Comments on: Virpus – $7 512MB VPS with Free DirectAdmin Exclusive Offer http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/ Hosting Websites on Bare Minimum VPS/Dedicated Servers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sam http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-59052 sam Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:57:52 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-59052 my VPS website has been down for over a week now. It was up several times for a short period and down again. They told me that mine was on a bad node and where working on it and I asked if they can move my VPS to a good node or let me know the exact reason and make sure it won't happen again. and the answer is always something like this "Please standby, DC is working on the reported issue. The server will be back online soon." I guess I have to look for a better one. :( my VPS website has been down for over a week now. It was up several times for a short period and down again. They told me that mine was on a bad node and where working on it and I asked if they can move my VPS to a good node or let me know the exact reason and make sure it won’t happen again.
and the answer is always something like this
“Please standby, DC is working on the reported issue. The server will be back online soon.”

I guess I have to look for a better one. :(

]]> By: Mike http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-4794 Mike Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:14:03 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-4794 I have used Virpus since they were HostNetWay (remember Ken?) I will tell you this much: PROS - Cheap prices - Responsive admins - Decently fast servers CONS - Horrible service - Downtime is inevitable - FAST Support BUT will take you 1-2 days to have your problem fixed In a nutshell, they cost me hundreds of dollars AND embarrassment to clients that were trying to show their website to others. I now pay an extra $5/month for VPS and receive MUCH better service. Virpus IS the poster child for CHEAPER is NOT ALWAYS better. I have used Virpus since they were HostNetWay (remember Ken?) I will tell you this much:

PROS
- Cheap prices
- Responsive admins
- Decently fast servers

CONS
- Horrible service
- Downtime is inevitable
- FAST Support BUT will take you 1-2 days to have your problem fixed

In a nutshell, they cost me hundreds of dollars AND embarrassment to clients that were trying to show their website to others. I now pay an extra $5/month for VPS and receive MUCH better service. Virpus IS the poster child for CHEAPER is NOT ALWAYS better.

]]> By: Steve Clifton http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-4169 Steve Clifton Tue, 11 May 2010 11:49:30 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-4169 I signed up with Virpus for the 6 Month offer. Initially I was quite impressed. However my VPS has been down for nearly a month. Their support cannot find what node I am on, as it's not on the one they told me it was! Cannot seem to get this resolved. Every time I contact them they seem to raise an additional support ticket, rather than resolving the initial problem. Direct Admin was also pants. I kept receiving errors when trying to access the various WebMail clients or administer MySQL databases. Consider using Virpus carefully before you make a decision. These are my true experiences and not the rantings of noob who expects something for nothing. I signed up with Virpus for the 6 Month offer. Initially I was quite impressed. However my VPS has been down for nearly a month. Their support cannot find what node I am on, as it’s not on the one they told me it was!
Cannot seem to get this resolved. Every time I contact them they seem to raise an additional support ticket, rather than resolving the initial problem.

Direct Admin was also pants. I kept receiving errors when trying to access the various WebMail clients or administer MySQL databases.

Consider using Virpus carefully before you make a decision.

These are my true experiences and not the rantings of noob who expects something for nothing.

]]> By: Budiarno http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3817 Budiarno Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:15:23 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3817 My VPS account (5MBPS plan unmetered) also down every single day. I don't know what to do, but I plan to find other VPS provider than reorder any account from Virpus. The VPS going down so often makes it bad image for Virpus. The 5MBPS plan VPS only works well by a month. After the first month, it is down and down. I haven't got access to the VPS since 4 days ago until now. But, the 1600GB on 100MBPS plan seems to work well, it's been a month without any problem. Regards, Budiarno My VPS account (5MBPS plan unmetered) also down every single day. I don’t know what to do, but I plan to find other VPS provider than reorder any account from Virpus. The VPS going down so often makes it bad image for Virpus. The 5MBPS plan VPS only works well by a month. After the first month, it is down and down. I haven’t got access to the VPS since 4 days ago until now.

But, the 1600GB on 100MBPS plan seems to work well, it’s been a month without any problem.

Regards,
Budiarno

]]> By: Virpus sucks http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3806 Virpus sucks Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:56:12 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3806 It's an oversale company. My vps went down 1-2 times every week and has to restart through control panel by myself.. very annoying.. They don't seem to fix it for months It’s an oversale company. My vps went down 1-2 times every week and has to restart through control panel by myself.. very annoying.. They don’t seem to fix it for months

]]> By: Eric http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3782 Eric Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:09:37 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3782 Shame "LEB-FREEDA" no longer works. Or I would have tried 'em out. Shame “LEB-FREEDA” no longer works. Or I would have tried ‘em out.

]]> By: tube4asian http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3710 tube4asian Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:52:06 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3710 I am wondering if this company is only runs by a single person. Ive ordered my vps 4 days ago and no reply or updates if they are already processing my account. Ive already sent 3 tickets! This is hilarious and expect more turtle speed support when my account is already activated.. after a month maybe... I am thinking of cancelling my subscription if nothing progress or email received w/in the next 12 hrs. I am wondering if this company is only runs by a single person. Ive ordered my vps 4 days ago and no reply or updates if they are already processing my account. Ive already sent 3 tickets! This is hilarious and expect more turtle speed support when my account is already activated.. after a month maybe…
I am thinking of cancelling my subscription if nothing progress or email received w/in the next 12 hrs.

]]> By: Risharde R. http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3678 Risharde R. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:40:09 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3678 Ordered a VPS since Friday evening around 6PM. Waiting 24 hours - no email of account activation or information. Sent emails to the sales and support. I received a response from Mr. Kenneth Odem who seems to be the owner of the company telling me "We are working on wrapping up all pending orders now. We apologize for the delay and will have pending orders completed tonight."(Saturday night). Waiting until 1 am and then gave up for the night. Expecting that it would come in this morning (Sunday), checked my email again around 9 am... guess what.... no account information. Sent them emails, no response as of up to now which is Sunday 10:36 PM (more than 48 hours later, 52 hours to be exact wit no response). What a bad impression! I'm totally soured by the experience so far. I even have to wonder how hard it is to set up a VPS because I know there are some VPS companies that send out an email within 1 hour etc. Ordered a VPS since Friday evening around 6PM. Waiting 24 hours – no email of account activation or information. Sent emails to the sales and support. I received a response from Mr. Kenneth Odem who seems to be the owner of the company telling me “We are working on wrapping up all pending orders now. We apologize for the delay and will have pending orders completed tonight.”(Saturday night).
Waiting until 1 am and then gave up for the night.
Expecting that it would come in this morning (Sunday), checked my email again around 9 am… guess what…. no account information. Sent them emails, no response as of up to now which is Sunday 10:36 PM (more than 48 hours later, 52 hours to be exact wit no response).

What a bad impression! I’m totally soured by the experience so far.
I even have to wonder how hard it is to set up a VPS because I know there are some VPS companies that send out an email within 1 hour etc.

]]> By: Ian L http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3348 Ian L Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:10:41 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3348 Ordered a VPS earlier tonight (maybe four hours ago) on the low end, but added the extra bandwidth package so I can pump some serious bits through the network. My VPS just went live and, though I'm not at all impressed with the control panel (very sluggish) the VPS seems to be fine. The network appears to be single-homed Cogent, but what else can you expect at this price? Messing around with the VPS right now. Will report on it more as things progress. I'll probably throw nginx on it and use it to host some non-speed-critical files... Ordered a VPS earlier tonight (maybe four hours ago) on the low end, but added the extra bandwidth package so I can pump some serious bits through the network.

My VPS just went live and, though I’m not at all impressed with the control panel (very sluggish) the VPS seems to be fine. The network appears to be single-homed Cogent, but what else can you expect at this price?

Messing around with the VPS right now. Will report on it more as things progress. I’ll probably throw nginx on it and use it to host some non-speed-critical files…

]]> By: Budiarno http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3297 Budiarno Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:08:54 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3297 @david, Try again, or just take your order and check out. Their service is reliably fast when you submit your ticket after paying for it. I've just ordered for a month and I want to see the performance of their VPS. I use several VPS's and I think Virpus is the fastest on peek hour (my local time) than the others I have. Regards, Budiarno @david,

Try again, or just take your order and check out. Their service is reliably fast when you submit your ticket after paying for it. I’ve just ordered for a month and I want to see the performance of their VPS. I use several VPS’s and I think Virpus is the fastest on peek hour (my local time) than the others I have.

Regards,
Budiarno

]]> By: david http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3296 david Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:59:25 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3296 I wanted to place an order but they havn't answered my sales question since 02/19... too bad. I wanted to place an order but they havn’t answered my sales question since 02/19… too bad.

]]> By: Budiarno http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3291 Budiarno Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:42:42 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3291 Thank you Neil, I reread on their website. Wow... they answer my ticket really fast, and I got my VPS activated very soon then. I love their service. I should recommend them to my friend... Thumbs up for Virpus! Regards, Budiarno Thank you Neil, I reread on their website.

Wow… they answer my ticket really fast, and I got my VPS activated very soon then. I love their service. I should recommend them to my friend… Thumbs up for Virpus!

Regards,
Budiarno

]]> By: neil http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3288 neil Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:09:39 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3288 @Sakvith: Virpus had a small outage last night around 1 AM EST. I received an email notifying me of the outage and a follow up 8 minutes later stating that the network was backup. Perhaps you were trying to get to the website during that outage? @Budiarno: as mentioned above and confirmed by Virpus, setups are running a bit behind. Normal setup time is 24 hours according to my confirmation email, and my VPS was setup in about 26. Considering we were getting a special deal, not available to anyone else except on lowendbox, I think a few hours extra setup time is a pretty small price to pay. @Sakvith: Virpus had a small outage last night around 1 AM EST. I received an email notifying me of the outage and a follow up 8 minutes later stating that the network was backup. Perhaps you were trying to get to the website during that outage?

@Budiarno: as mentioned above and confirmed by Virpus, setups are running a bit behind. Normal setup time is 24 hours according to my confirmation email, and my VPS was setup in about 26. Considering we were getting a special deal, not available to anyone else except on lowendbox, I think a few hours extra setup time is a pretty small price to pay.

]]> By: budiarno http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3283 budiarno Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:55:06 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3283 I have ordered the VPS basic since yesterday (Sunday: local time, Indonesia) and paid by Paypal, but since then until this Monday more than 24 hours now, the VPS haven't got activated yet. I don't know what to do, I just sent them my support ticket. I wish they will answer me soon and activate the VPS I ordered soon. Regards, Budiarno I have ordered the VPS basic since yesterday (Sunday: local time, Indonesia) and paid by Paypal, but since then until this Monday more than 24 hours now, the VPS haven’t got activated yet. I don’t know what to do, I just sent them my support ticket. I wish they will answer me soon and activate the VPS I ordered soon.

Regards,
Budiarno

]]> By: Sakvith http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3280 Sakvith Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:21:32 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3280 Your home page is down. Your home page is down.

]]> By: neil http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3279 neil Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:02:40 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3279 code has expired code has expired

]]> By: Virpus Networks http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3236 Virpus Networks Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:03:38 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3236 We are aware of the delays with Sales. This is due to an overwhelming demand, so it is taking longer than normal to get back to folks on sales tickets. We're looking at hiring additional staff to keep things running smoothly in that department. However as usual, support requests are answered within 1 hour day or night. We are aware of the delays with Sales. This is due to an overwhelming demand, so it is taking longer than normal to get back to folks on sales tickets. We’re looking at hiring additional staff to keep things running smoothly in that department. However as usual, support requests are answered within 1 hour day or night.

]]> By: Brian http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3233 Brian Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:27:24 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3233 Well oddly enough, things are working now. I got no response from the sales support ticket, but sent updates and a voice mail. Their phones are either inundated or they just let everything roll to voice mail. Sales Support gets a low score from me, but for the price, I plan to keep going and see how things perform. Well oddly enough, things are working now.
I got no response from the sales support ticket, but sent updates and a voice mail. Their phones are either inundated or they just let everything roll to voice mail.
Sales Support gets a low score from me, but for the price, I plan to keep going and see how things perform.

]]> By: Lawrie http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3232 Lawrie Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:58:21 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3232 I had the same password issue as Brian with VSXPathway. It looks like you're changing your login password for VSXPathway but actually you are changing your root password. There's no way to change the control panel password for VSXPathway except for logging a ticket with sales at Virpus. Support wont or can't do it, it has to be sales and they only work office hours. Apart from that I've had my VPS now for nearly a week and for 7 dollars including Direct Admin it's a steal! It performs well and seems stable and support do respond promptly. If however you need to go to sales, they are much slower and needed a second reminder from me to get my password changed. But for 7 dollars? I can't believe I am criticising. It's still a great deal as long as my VPS stays up! I had the same password issue as Brian with VSXPathway.
It looks like you’re changing your login password for VSXPathway but actually you are changing your root password. There’s no way to change the control panel password for VSXPathway except for logging a ticket with sales at Virpus. Support wont or can’t do it, it has to be sales and they only work office hours.
Apart from that I’ve had my VPS now for nearly a week and for 7 dollars including Direct Admin it’s a steal!
It performs well and seems stable and support do respond promptly. If however you need to go to sales, they are much slower and needed a second reminder from me to get my password changed.
But for 7 dollars? I can’t believe I am criticising. It’s still a great deal as long as my VPS stays up!

]]> By: New Virpus User http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virpus-7-512mb-vps-with-free-directadmin-exclusive-offer/#comment-3220 New Virpus User Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:14:23 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/?p=651#comment-3220 This is truly a great offer. I signed up after seeing this great deal. Let's see how quickly they can provide my vps details. This is truly a great offer. I signed up after seeing this great deal.
Let’s see how quickly they can provide my vps details.

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