ihostart didn't scam me. i was just impatient.

HalfEatenPie

@Don_Keedic said:
Calin's definitely unique among the hosts here but there isn't a single provider here that hustles servers harder than that guy. May not be the most high end or production-ready service, but it's cheap and he does get things up and running again. Dude's making it happen for himself in sweat equity and I totally respect that.

The guy makes it happen because he takes higher risks. That's basically it. Many people are price sensitive and are willing to accept more risk if it means they can pay less. It also means unit cost of Calin's efforts may cost less than other places. The guy's also willing to do anything to try and make a buck, I mean he PMed a hacker to try and buy the hacked WHMCS data. As his client you'll probably get a server or "something", but in reality you don't know what he's doing on the backend and what level of risk you're taking, infrastructure wise or even data security wise.

But hey, noone gives a shit apparently so there's that. I like having cheap servers but I'm not willing to fund that. Nor do I want to do business with someone who does that.

Don_Keedic

@HalfEatenPie said:

@Don_Keedic said:
Calin's definitely unique among the hosts here but there isn't a single provider here that hustles servers harder than that guy. May not be the most high end or production-ready service, but it's cheap and he does get things up and running again. Dude's making it happen for himself in sweat equity and I totally respect that.

The guy makes it happen because he takes higher risks. That's basically it. Many people are price sensitive and are willing to accept more risk if it means they can pay less. It also means unit cost of Calin's efforts may cost less than other places. The guy's also willing to do anything to try and make a buck, I mean he PMed a hacker to try and buy the hacked WHMCS data. As his client you'll probably get a server or "something", but in reality you don't know what he's doing on the backend and what level of risk you're taking, infrastructure wise or even data security wise.

But hey, noone gives a shit apparently so there's that. I like having cheap servers but I'm not willing to fund that. Nor do I want to do business with someone who does that.

Oh don't get me wrong, I wouldn't host there. Just commenting on the fact that you'll rarely see a "looking for" post on here and him not have something to offer up. Doesn't matter, worst customers or big dollar servers - dude's on every post like the whacky wavy inflatable arm flailing tube man

The guy's also willing to do anything to try and make a buck, I mean he PMed a hacker to try and buy the hacked WHMCS data

Wasn't aware of that!

HalfEatenPie

Yup

Proof: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3354199#Comment_3354199

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