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  1. betatester

    Post Your Rides!!

    Thanks, after 10 years of driving a Jetta TDI, this was a nice upgrade.
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    Post Your Rides!!

    She's dirty and just back from getting some used shoes/tires installed. 2011 335d pushing 260RWHP/425FT-LBS at ~28 MPG.
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    Home Automation

    I picked up a new house in October and the wife is letting me play. I'm running a Wink 2 Hub (Z-wave/Zigbee), Amazon Echo & Dot, one Wink Relay (another one site to be installed), a Logitech Harmony hub w/ remote & smartphone app, a Vizio 70" 4k Smart TV (crappy yahoo apps [3 year old Woot...
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    vpsBoard's Future

    Woot!
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    IoT defense on Home Network

    With the recent DDOS propagated from IoT on a new level, beside changing the default password, how would you prevent your devices from becoming part of this botnet?
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    Do you use a VPN for your normal internet browsing?

    PIA VPN to CYA for certain apps via proxy. On a recent trip I setup my PIA as a US VPN in Central America to use Google Hangout calling for free. So, I'm a selective VPN user.
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    Unlocked Chromebook users running Linux?

    I'm running an Acer C720 11" w/ ChromeOS. I ran a dual boot for awhile & chroot a bit, but my needs were minimal and I restored it back to ChromeOS. With a few apps installed I'm able to manage most of my toy vps', but nothing major. I picked it up for $100 on CL and haven't looked back. My...
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    Home Network Setup

    Yeah, late to the game but here is my setup. This took a while to build. Cox w/ 50MBps down & 15 MBps up (typically 20/3) @ 300GBs/mo soft limit (w/ free monthly overages notificatoins  :D ) Scientific-Atlanta WebSTAR DPC2100 Cable Modem DOCSIS 2.0 w/ Netgear CD3000 DOCSIS 3.0 replacement on...
  9. betatester

    What's your car?

    black on black '11 335d & lovin' it also.
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    I'm not on the LA IP block, instead 75.127.*.* in Chicago. I'm also point a sub domain to the assigned IPs and mail is hosted on a shared account. I saw your question on the newest LET offer. I'm waiting for their answer.
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    I have heard some issues on the various forums, but so far none yet for my experience.
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    Here is my objective quality evidence. I've had uptimerobot running a ping and http monitor on this VPS.
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    Two file error - one permission error (x13) & on where a file did not exist. The only time the server has been down from their side was to reboot the OpenVZ vunerability this week. As far as I can tell, the server has always been reachable. I'll try and find some OQE, but each time I try to...
  14. betatester

    Reviews: Rules and Formatting Guide

    @MannDude sorry for posting my review before 10 posts.
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    retest same command: --2014-06-25 12:41:14-- htp://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)... 205.234.175.175 Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)|205.234.175.175|:80...connected...
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    ChicagoVPS - Christmas 2Gb Special

    Provider: ChicagoVPS - bought as a noob!(still a noob). Plan: OpenVZ VPS - Enterprise VPS - Limited Time Special Price: $60 for 3 years ($1.67/mo) Location: Chiacago, USA Purchased: 12/2013 w/ instant activation VPS terms: 2TB/mo 2GBs & 50GB storage IPv4/6: 2/ 0 Support tickets: 0 tickets...
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    Burst.net circling the drain?

     I see what you did there, nice.
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    What else does everyone do?

    day job - civil service; side: Real Estate; hobbeis: vps' buyer
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    BlueVM quick review - 6 months

    Their ticket times are slow and I find that it takes many interactions before the primary issue is resolved. Not having the same 'issues' with using their services from colocrossing, my accounts seem stable. From various reviews and complaints, here, LET & WHT, this also seems consistent...
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    Anyone watch Silicon Valley?

    The IT crowd was a good show too - link
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