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  1. drmike

    Choopa sends out Vultr to drown in the DigitalOcean

    So Choopa has dropped a new product called Vultr.com, it's attempt to compete directly with DigitalOcean. A side-by-side comparison of vultr.com and digitialocean.com show a lot of similarities.  A total ripoff if I may say so myself. The bottom end package 512MB, 20GB disk and 1TB transit is...
  2. drmike

    Chris Fabozzi of ChicagoVPS wanted to start a data center with who?

    So, since it came up in another thread around here and probably isn't known so widely... The Chris Fabozzi email to someone years ago about  collaborating to open a datacenter.. This email: The magical other person that Fabozzi was chattering to was: Avante.... ChrisK's former company...
  3. drmike

    BlueVM outted on WebhostingTalk.com as bad pay

    Well, BlueVM and owner Justin Johnston are being called out on WebhostingTalk.com as bad pay by member WootWoot from Heymman Servers... Link: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=9015814
  4. drmike

    PhoenixVPS to leave Phoenix, ColoCrossing in their future.

    This is taken in part from a thread on LET...  MarcM and his brother PeteW seem to have had their fill / are having issues out in Phoenix. kvmShell, one of their brands appears to not be accepting orders and has been for multiple days.   Appears to be payment issues occurring also.... Link...
  5. drmike

    VPSBoard crosses 50k posts

    Congrats to @MannDude, vpsBoard crossed the 50k post mark. Know Mann was saving a bottle of something special for when we reached this milestone. Thanks to all the regulars, the new community members and those of you reading this three years later.
  6. drmike

    Official: Comcast to Buy Time Warner for $45 billion

    Comcast has offered to buy Time Warner shares for $158.82 per share in a buyout deal worth $45 billion. Charter Communications is involved in the deal to carve up the assets to meet regulatory scrutiny. Nothing like the duopoly becoming a monopoly in the cable world.  Sad to see this deal like...
  7. drmike

    What Constitutes a Datacenter

    So.... opinions... input... disagreements... What constitutes a 'datacenter' ?
  8. drmike

    BlueVM Change of Ownership?

  9. drmike

    ColoCrossing / VSNX Starts it's Hostile Takeover of the LOWEND VPS Market

    It's official, ColoCrossing just made an offer for lowend / low priced VPS packages.  This move puts ColoCrossing directly in competition with the slews of VPS companies that rent dedicated servers from CC for selling VPS offers. The offer is via the Hudson Valley Host brand, which last week...
  10. drmike

    Future VPS Company Dead Pool Wager Hall

    Long overdue... This is the thread where you wager a guess at your choice of a future VPS company that will deadpool (fail). There are no rules.. Just pick a company and a guess of when the fail will happen. We'll all refer to this and share popcorn and chatter as the inevitable faceplants...
  11. drmike

    CC Buffalo down for 12 minutes?

    Anyone else just notice 12 minutes of CC downtime in Buffalo?  Confirmed elsewhere.  (I had some open terminals that were hung and pings went to NULL). Looks like something may have tripped in Dallas too. (we need an outage section for folks to share/debug stuff)
  12. drmike

    Did someone hack Digital Ocean today :) ?

    Today some lad on IRC decided to paste this on IRC / chat boobery:  
  13. drmike

    100TB a month challenge

    The new crazy VPS offer bar is 100TB a month. Group contribution / mind pooling here.   How do you think would be best way / most likely to consume 100TB a month.   Rules are no downloading 10GB size file repetitively.   No hosting anything that would get you a DMCA slap.    Have to be...
  14. drmike

    Zeneva - Bad experience? I want to hear about it.

    Looking to hear from folks who have given Zeneva (http://www.zeneva.net/) a try.    Especially looking to hear from those who have had issues with server delivery, delays, moving of data centers and any other "issues". You can send me a private message if you would prefer that the information...
  15. drmike

    VPS provider with free NodePing Account?

    Who out there VPS provider wise is a NodePing partner?  Looking for a VPS with a provider who offers multiple included NodePing monitors. Reply here or PM me. 
  16. drmike

    Q4 2013 Lowendtalk Top Provider Poll Results

    Congratulations to: RamNode, Prometeus and Iniz for their in order top vote getting for Q4 2013 LET Top Provider Poll.
  17. drmike

    DotVPS.co Jack's Company Sold to Oktay/Serverian/Backupsy/etc.

    Someone brought something up on a thread and someone sent me a kite... What's up with this? Domain Last Updated Date: Tue Jan 14 18:11:02 GMT 2014 New owner of DotVPS.co = Oktay? Domain Name: DOTVPS.CO Domain ID: D30405856-CO...
  18. drmike

    GreenValueHost outsources customer support to India.

    I've been watching the drama and incessant offer bombing from GreenValueHost over the past few weeks (over on that OTHER site) ..... These 30-100TB bandwidth plans with a dedicated server worth of RAM and upwards of 300GB of disk have my face bruised from facepalming. GVH = CC.  No doubt.  ...
  19. drmike

    VPS tracking tool / online account tool - self hosted

    Group intelligence pooling on this one: Looking for ideally a web based, but self hosted tool for tracking VPS, dedicated servers, colos, etc. in one place (for end user / customers - not for hosting business).  Something basic will suffice, but interested in something a tad more powerful that...
  20. drmike

    Virtual6.net Ceases Operations for unforeseen reasons :)

    Our buddy, "VPS Flipper" Ashley Hawkridge has done it again.  Now he is closing  Virtual6.net:
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