On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:36:12 -0600 (CST) Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > I'm not sure what kinds of services are available for what I want. I > think the best thing for me would be to have a place that allowed me to > house a server and charged me for bandwidth. I would connect by ssh to do > system administration. The server would do email, web, and maybe other > stuff too. It wouldn't be a bandwidth hog because. > > Is what I need called a "colo" (colocation) center? Whether it is called > that or not, who should I go to in the twin cities for this kind of > service? Yes, this is colocation. It's pricey, compared to renting bandwidth, but that depends on what sort of pipe you have to your server location too. I have been an ipHouse customer for years (since before 2000), and have been very happy with them. They provide all sorts of options, including colocation. j -- John Gateley <tclug at jfoo.org>