Hostwinds recently acquired the assets of WeLoveServers

Omni

Fox2k11 said: @Omni well not an VPS company but maybe you have a look at www.vpn.sh

Yeah, I was thinking I may just go with a VPN provider for my VPN service, and use other my other existing VPS for non-location-dependant services. I'll keep them in mind, although PIA is looking pretty appealing right now.

zevus

@Fox2k11 said:

this is from hostwinds seattle location, the 'premium vps',

Download speed from CacheFly: 100MB/s
Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: 19.0MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: 34.0MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 7.92MB/s
Download speed from i3d.net, Rotterdam, NL: 4.76MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 36.4MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 8.74MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 100MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 41.6MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 24.3MB/s
I/O speed :  612 MB/s

ed: looks like I posted the same thing earlier. with (ed: more than) slightly better results. maybe i should run serverbear or something, it expires soon

rkan

Just got my server migrated as well.. LOL Basically there was no notification of migration... gah. I've seen better service with providers just changing IPs and them sending about 10 notification emails abut in during like 3 months, and only then changing the IP. This was with a provider comparable in price to WeLoveServers.

So.. What alternatives do we have for the UK for ~20$/year with 1-2GB and preferably 1Gb/s port?

ricardo

Their migration is a mess. A hodge-podge of emails and fluff, and if you have more than one container with them, you're left to cross-reference which one they've migrated.

rkan

I basically sent them an email ranting about not expecting to have backups of my VPS or 24/7 support.. They sent me some vague email about restoring the old UK server for the rest of my pay-period.. I think meh... Haven't really been able to find a better alternative yet though, their price was fair in my mind (I wasn't expecting anything that I actually got from them for 20USD/2GB/20GB or something/1Gbit). For the price it was still the best I came across. A shame. I wonder where the original people went..

Also I can't see how they are seeing overselling as a major "problem", pay more for your 'LEB' or an actual virtual server if you don't want to be oversold. goddamit
</ rant over>

Andrey11

after merged my site on weloveservers suspended not information, not email, no support. not a serious approach, so things are not done.

apidevlab

Gotta say it's been a worthwhile experience for me. I have x6 machines that 'migrated' consider these were geo located VPN boxes.

The cross reference experience was PITA however, I think WHCMS is part of that issue, the way it doesn't allow a change of 'label' with reference to the original hostname.

So have shifted many things around, am using 1 domain and putting ARUBA 1€ boxes to use. I have also started making much more use of 'per hour' providers : Lunanode, Prometheus, Domflow, Scaleaway, Vultr and Digital Ocean.

The reason I have seen this as a 'positive' is that it makes good use of my ability to mix, match, template and snapshot.

No, machine was ever used as 'production' so it's been good to learn and be able to react under 'stress'