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FranTech - $5 Virtuozzo VPS

Via this WHT offer. FranTech might not even have its own website, but it has WHMCS and it’s selling VPS For $5/month, you get

64MB memory
2.5GB storage
30GB monthly data transfer
CentOS/Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu

It uses Virtuozzo 4 so I assume it’s using SLM (which is much better than user bean counter). Severs are in Chicago at Steadfast Networks, [...]

CheapVPS - 2.38 GBP “Part-Time” VPS

Via this WHT offer, CheapVPS.co.uk is offering some very interesting product — part time servers, starting from a low &pound2.38 (around USD$4.37) per month, and you get:

128MB RAM
10GB storage
150GB monthly data transfer
CentOS/Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu/Gentoo/OpenSuse/Slackware
OpenVZ/HyperVM

UK or Dallas servers (if I remember correctly).
Now, the trick is that they are supposed to be “part time servers”. From their description [...]

BSDShellz - $5 Linux/FreeBSD VPS with 64MB

Got tired and sick of the fat penguin that pretends to be Unix? How about some real Unix like, hmm, FreeBSD? BSDshellz has some cheap FreeBSD VPSs starting from $5/month. You’ll get:

64MB memory
5GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer

You can choose between 32 or 64 bit FreeBSD 7. Of course for the rest of us, GNU/Linux [...]

DataHostDirect - $5.95 OpenVZ VPS with 128MB

Via this WHT offer. DataHostDirect.com has this “TinyVPS” that costs $5.95/month. It uses HyperVM based panel and I suspect it uses OpenVZ as virtualization layer. This is what you’ll get with $5.95:

128MB memory
5GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer
CentOS / Debian / Fedora / Gentoo / OpenSuse / Ubuntu

It claims to have 365day 24/7 support. Their [...]

Getting Rid of A in LAMP for Your Low End VPS

Got your dirt cheap VPS with only 64MB guaranteed memory on OpenVZ? Want to move your WordPress blog from some insanely oversold shared hosting to your shining low end box? If you follow the “traditional way” of setting up a Linux web server — installing Apache, MySQL and Mod_PHP — you will soon find that [...]

aa.hosted - $2.50 OpenVZ VPS with 64MB

Via this WHT offer, aa.hosted’s Basic VPS deal is probably too good to be true. For $2.50/month ($30/year payment required), you get:

64MB memory
5GB storage
50GB/month data transfer
Ubuntu Server

Main website traces to Dallas.

PTXL - $5.50 OpenVZ VPS with 128MB

Via this WHT offer, PTXL has some cheap VPS plans. For $5.50/month, you get their “Extra Small” VPS which is far from “small” IMO:

128MB guaranteed / 256MB burstable memory
2GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer
2 IP addresses
CentOS or Debian

These guys are in Los Angeles with either Awknet or WebNX. WHOIS points to someone in Coimbra, Portugal.

ServeByte - $5.99 VPS Special with 200MB

ServeByte, who claime to be in business since 2005 (which is rare in the fast growning VPS market), has a special VPS offer (click through the top banner). For $5.99/month you get

200MB RAM
15GB storage
40GB monthly data transfer
300MHz CPU
CentOS 4/5 or Debian 4

Sounds like a good deal for the storage space alone. No idea about [...]

VPS R Us - $6.80 OpenVZ VPS with 128MB

Via this offer at WHT, VPS new start up “VPS R Us” has 20% off coupon for August for their VPS servers, which makes their low end plan “Entry R Us” $6.80/month. It’s an OpenVZ VPS with the following spec:

128MB guaranteed / 256MB burstable
10GB storage
75GB monthly data transfer
2 IP addresses

DC in Infomart, Dallas and One [...]

World-of-Computing - $6.95 128MB OpenVZ VPS

Found World-of-Computing.com and their virtual private server products, which has one low end “Mini-VPS” plan for $6.95/month.

128MB guranteed / 256MB busrtable memory
5GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer
CentOS 4/5, Debian 4, Fedora 7, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu 8.04, Gentoo

IP of their site trace-routed to Colo4Dallas. WHOIS shows that they have just registered their domain name back in May this [...]