About Us
About HostColo & Datagram
Infrastructure built on 30+ years of internet expertise.
We're pairing 30 years of datacenter expertise with the future: HostColo brings cutting-edge cloud and AI infrastructure to that proven foundation. Enterprise reliability. Modern performance. Fair prices.
Alex Reppen, Founder
30 years in telecommunications, networking, automation and infrastructure. CCIE Certified (Routing & Switching). Studied AI, Computer Science, and Psychology at Clark University.
Key milestones:
- Founded Datagram (1993)
- Built Metropolitan LAN for providing Internet Access to corporate customers
- Expanded to global network with 25+ POPs
- Created NY-NAP peering exchange
- Now building the future of AI hosting with HostColo
Why We're Different
- Enterprise Experience: We've managed infrastructure for Google, AOL, Activision, and more.
- Real Support: When you contact us, you're talking to infrastructure engineers who can actually solve problems.
- No Hidden Fees: What you see is what you pay. Setup fees are clearly stated.
- Transparent Infrastructure: We tell you exactly what hardware we use and how it's configured.
- Open Source First: We build on proven open-source technologies. Better security, more transparency, and no vendor lock-in.
- Fair Pricing: Enterprise-grade solutions without the enterprise price tag.
Enterprise Hardware Partners
We build our infrastructure on proven, enterprise-grade hardware from industry leaders: