[H-GEN] Poor man's Mosh

[Russell Stuart]

On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 10:35 +1000, Dan Callaghan wrote:
> Out of interest, who did you go with for the VPS?

The cheapest provider I could find, which naturally wasn't in Australia.

https://www.prometeus.net/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=28&promocode=LEB40JUL

(you need to fill in the form and click "Checkout" to see the actual
price.)

> Last I checked there were very few providers located in Australia 
> and so prices were fairly uncompetitive.

However, Australian providers aren't that bad.  The deal I got involved
waiting around for a 1 off special.  If you don't do that Linode's
$20/month price is not atypical.  By comparison RansomIT is/was offering
$20/quarter for small VPS in Australia.

  http://www.ransomit.com.au/leb_offer

That isn't a one off.  Exigent charges $25/month for something slightly
bigger than Linode offers for $20/month:

  http://www.exigent.com.au/hosting/vdsl-e.php


Crucial offers a $12.75/month for a smaller one:

  http://www.crucial.com.au/vps/linux.php

If I was worried about performance in serving Australian's, where low
latency to Australian's is a priority (eg setting up a shop front for a
small store) I would be going with something like that.  I will probably
do that one day for the firm I work for.  The premium going local simply
isn't that big.

But as it is my I will be using the VPS mainly to talk to overseas
sites.  In that case not only is it cheaper, the links to Europe and the
US are much faster.