One man shows LEB VPS hosts. Should we be more open? Discuss.

linuxthefish

I like being able to open a ticket knowing roughly who I'm going to speak to, this applies to one man shows also.

HostNun

@viCommunications said:
We coded a program much like seen on "Terminator" the movie. We called it LowNet, if I happen to die, LowNet takes over.

I also have a trained cat to manage all tickets.

eddynetweb

Maounique

wych said: Can you train my cat to do that?

Well, send it to me for training, after all, I am The Cat answering tickets under John Deer nickname.

Amitz

It is obvious that many of you have no idea about risk assessment and are just pissed that someone else is trying to explain it to you. It of course matters whether a company is one man and maybe his dog or consisting of more people in charge. But go on having fun, kids. :-) It is quite normal that most people under the age of 20 think that they are invulnerable.

Virtovo

I think it's important to know if it is a one man show. At least you can take precautions yourself on the possible event of that one man disappearing.

perennate

I am an AI.

Virtovo said: I think it's important to know if it is a one man show. At least you can take precautions yourself on the possible event of that one man disappearing.

If you mean "disappear" as in die or sick, it's much more likely for the company to just disappear (like how BurstNET abandoned Scranton datacenter) than for that to happen to person. If you mean person stops doing anything with hosting service, then I think that's no more likely than company disappearing.

perennate

Amitz said: It is quite normal that most people under the age of 20 think that they are invulnerable.

Is it normal for people over 20 to think they are going to disappear?

Amitz

@perennate said:
Is it normal for people over 20 to think they are going to disappear?

At least they become more aware of the fact that this could happen at any time... ;-)

alexh

@perennate said:
Is it normal for people over 20 to think they are going to disappear?

Transparency in general should be promoted. Here's a few things I can think of quickly:

• Renting hardware is expensive. Owning your own hardware generally results in savings being passed to the customer. Having owned hardware also means you are not at the mercy of a datacenter closing.
• Even if you have capital to buy hardware from the beginning, profit usually won't start rolling in until months later. A consistent client base is almost required.
• Growth is essential to any company. You need a client base to make money. Any decent-sized client base can't easily be managed by one person who is also performing other business-related tasks.
• Larger companies are more likely to receive "bailout money." Investors may be interested in restoring a failing business, but not a failing home business.
• Life is unpredictable. I personally cannot foresee every issue in my life that comes about; The stress from running a business single-handedly would likely, over time, increase risks of health issues also.

Nekki

As Beyoncé would say, Question:

How many one-man shows have gone down the shitter as a result of that one man being unable to fulfil his obligations? I can think of one (24khost), but I'm assuming there are more.

DewlanceVPS

Required phone verification?



Eg: If new host listed on LEB then display his phone number on offer page so visitors can call him and ask him about his age, address, country,etc..

perennate

DewlanceVPS said: Eg: If new host listed on LEB then display his phone number on offer page so visitors can call him and ask him about his age, address, country,etc..

SSN, passwords, etc.

How does all that even stop him or her from shutting company down? You can go to house and yell if it happens?

sleddog

Nekki said: How many one-man shows have gone down the shitter as a result of that one man being unable to fulfil his obligations?

Exactly. The likelihood of a host failing for business reasons far exceeds the probability of a fatal bus encounter.

Boxode

perennate said: You can go to house and yell if it happens?

Pretty much.

hostnoob

@viCommunications said:

I also have a trained cat to manage all tickets.

I've used hosts before which seem to have had doge replying to tickets