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Rippleweb's Offer Comes Through... NOW you tell me?

Figures, I just got a call from Rippleweb's Operations Manager (Raphael) regarding my content inquiry, after discussing my sites with me he says he's ok with my content, and that I can go ahead and place the order.

How big a deal is this? This is what Rippleweb was giving me:

• For $228/month:
• Dual Xeon 3.0GHz 2 x 2MB Cache
• 2 GB ECC DDR RAM
• 2 (TWO) 320 GB SATA 16M Cache Hard Drives
• Bandwidth: 2500 GB / month
• Block of 4 IPs
• cpanel - add $29/month
• In stock, so setup would be immediate.

So it's a little more powerful with a little more HD space (than Awknet's server, that I already paid for), a bandwidth cap at 2500GB and if I wanted cpanel it's an extra $29/month.  I assume the price would be a bit lower if I paid a setup fee.  There is protection via a firewall -- how good, I don't know.

I think it's not a big deal.  With Awknet I get state-of-the-art DDos protection and assurance that my IP will not be nulled in case of an attack (nothing is guaranteed in real life, I know). 

The technical differences are not too big, so I'm gonna see how Awknet goes and keep the Rippleweb offer on the side, "just in case."