Who was your first VPS provider?
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securewebcloud
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Actually it was Rackspace in 2008 and I learned most of my command line skills from that point on
VPSSoldiers
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I was first with LiquidWeb (for VPS) as I had a dedi with them and wasn't able to afford it any more so I downgraded I still had that VPS up until 2013 when I quadrupled the amount of VPSs I had and was still paying the same amount.
Linux Savvy
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My first VPS was through a provider called IwhiC, they have since sold to AHosting. Then if I recall correctly, my second VPS was with FTNHosting @Chris Miller.
This post takes me all the way back to 2008!
This post takes me all the way back to 2008!
My first VPS was through a provider called IwhiC, they have since sold to AHosting. Then if I recall correctly, my second VPS was with FTNHosting @Chris Miller.
2008 was a great year!
Yeah IwhiC was a pretty reputable provider on DigitalPoint back in the day I got to know both owners over the years. Sad what happened to Aimee with her unexpected death and last I knew Jason who was the other owner of IwhiC was in prison. (unrelated)
My first WHM reseller was with mycoolworld and first vps was with http://lowendbox.com/blog/fiveminutevps-5-openvz-vps-with-128mb-ram/ back in 2008.
DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
IX Web Hosting aka Ecommerce.com and their little weasel CEO Fathi Said are near the very top of my shit list for being a very SPAM friendly host who ignores SPAM complaints. 40 Spamhaus SBL's http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings/ecommerce.com
k0nsl
Bad Goy
Hm...I made a mistake in my earlier reply; RoseHosting wasn't my first VPS provider. My first VPS was provided by a guy named Joshua Levitsky in the year 2000 and it was via joshie.com — I got the VPS for nothing, zilch, nada, zip, and I kept it until about 2005, if I remember correctly. We got along surprisingly well despite our massive differences
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My first personal vps was the AlienLayer 192MB plan, like several other people here. It was one of the earliest really cheap plans, cheap enough that I could buy it for experimentation without having an actual use for it. I was very happy with it even though it was horribly unreliable by current standards. I got my money's worth ($15/year or so, when everything else cost much more) just from the experience of setting it up and installing some stuff on it and serving a few personal pages.
Before that I used a Rackspace VPS for some work stuff, but it had been purchased and set up by one of my co-workers. IIRC it was $12.50 a month for 512MB ram and 20gb of disk or thereabouts. I thought that was very affordable and figured I'd buy one myself once I had a use for it. Then I watched LEB for a while and got the Alien vps and the addiction started.
Before that I used a Rackspace VPS for some work stuff, but it had been purchased and set up by one of my co-workers. IIRC it was $12.50 a month for 512MB ram and 20gb of disk or thereabouts. I thought that was very affordable and figured I'd buy one myself once I had a use for it. Then I watched LEB for a while and got the Alien vps and the addiction started.
My first VPS was through a provider called IwhiC, they have since sold to AHosting. Then if I recall correctly, my second VPS was with FTNHosting @Chris Miller.
The DP era of hosts some memories there lol.
badpatrick
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I snagged a URPad and a Prometeus around the same time. URPad didn't go well but I still love Prometeus.
Haha yeah those were the days! I can't believe its been nearly 8 years since I got my start there.My first VPS was through a provider called IwhiC, they have since sold to AHosting. Then if I recall correctly, my second VPS was with FTNHosting @Chris Miller.
The DP era of hosts some memories there lol.
@badpatrick Sorry to hear about issues with URPad (I used to be the owner of the company which owned URPad). When did you have service with them?
