That would be good for serving assets such as images, pdf files and static html files. It would be good for taking some of the bandwidth need away from your main site. However they are a bit pricy, also some hosting companies have deals with Akamai and can get you a cheaper cost. Here are some of the hosts that could handle you easily. http://www.att.com http://www.usi.com http://www.navisite.com http://www.rackspace.com cheapest on this list http://exodus.net/services/hosting.html You are looking for a hosting company with 2-3 connections to the major backbone providers. One exception is ATT since they are 90% of the US network. dan -----Original Message----- From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Clayton Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:27 PM To: thelist at lists.evolt.org Subject: Re: [thelist] Help with Heavy Serving Requirements Maybe you need something more like this http://www.akamai.com/ ? It's the backbone load balancer for google/msn/etc -c Steve Bissonnette wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I would like to know if anyone has suggestions on a VERY GOOD host that >can handle the following type of site .. > > >1-1.5 terabytes of transfer per month > >100-150 million hits per day > >10-20k emails a day > >a 250k mailing list and a mail server that can handle it > >24/7 support and very quick (within the hour) turnaround >and manage serious / constant attacks > >--- > >and truthfully, an opinion of if we should get pricing from major >telecoms....? Or look at medium-sized hosts that will be more >competitive ? > > > > >Thanks so much for input >-- >Steve Bissonnette >steve at plankdesign.com > >PLANK. A multi-faceted-media company. http://www.plankdesign.com >v. 514.875.0003 f. 514.875.7611 > > > > -- Clayton Smith Developer Geni-Us, Inc. -- 651.493.HOST (4678) clayton at geni-us.com http://www.geni-us.com -- * * Please support the community that supports you. * * http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org Workers of the Web, evolt !