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[–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

Perhaps you'd like DeluxHost.

You can pay with crypto (I never tried it).

And they use to offer but only through this website.

  • 2 cores
  • 8 GB Ram
  • 80 GB disk
  • 10 gbps network (symmetrical)
  • "fair-use" bandwidth (15 TB/month)
  • a static IPv4 address
  • a /64 static IPv6 block
  • located in Europe

For 18 Euros per year.

Now, to set some expectations. For 18 EUR per YEAR:

  1. You're NOT getting 99.999% uptime
  2. That said, they are pretty reliable (especially as a hobbist platform)
  3. For this price point, you're not getting blazing fast hardware.
  4. The reliability does depend a lot on your neighbors
  5. The biggest problem I've had is with IO (and high/unusable IO-waits). I've had IO operations blocked for 5 minutes.
  6. However, their Support is really helpful, if you're not a jerk nor expecting 99.999% uptime with SLA's. And you can provide timestamps when issues occur, they will go out of their way to try to improve the situation.
  7. I did have issues with their network 6 months ago, but they did some migrations and I haven't noticed any issues.
  8. You will want to look at their Fair-use document, to see what you're allowed and not allowed to do with your bandwidth.

That said, I'm very satisfied with them... but, at this price point, I won't be surprised if they "disappear in a year".

When I look at what other VPS companies are offering for 18 Eur: I feel I'm getting a much better value from DeluxHost.

edit: formatting and words

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago
    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Love the phrasing of this question. Not much to add, but interested in the discussion

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    It’s a weird pick, but I recommend https://bloom.host/.

    They’re gaming-focused, but their Ryzen vps boxes are really performant. Very helpful and competent support, great uptime and comms, solid tooling and monitoring.

    You can pay with a virtual card no problem. Never had issues getting blocked when behind VPN either.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I use 1984.hosting for myself.

    They even have a page dedicated to litigation.

    ~$10.00/month.

    I built a custom firewall - on gitlab if ya want - it enhances the privacy and anti-tracking I want for myself without locking myself out of everything.

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  • [+] -6 points 8 months ago (2 children)