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Let's see:
https://cubenode.com/ - should be decent
https://www.unelink.es/servidores-virtuales-standard-33-1567.html - good
https://cirrusflex.com/virtual-private-server/ - from a reasonably big ISP, likely good
https://www.lapsum.com/servidores-vps/ - network is ok, not sure about the provider itself
https://www.axarnet.es/servidores-vps/servidor-virtual-privado-no-administrado/ - ok IIRC
https://www.hostalia.com/servidor-cloud/ - Telefonica (Acens) owned, should be ok
https://www.arsys.es/servidores/vps - crap
https://www.hostinet.com/servidores-vps/ - crap
http://www.interdominios.com/vps/ - likely crap
http://www.evidaliahost.com/vps/ - unknown to me
I haven't used all of those ISPs, some are decent, some not so much, but you don't need a great ISP, just cheap bandwidth.. All of them are untested for Tor.
For cheaper than 10€/month, Spain is not an option. Sub-5€ options with unmetered are very common in Eastern Europe and I don't think you'll have problems finding some ISP you like. I've even listed some very cheap dedis with unmetered.
I'm kind of surprised no one has posted the basic resource for this directly from the Tor project: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs
You might experiment with providers not listed there. The only way to find out what a provider will think about your Tor relay besides asking them (something a lot of providers just won't answer plainly) is to run the relay. You mostly need to be concerned with running an exit, as most providers just don't want abuse complaints and won't police their network otherwise, so you can just go about running your relay and they can go about not bothering you. Tor relays don't cause disk I/O or CPU issues either, so they can't complain about that.
I thought about that, too - though the universe of those that will accept a relay is far, far broader than those who'll accept an exit node. Everyone on that list will allow a relay, but a lot of people who aren't on that list will, too.
I've run relays on DO credit. Also at Linode and 6sync on credit.
Not sure I agree - lots of hosts will say no to relays in their TOS. I'd guess most would say yes/no if you opened a pre-sales ticket.
The cynic in me thinks that the reason some providers don't want TOR relays is that TOR relays usually burn their entire bandwidth and a lot of providers are banking on subscribers using only a fraction of what's promised :-)
To be honest, most of the providers forbidding Tor relays are just shitty OVZ ones.
Nearly no one will care about you running a relay in their dedi or KVM. They have no reason to care, except if advertising resources which they don't want you to use (and if so, they are likely shit).
I was looking for a reason to use that vultr match offer...Tokyo and Sydney are probably already relay-rich but what the heck...
Many Asian providers I have come across stated that any forms of Tor relay are strictly prohibited. When I set the exit-relay node only in SG region I only saw one Linode.
DigitalOcean allows for relays.
Even the popular Asian hubs have very few relays, but the amount of bandwidth included with Vultr is not significant for Tor...
DigitalOcean is not an Asian provider and they are just burning VC money. I'm guessing someone is already running some relays in India?
Forgot about this thread for a while but I'm still looking for unmetered servers to expand my reign over the intern... I mean better society.
Hello, Im looking also to contribute to the TOR network as @Kobe
Someone got a nice offer about this matter?
thanks!
I didn't get any good custom offers. The unmetered offers I got weren't the best, and I flat out rejected any metered bandwidth package, although I was tempted to get a custom offer from LiteServers. I ended up with CloudAtCost and ITLDC.
Hello Kobe and thanks for the reply!
Would you please tell how much can you push without being suspended on such services?
in terms of bandwithd and in terms of cpu...
thanks a lot!
Since people are still commenting on this thread, I'll say again to look at the GoodBadISP list on the Tor project website. You'll find many of the providors known to allow relays including exits. Many are costly particularly for exits, although you're not looking to run an exit. Most providors won't end up saying anything about non-exits unless they already explicitly disallow relays per their AUP.
That being said, I can at least vouch for Pulse Servers for being on the cheaper side and allowing exits. If you use the "LEB" promo code the lowest price $10 VPS is offered at $7. It is an unmettered link with 1GB RAM and 12 cores on OpenVZ. Pretty decent I think for $7, although I hate OpenVZ. They have KVM too. It is not advertised and I've not used it, just I know they have it. You'd have to ask. Not sure what the current KVM specs are. The OpenVZ specs are far beyond what's needed for a fast relay anyway.
With unmetered, in real words, how much can one push monthly without being limited or suspended at Pulse Servers? What location are located these vps?
Also, can u please share the link for such offer?
@Nyr , your wiki link isnt working anymore?
Thanks!