Buy own or use company?

[Emma]

I used to rent one from a company who shall remain nameless, but they basically sucked at the end of the day, of course I have friends who have had great experiences renting servers though, so as long as you research who you go with you will probably be just fine. I think this article might help you decide whether to buy or rent though;

http://webdesign.about.com/cs/webser...webservers.htm

[Soulwatcher]

Originally Posted by Emma

I used to rent one from a company who shall remain nameless, but they basically sucked at the end of the day, of course I have friends who have had great experiences renting servers though, so as long as you research who you go with you will probably be just fine. I think this article might help you decide whether to buy or rent though;

http://webdesign.about.com/cs/webser...webservers.htm

Emma I think your totally right. You have to be very selective on what dedicated service provider choose. The thing to remember is get your dedicated server from the source. Do not go through a second party, if they don't pay their bills. The dedicated service provider shuts down your server. A good place to check the backround on dedicated server providers is www.webhostingtalk.com.

[MMeffert]

Also different data centers are going to have different servers that are better for somethings and worse for other things. So you should look at that also.

[James72]

It is often hard to tell which company is actually a reseller sometimes.
You dont want to go through someone that is resellling services because at the end of the day, they dont have complete control over the servers.

Go with the original server provider to ensure you get maximum support.