i am not expert in business and i am surprised when a profitable business is sold. Like the company I work for. It is 200 yrs old but recently bought by a 10 yr old company.
this. it's still not easy to geta box from them, but not that hard compared before. where hundreds of people waiting in IRC for stock, and once stocked, sold out in 2 minutes.
based on above, owning hardware is very steep. may costing 3k-6k.
maybe thats reason hosts just sign up with quickpacket for 50 bucks a month and 16GB ram. you can be host in no time.
Check who is dropping prices around 50% all of a sudden. Maybe companies giving 1GB or 2GB in 20 dollars give or take, yearly plans.
I have 1 suspect....
sometimes you can smell acquisition few months away. when a company suddenly drops prices too much. seems strategy to increase userbase before selling. this how i see what was happening to urpad and semoweb in past few months