Damn. I think I am going to take a while writing up this post. What month was that? August? Or Hosting-company-droping-like-fly month? Here we go…
DiverseWeb
Current Status: Domain not resolving.
DiverseWeb came in to scene back in May with their pre-order of 128MB VMWare virtual servers at 2.5 GBP/month. Who would pre-order a VPS package?! But they did go live in July with their ESXi — which I did not know you can resell. Anyway throughout the course its website has migrated many times (SingleHop->Wholesale Internet->VooServers UK->HostNOC), down a few times, and disappeared into the void on 30 August.
I normally won’t write off a provider that quickly as 30 August was only a few days ago. But their representative at WHT, fast_fusion, is now denying any involvement with it. FAIL!
ErectVPS
Current Status: Domain not resolving.
ErectVPS, an UK based business, was somehow inappropriate named, and it offered 512MB OpenVZ VPS from Joe’s Datacenter for $6.36/month back in April this year. It did not take them long to close down the shop. One of their customer received their close-shop notice in early August. And rather than removing the website on 27th as stated in the email, the domain ceased to resolve on 10 August. FAIL.
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Brandon from eNetSouth Cloud emailed me an exclusive offer for the LowEndBox readers that won’t be available anywhere else (except countless number of sites ripping of content here I guess). Here is the Ordering Link, and for $6.95/month this is what you will be getting:
- 400MB memory
- 20GB storage
- 10Mbps unmetered bandwidth
- VMWare vSphere
Chicago servers with generous bandwidth. Lots of operating systems to choose from, and customers are free to provide their own ISO if the OS is not available from their list. It’s VMWare so comparable to Xen HVM where you can install your own OS running distribution’s stock kernel. The promotion will last until the end of September.
Andrew from 123Systems got this WHT Special where you can get either 10% off monthly plans (promo code WHTSALE15), or 40% off recurring discount when you pay annually (promo code STOCK0). Their “Linux-256-SolusVM-WHT” package is supposed to start at $4/month, but when I click through the ordering link it actually shows $3/month! After changing payment term to 12 months, apply the promo code, and it comes down to $21.60/Year for the following VPS.
- 256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
- 10GB storage
- 500GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Chicago servers with SingleHop. I wasn’t sure whether the initial 25% discount (from $4 to $3/month) is intentional but we will wait for Andrew to find out.
Via this WHT offer. FirstNetServ, a UK based company (company number: 7005618), has released some pretty nice OpenVZ offers. For £4.27/month you can get the following virtual server — order link here.
- 512MB memory
- 15GB storage
- 5Mbps unmetered bandwidth
- OpenVZ/VirtPanel
Servers are in UK and Daniel is running the show there. Read this comment if you like to know more about the owner and running of business.
Wayne from YourDomainGoesHere (YDGH) emailed me a few days ago about a misunderstanding with their previous offer that they ended up giving more discount than they initially intended to. Anyway, they have amended the issue and here is their latest exclusive offer for LowEndBox readers. Use promo code LEB15 and prepay for a package 12 months (their low end package being $54/year), and they will throw in 3 months for free ($54 for 15 months, or $3.60/month). You get
- 512MB memory
- 20GB storage
- 1,000GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Do note that WHMCS would not update the expiry date of the package when you sign up but they will manually adjust the dates for you to add 3 months. Dallas server. Both Wayne and Corey have been pretty active on this blog to help answering questions which is a good sign.
Via this WHT offer. ApertureHost has recently updated their website and introduced new OpenVZ hosting plans in addition to their existing Xen plans. For $3/month you can get the following VPS package (Direct ordering link).
- 64MB guaranteed/128MB burstable memory
- 5GB storage
- 50GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
You can also use promo code WHT50 to get 50% off first month. Too bad that only 64bit OS is available otherwise 64MB/128MB should be enough to set up source code/project hosting service. Dallas server with ColocateUSA. It’s also not a one man provider.
Via this WHT offer. Nocser Technology is a Malaysia-based web hosting company that is “reliable since 2002″. They have their servers in AIMS Data Center in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur or Cyberjaya). Their OpenVZ packages starts from $6/month and use promo code TVPS30 to get 30% off 1st month. Ordering link here as I can’t seem to be able to find it on their website.
- 128MB guaranteed/256MB burstable memory
- 7GB storage
- 100GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ
It’s probably the first Asia low end box featured here, and I am a bit surprised that not many offers are coming from there as I seem to be getting a large number of visitors from China, Indonesia and India. I know from Far East Asia it’s around 160ms to US West Coast so this offer would be good for our Asian friends. Maybe some of you can post your ping result.
Via this WHT offer. BigBrainHost has introduced their latest low end VPS offers, starting from $6.99/month for OpenVZ based hosting. You also get 40% off first month with coupon code 40offbigbrain. Ordering link here.
- 384MB guaranteed/1024MB burstable memory
- 10GB storage
- 5Mbps unmetered bandwidth
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
The 5Mbps unmetered bandwidth makes me think that the servers might be in Kansas City, although in their server status page one server is in South Bend IL and the other one in Los Angeles CA. Note their website is hosted on a Thurst::VPS node in LA. Also note that BigBrainHost is the one that acquired AgniHost earlier this month, and their hosting plan might just be the same plans on the same servers (thus in Kansas City).
Domain is currently WHOIS protected, which I think is not so good for a customer-facing business. AgniHost.com however is not masked so you can get the contact information there. Domain has been registered since June this year so pretty new service. Adjacent name servers and running cPanel on the same box. Well. Someone did say some good thing about this provider.
Duc from AppVZ wrote to me about their exclusive offer for LowEndBox readers, which he also posted in the forums. Use this ordering link to get the following VPS for $5.50/month.
- 256MB memory
- 10GB storage
- 100GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ or KVM
Servers are with Hetzner DC in Germany. It also got to be the first low end VPS provider that uses KVM. I had used KVM on one of more expensive package ($20/month) before (around a year ago) and like Xen HVM, you are able to run your own kernel from the distro.
AppVZ Ltd is a Vietnam based company that has been around for a year.
Mohamed from CityNetHost has sent me this offer. By using promo code LEB50 you can get 50% recurring discount on any VPS plans. So for $3/month you can get the following VPS in Egypt.
- 128MB memory
- 5GB storage
- 200GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Not really an “exclusive offer” as a similar offer exists on their current promotion page. Nor is it cheaper than their previous special at $2.50/month for a 512MB OpenVZ VPS. Lots of comments with good discussions from previous two posts.
September 2, 2010 @ 1:00 pm