Quite frankly anything is a viable option, but would you want to run your business on it? I don't.. I chose Rackspace for a number of reasons, but basically if you have a business that is small time enough to not matter then do it however you want. If you need quality and reliability, then just the cost of it is less of a factor.
1) your math is off... and maybe your perception. First don't confuse bits and bytes, Rackspace gives you 30GB (BYTES) with your server. With a T1, if you used 1Mb (bits) per second of the 1.544Mb possible constantly you would only use 10.08GB (BYTES) per day, this will take you to 320GB per month. Even at max speed of the T1 (1.544Mb) it would take you 24 days to do your stated 400GB.
2) if you used 1Mb of you T1 you would be sitting at 75% utilization, which isn't optimal for performance, and provides little head room for growth or bandwidth spikes. Rackspace "says" and I would guess it to be accurate, that they never go above 40% utilization without adding more capacity.
3) you have no redundancy, your stuck with a T1 from a single provider (which was probably the cheapest you could find, and is poorly connected to the Internet as a whole). Versus someone with multiple Tier 1 providers (the best available), multiple routers, they run BGP to help optimize routes to their destinations (versus your one poor path), among other advantages I'm sure
4) your hardware, your responsibility, if it breaks you fix it out of your pocket, versus they fix it at no extra charge
5) software, I'm sure you have the answer for everything, and would never have the need to ask someone more experienced for help
6) facility features? UP, Generator, HVAC, fire supression, security ? again, does it matter to you?
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Quite frankly anything is a viable option, but would you want to run your business on it? I don't.. I chose Rackspace for a number of reasons, but basically if you have a business that is small time enough to not matter then do it however you want. If you need quality and reliability, then just the cost of it is less of a factor. 1) your math is off... and maybe your perception. First don't confuse bits and bytes, Rackspace gives you 30GB (BYTES) with your server. With a T1, if you used 1Mb (bits) per second of the 1.544Mb possible constantly you would only use 10.08GB (BYTES) per day, this will take you to 320GB per month. Even at max speed of the T1 (1.544Mb) it would take you 24 days to do your stated 400GB. 2) if you used 1Mb of you T1 you would be sitting at 75% utilization, which isn't optimal for performance, and provides little head room for growth or bandwidth spikes. Rackspace "says" and I would guess it to be accurate, that they never go above 40% utilization without adding more capacity. 3) you have no redundancy, your stuck with a T1 from a single provider (which was probably the cheapest you could find, and is poorly connected to the Internet as a whole). Versus someone with multiple Tier 1 providers (the best available), multiple routers, they run BGP to help optimize routes to their destinations (versus your one poor path), among other advantages I'm sure 4) your hardware, your responsibility, if it breaks you fix it out of your pocket, versus they fix it at no extra charge 5) software, I'm sure you have the answer for everything, and would never have the need to ask someone more experienced for help 6) facility features? UP, Generator, HVAC, fire supression, security ? again, does it matter to you?