Hey everybody!
Aman from cloudatcost here.
was just checking the threads before calling it a night and came across this thread and really wanted to comment before getting some sleep.
There are a few things in this thread which are actually really viable questions... How does cloudatcost plan to support their servers? How do we pay for our bandwitdh? who's paying for all of the power of the datacenter? Will they be around next year?
These are all awesome questions and I'm really glad that they are being asked. There is a rational fear of trying something new, something different, something you havent heard of... and that's us... cloudatcost. I for one am really big on transparency and I believe that all of your questions should be answered, and I will do my best to answer them all right now:
First of all, let's start with who we are, how we were founded, and where are we going.
Cloudatcost is a brand of Fibernetics, a voice and data telecommunication provider in Canada. (Cambridge, Ontario... if you're local, come by and check us out for yourselves).
More information on Fibernetics is found here: www.fibernetics.ca
Fibernetics works in 4 major areas: Residential products (www.worldline.ca), business services (business.fibernetics.ca), wholesale, and finally the "Seedling Initiative" - a venture start up division of Fibernetics. http://www.fibernetics.ca/about-us/fibernetics-ventures/
as a side note... Fibernetics recently invested $2.1 million in a seedling called Plasticity Labs - a company thats focused around happiness in the workforce
So as you can see, our backbone is very robust. We have over 300,000 users alone on our residential products..
So the answer to how we can supply bandwitdh so cheap? Fiberneticss is a voice and data telecommunication company, these resources are shared across our brand, including cloudatcost.
How do we keep our operating costs so low?
The datacenter which you see in the youtube video I posted in another thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVaNT1R_jE) is of our actual datacenter, not a staged location. The datacenter is powered using solar! we have solar panels over the entire roof - We capture so much sun that our hydro costs are virtually $0 - so lets pass the savings on.
Fibernetics is about being very disruptive in the tech industry, whether it be unlimited internet for residential users, robust business phone systems, or cloud servers - we do things differently, and we're awesome at it. Unfortunately, people think it's too good to be true.... what if they shut down shop and leave? - If I could do something to reassure you that we're not going anywhere, let me know what it is... Fibernetics is 10 years strong and growing at a pace like never before. cloudatcost is doing very very very well, our pricing model is different.... too good to be true... but it is true.
If you have any questions for me, let me know....