Servers - To Colocate Or Not To Colocate?

BilldaCat writes: "I would like to know which is the better choice for a start-up: colocating, outsourcing or bringing the servers in house. Office space is not an issue, as it is already paid for. Money is not so much of an issue, but if it's possible to save $ without losing reliability/service, that would be what we want to do. Flexibility and growth is key. We expect a fairly quick ramp-up period in a couple months. Personally, my bias is to bring the stuff in house, as reliability is very important to me, and I feel with some of the larger companies we may not be treated as well as I would like, since we plan on starting with only a handful of servers. If anyone has any experience in these situations, I would really appreciate some feedback!"