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Dedicated Server starting at 2.99 EUR / month
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News from OVH!
Regarding mSP with 100 Mbps:
Oles
@olesovhcom
@KloudberryLtd we don't deliver the servers with 100M any more. We are working to deliver all orders in 10-14 days.
My KS-16 with RAID arrived today, 2 weeks to the day after ordering.
Also, is there a Minstall or LowEndScript type thing for Debian 7?
My version of lowendscript, now working with Debian 7 is at
https://github.com/Keith2/lowendscript-ng
@Deor With what CPU?
Darn, this really sucks to see all these Kimsufis going and not being able to get them. Need a backup server now too.....
Guarantee that they will run out of space or raise prices, before they open to other customers, besides EU.
@NateN34 they have a brand new huge empty data center where they can put hundreds of thousands of servers. They won't run out of space anytime soon, at least not in this new data center. They would rather run out of advertising money first, which would still mean that the 3EUR/month offer would end.
Got my 16G with RAID too
This offer end very soon. They upgrade prices during September due DDoS filtering.
Since new stock will only be released in september, I suppose it already ended, however, even 4 Eur is too low. OVH raised a lot of money so running out of advertising money is probably not gonna happen soon.
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 58
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20GHz
stepping : 9
microcode : 0x16
cpu MHz : 3201.000
cache size : 8192 KB
Quad core Xeon, i can live with that
@Deor Thank you! I can too, with mine - definitely a keeper ;-)
@Steve What CPU did you get?
@wrox i5-2400. Not as good as the Xeon... but still no complaints!
Because they clearly don't make profit doesn't mean they make a loss...
4 EUR is too low, and 10 EUR which was their normal pricing with worldwide orderability of unlimited number of servers per one person was not too low?... Also considering they have a DC to fill, and have cut some costs in routing (no more failover IPs) and support (now forum only). They may be not making a huge profit on these servers, but it's not a dire loss and a pure advertising budget either.
It's not even allowed to sell something for a loss in The Netherlands, I doubt it's legal in France.
Everyday I wake up, brush my teeth, make coffee. Check my email and there still isn't my cute 3euro server. I ask myself the same question everyday "Where are you, server?" :^(
@rm_ 10 EUR might be low, but it's more realistic, in terms of ROI, etc. I am sure they can make profit at 10EUR, considering their massive scale.
@kupol You're gonna have to wait a month. Perhaps better that you forget it for a while and drink your coffee in peace
So having ordered by Paypal in late July, having that cancelled arbitrarily, and re-ordering in early August via CC (order number 218xxxxxx), it looks like I'll see nothing until September.
So does my next bill come 3 months after my order, or 3 months after I actually get the server? €3/month is very cheap for a server, but it's quite expensive for a nothing :-)
OVH still own the hardware, so they haven't sold it. Your just leasing it.
3 months after you get the server mate, dont worry.
That's irrelevant.
.> @ztec said:
it is perfectly legal and common practice in many places, it's called a loss leader, sold at a loss to attract the customers in the hope they will buy something profitable at some point.
As has been said, they are not selling the servers but leasing them, which is relevant as they are not 'selling for a loss',
It's relevant if you consider that you're just paying for a service, to use their hardware, and some bandwidth. Unless bandwidth and power is too expensive, where's the loss coming in?
I'm actually curious about the law saying your can't sell something with a loss, can you provide a link ?
Where I com from it's quite normal to sell something with a loss. etc when stores have a crazy sale, they sell something with a loss, but most customers leave with something else also, making it into profit.
Is it possible for the European customers to let go of their KS server to non-European ? if its possible (please contact me) I'm willing to buy a 16G KS. I'm sick of waiting for them to allow the Non-EU.
I believe everyone is referring to the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (please correct me if I'm wrong). It doesn't prohibit selling at a loss specifically, as far as I know, but it does prohibit unfair practices - for example, a large company using their cash reserves to products sell at a gigantic loss in order to put competitors out of business.
If you want to read the (incredibly dry) directive in full, you can do so here .
I wasn't the one claiming that they sold at a loss, sir. I defended the fact that they probably didn't sell at a loss because it's probably not even legal.
Is that coming from European laws? I know it's legal in the USA.