Yes, but the point is no one foresaw upgrades, so no one bought multiple Saturns with the intent on upgrading to multiple Jupiters. It's only ever going to be one odd order for one Saturn at most. Anyone that could afford more than one Saturn, would have naturally bought a Jupiter anyway...aside from the one odd case above. In the grand scheme of things, it matters not!

Anyone have an idea how long shipping/customs will take from Sweden to the U.S.?

According to my calcs the hosting fees equate to about 3.62 days worth of lost mining revenue.  If shipping takes more than 3.6 days then it makes more sense to have them host it.



I'm estimating 850 watts per Jupiter and 40% network difficulty increase per month until September.

This of course factors in shipping costs and the cost of purchasing a Power Supply.

edit... the hosting premium is in bitcoin and shouldn't have a $.

Sirius? Beetlegeuse? Plenty of options.

BFL did allow for upgrade options.
5GH/s to 7GH/s
and
Jalapeno to Little Single or Single.

you would think when ordering chips and circuit boards they (KnC) would order thousands at a time.
I don't think throwing a couple extra circuit boards in the shipping package with original order would slow the production line down.

And even if they did decide to install themselves you would think to add extra work force to keep up the production line original pace.

Well if this were my business that's how I would plan to run it.

So with an order today you expect a shipment when??

I believe if you contacted KnC they would say October.
there's never been any mention yet that anyone will be getting there miners in November.

So you're still in for a good chance at October delivery.

this is my thoughts only, but it does make sense 

I highly doubt they would calculate conversion amount into the equation, they have no control over the fluctuations in price, and would make no sense for them to convert from a business standpoint.

No, you're just being a lazy ass.

Why not upgrade one, sell the other when it is in-hand... might pay off a bit.

Why does someone buy a hosting service:

1) Redundancy - UPS systems , generators etc. total power outage failsafe (this means that for every W of power used, it is also reserved in the DC's backup systems)
2) Abnormal power & Cooling requirements guaranteeing longevity for equipment for air humidity etc.
3) Security - would you put your moneymaker in a bank enviroment or in your mattress at home?

4532) Power costs. many datacenters use green power because the amount of power generated from one single datacenter has a huge carbon footprint.

for me its a no-brainer for my jupiter. keeping shippingVAT power consumption and common sense, its going in a hosted enviroment.