BurstNET™ Launches NOCSTER; High-Bandwidth, Low-Cost, Managed Services Division

SCRANTON, PA, May 15, 2002 /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- BurstNET Technologies, Inc.™ (http://www.burst.net), a leading provider of managed dedicated web hosting services, today announced NOCSTER (http://www.nocster.net), a new low-cost, high bandwidth allotted, managed services division.

NOCSTER service plans include a 1Ghz processor, 60GB hard drive, 512MB RAM dedicated web server, with a 300GB monthly bandwidth allotment for US$299.95 setup, and US$99.95US per month. Other hardware configurations are available for similar pricing, including SCSI storage solutions. Reseller packages are another NOCSTER service offering, with plans starting at US$29.95 per month for 1GB disk storage space and 20GB of bandwidth. An unlimited number of domains/websites can utilize the space and bandwidth, allowing for a huge profit margin after resale markup.

“The NOCSTER family of managed services will allow BurstNET™ to take the industry lead in low-priced, high-bandwidth services,” said S. Matthew Arcus, CEO of BurstNET™. “Competitors have been releasing sub-$100 dedicated servers based on very inexpensive backbone providers, and providing little-to-no support with such. NOCSTER will take such offerings to the next level, including full system administration and tech support, delivered over industry leading backbones; including Qwest™ – one of the Internet’s premier bandwidth providers.”

“Although the new low-end service portfolios the competition are now offering is on the right track, they are failing when it comes to providing support for these offerings,” states Matthew McCormick, Customer Service Manager at BurstNET™. “By including management and support with our new product line, we have created a managed hosting solution that is unrivaled in today’s market.”

The core of the managed services provided by BurstNET™, is powered by Cpanel™ and WebHostManager™, a web-hosting software automation suite from DarkOrb Communications™. BurstNET™ is the largest Authorized Data Center & Distributor for Cpanel™ (http://www.cpanel.net), the fastest growing hosting automation package in the industry. “The growth of Cpanel™ installations has increased phenomenally in the past 6 months…to the point that we can see the public has made their choice to the most end-user friendly and feature-rich administrative functionality solution available on the market,” said J. Nick Koston, BurstNET™ Chief Technology Officer, and CEO of DarkOrb Communications™. “ I see a huge install base potential for Cpanel™ due to it’s selection as the management solution for the NOCSTER product line.”

NOCSTER is scheduled for release on June 1, 2002, however BurstNET™ is currently accepting advance orders due to anticipated high demand. Call 1-877-BURSTNET for more information, or view the NOCSTER service portfolio online at http://www.nocster.net.


About BurstNET™ (http://www.burst.net)

BurstNET™ is a Managed Hosting & Internet Service Provider hosting over 47,000 websites, maintained on over 600 servers, for clients in over 150 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1991, and entered the Web Hosting market in 1996, making it one of the oldest and most respected providers in the industry, as well as one of the longest remaining privately held companies in the sector. The BurstNET™ Network Operations Center, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania is a telco-grade facility with diesel generator backup, temperature and environmental control, high security monitoring, and fully redundant UPS power backup systems. The data center is the largest co-location facility, and the only carrier-neutral hotel in the Northeast PA region. The company also provides nation-wide dialup access, regional T1/DS3/OC3 connectivity, and is currently rolling out Wireless Internet (WI-FI) in the local market. The BurstNET™ network is powered via Cisco™ 12000 and 7200 series routers connected to the Internet via three diverse-path fiber providers carrying OC3 connectivity from both Sprint™ (http://www.sprint.net) & AT&T™ (http://www.att.com), DS3 connectivity from MCI/Worldcom™ (http://www.worldcom.com), and 100MBPS Metro Fast Ethernet from Cogent Communications™ (http://www.cogentco.com) & Qwest™ (http://www.qwest.com), for a total available capacity of over 400MBPS.

Call 1-877-BURSTNET for more info, or visit the company online at http://www.burst.net.


Editorial Contact:
Jason Brozena
BurstNET™
(877) 287-7863 Ext # 32
prdept@burst.net

Terrible web hosting/dedicated server data center!
Check it now! They are completely down/out of service. and I am paying for services which I am not getting.

They always seem to have harddisk crashes.
In competent support
You name it...
Good bye Bursnet and Nocster.

What a rip off

If you want proff... just check them out now: yeah! right now!
http://www.burst.net - http://www.nocster.net

They are down... meaning that all clients are down too, all dedicated servers with their respective accounts.