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Username: jtk
Joined: August 2022
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> @bingobangobongo said:

> What matters most to you when picking a VPS provider?

Reputation, cost, IP4+IP6, PayPal, and location / connectivity.

>…

Thanked by (2)bingobangobongo yoursunny
It looks like IndoVirtue may be having some problems. Singapore VMs at least may be unreachable as are the solusvm and billing systems. Problems seemed to start about 24 hours ago. Contact attempt…

Thanked by (1)FrankZ
> @nikhm2n said:
> It doesn't matter that much what tld you use [...] .io, .ai being used regularly nowadays.

It might matter quite a bit. It might have once seemed cute,…

Thanked by (1)DediRock
In addition to what has been mentioned...

If you don't care about the perception of the TLD, com and net are both operated by Verisign so there is no practical, technical difference. …

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I believe sometime in the last week the [QuadraNet Status page](https://quadranet.statuspage.io) (redirect from https://status.quadranet.com/) became inaccessible. It was rumored, that Edge Centres …

Thanked by (5)sh97 Ganonk hostdare fluttershy someTom
I've used crowncloud for awhile. I've not used support much, but when dedipath went bye-bye, a host rare problem arose, or an old plan was queued up for cancellation they have been very customer-focu…

Thanked by (1)SpeedBus
It looks like Limewave.net's entire operation (AS 36369) may be offline since about 2024-01-29T07:50:26+00:00.

Thanked by (1)JeDaYoshi
> @Advin said:
> Out of curiosity: why does everyone really care about I/O speed so much?

Count me as one person who doesn't except for very specific services (e.g., datab…

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Sent/received December 28, 2023. No mention of refunds for unfilled service contracts. Shraed hosting and other services unaffected.

> Due to on-going issues with inflation, soari…

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> @host_c said:
> Problem is the waiting, some do not have a business plan, and want a ROI in 6-12 months, well, that is not gonna happen, but they just do not know it.

I …

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> @Mumbly said:
> I can remove cancellation if you want it - but you're responsible for the transfer payment to the Virmach. It expires in two weeks or so, so there's a risk that it won'…

Thanked by (1)Mumbly
> Will there be any compensation activities for DALZ004 and DALZ007 users? This outage has lasted for a long time.

I'd be surprised if all the downtime is going to be accounted for …

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> @fan said:
> Can you share how to do it? I have a 64mb machine idling and kernel panics every time when the host reboots, causing high CPU load, had to manually shut it down.

Thanked by (1)fan
Would be easier to say how the bottom five are, but I wouldn't provide it. Instead I'll give you six not already mentioned that might be worth considering, each for different reasons, but all are ge…

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> @jtk said:
> So what if I told you a year later, even though it was migrated to a new network, hardware and addressing, the VM on the old network was still running?

Now …

Thanked by (1)Not_Oles
> @System said:
> Do you guys want more and better offers or is this not really the reason you visit LES ?

Most of the offers I've seen on LES that I'd be interested in ar…

Thanked by (2)FrankZ Not_Oles
> @JoeMerit said:
> What does that mean? I have ATL & DEN servers. Does that mean youve restored them to another DC? You said LAX for DEN, where would you move ATL?

I'…

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> @rafanake said:
> can someone recommend me a more reliable service?

There are lots of alternatives, but I think you'll find find at least one these will have a track rec…

Thanked by (1)SpeedBus
NYCB027 has been unavailable for over 100 days. New record?

Thanked by (1)Flying_Chinaman
This could be a problem you care about. [Zenbleed](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html):

> We now know that basic operations like strlen, memcpy and strcmp will use the vector …

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> @venurgopal said:
> Looking for a basic config VPS in New Zealand. Please help :)

[DreamIT Host](https://dreamithost.com.au/) may also be an option.

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> @FrankZ said:
> Here is a quick comparison to what most of us would consider a stable LE provider.

Provider stability maybe. System stability however has to be a real …

Thanked by (1)FrankZ
Another potential issue with any container-based virtualization, including LXC is that you are at the mercy of the host's clock. ntpd, chrony, OpenNTPD, etc. won't be able to help you, because the c…

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> @Ympker said:
> I was wondering what the limitations, in terms of use-cases, of a LXC VPS really are?

I wouldn't say it is a limitation, but there may be some minor dif…

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> @Mason said:
> I'm open to hearing ways we can improve on our vetting processes for new hosts coming to LES.

If possible a "Since Month/Year" label to all providers. T…

Thanked by (1)chris
Don't shoot the messenger. Maybe someone will find this interesting. As far as I can tell none of those listed are LES recognized providers.

https://internet.nl/halloffame/hosters/

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> @FrankZ said:
> In this thread we request that you tell us your experience with VirMach.

Disappointing. I've stopped ordering anything new and am slowly reducing what r…

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Noticing some providers are now starting to refer to an offer as "recurring" where the recurrence lasts for only six months or less. This seems like a gimmick to me and doesn't lend itself to attrac…

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Some possible edits to be made based on this comment: https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/101664/#Comment_101664

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> @evnix said:
> I wish there was an alternative to SSL, first there were those price gouging cert providers and now we have these certs which need more and more labour to setup the auto…

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> @VirMach said:
> I recently discovered this is how they price IPv6:
>
> ![](https://lowendspirit.com/uploads/editor/7q/2js335pnsn6a.png "")

Wow. Do…

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If someone with access wants to update the list, here are entries where the I believe the linked website seems to be completely unavailable or closed/closing in some way. Please verify before updati…

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