My current colo at Hetzner wants €100 per server just to sign for the box and rack it. I'm shipping in three used Ampere Altra boxes from an auction and that's $300 before power/crossconnect. Route via their "premium delivery" adds 12ms of paperwork, apparently.
Budget breakdown:
- Server 1: $400 used
- Server 2: $380 used
- Server 3: $420 used
- Receiving fees: $300
- Receiving fee as % of hardware: 25.6%Anyone found a shop in the southeast US that'll take a pallet without this racket? Willing to drive last mile myself if needed. Route via I-85 vs I-75 adds maybe 8ms to my primary users, acceptable tradeoff.