General Discussions

**Frito Pie** · 07-07-2006, 06:02 PM

Two biggies have decided to join forces rather than compete and name a new CEO. Read all about it.

http://www.theplanet.com/newsroom/newsletter.html

**clenard** · 07-07-2006, 08:19 PM

Whoa... my reseller account is under ThePlanet and I didn't even hear about this...

I wonder if the pricing will get even better too?

**Atomm** · 07-08-2006, 10:46 AM

It's kind of funny, but there was a Press Release on The Planet back from May on this. I was really shocked no one noticed until now.

**LeeD** · 07-11-2006, 09:49 AM

I noticed this back in May as well and am interested to see where this leads...I have 7 dedicated boxes with The Planet at this time.

**Jack Swift** · 07-12-2006, 10:02 AM

Hopefully this will make their services even better and maybe even cheaper. There is still plenty of competition out there to keep them on their toes.

**obenix** · 07-12-2006, 11:04 AM

The news scared me after I read John Scott's blog post:
http://www.internet-marketing-blog.c...nding-mistake/

**Atomm** · 07-12-2006, 11:39 AM

I agree with that Blog Post.

I love the Planet, but I avoid EV1 like the plague.

I don't know why I didn't put 2 and 2 together. It is starting to make sense why a big part of The Planet staff broke off and formed their own company. AKA http://www.softlayer.com/

I've heard a lot of good things about SoftLayer. My next server will probably be with them.

**chihpih** · 07-12-2006, 12:42 PM

from what i heard in the past ev1 never had good service and i think the planet is not much different. i currently have VPS @ powervps but looking to move to a managed dedicated box very soon. i will definately check out softlayer since their prices seem to be decent.

**Atomm** · 07-12-2006, 01:36 PM

I use powervps as well. Have you looked into their Dedicated VPS server? It's a bit pricey, but it has all the benefits and features of VPS and no other customers on the box.

**chihpih** · 07-12-2006, 02:01 PM

by dedicated vps do you mean their power3 package? right now i have power1 and on monday my server almost crashed due to too many active processes. i will probably move to power2 and stay with that for a month or two then i will move into power3 or just get a fully dedicated & managed box.

**Atomm** · 07-12-2006, 02:12 PM

LOL! Actually, they do a really bad job of selling their own products.

http://forums.deftechgroup.com/showp...78&postcount=4
http://forums.deftechgroup.com/showthread.php?t=931

Like I said, a bit pricey, but with their awesome support and the virtualization backup features of Virtuozzo, I would pay the extra money if I had it.