) When the count is favourable (the deck is rich in high cards) the dealer is more likely to bust simply because he must draw on any hand under 16 thus the odds are in your favour.

If you are more mathematically minded, there are other counting system you can use (these tend to involve watching for groups of cards and anticipating how the shuffles will redistribute them (most croupiers that I've seen tend to do a more or less perfect faro shuffle)

The basic solution is to move your servers -- at least the ones that will be handling high bursts of traffic -- to an offsite, dedicated hosting facility. A facility like this will have big pipes coming in with the cost split among all of their customers, and typically offer you pricing based on burstable bandwidth use.

It's just not economical for a single company with occasional high-bandwidth requirements to bring in a pipe that sits idle 90% of the time. A co-location facility will serve many different customers who may have spikes of bandwidth usage, but their spikes will typically not be simultaneous, making overall bandwidth usage more efficient.

Lots of hosting providers offer this, including Verio, Dynamic Hosting, Superb Hosting and many others.