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netcup ARM Servers
netcup announced new ARM servers in an email I received today. Still in beta for anyone interested in trying it.
Today, we're excited to share some exciting news: our beta version of ARM servers is live, and you have the exclusive opportunity to become a tester. It's worth grabbing it quickly, because the number of pieces is very limited!
Below you will find all the information and details on how to get your ARM server beta.
There are two products to choose from:
ARM 1000 G11 Beta
6 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 256 GB NVMe
Free for 3 months, then €6.95 / month
ARM 2000 G11 Beta
10 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 512 GB NVMe
3 months free, then € 12.00 / month
Here's how to get your ARM Server Beta:
Register in the netcup forum if you are not yet a member
Follow the instructions in the thread "ARM Server: Beta Phase"
You will receive the order link for the respective product from us and go through the regular ordering process
Principle of awarding:
Since this product is a beta version, the number of pieces is very limited. The principle of awarding our ARM Beta products is first come, first serve. After a successful beta phase, ARM servers will be available in different tariff variants for all customers.
Email translated from German.
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warning:
Additional warning:
They now use a debt collector in the US and they will never cancel your server by nonpayment, ever, they will bill it every month regardless.
Back story:
I often cancel by nonpayment, a common LET user thing to do, and I always go back and pay what I owed them later. Usually it’s between $50 and $200. This time it was well over $1000. I paid it but holy fuck, imagine owing that for a budget VPS you thought had been terminated. Even more annoying that I submitted a cancellation notice after that, and they just immediately sent the next bill to their debt collector.
It’s all fine it’s just not what people expect, thought I’d share.
Actually from there post in the forum they are sold out now. Someone posted yabs for the server performance but it is not very impressive compared to Hetzner offering.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/21872050
image from netcup forum:
try @c1vhosting, service cancelation by mail only.
Wtf
Same with @PHP_Friends , to top it off. Account with Php Friends no longer exists. It's a nightmare lol.
Though I liked their service, but this whole debt collector thing is a pain.
Don't worry they only collect if you pay, don't be afraid for a piece of paper.
As long as you carefully understand the content of his contract, you can easily cancel the machine without sending an email. You can cancel it on the ccp console. The main thing is to pay attention to whether your contract is paid monthly or annually, and then cancel it 31 days in advance.
Thanks for your feedback. I wanna point out a few things:
Best Regards,
Tim
netcup has been meh lately, their hardware is kind of outdated/oversold
This is 2023, there are literally no more excuses for late payments. 99% of all providers now have PayPal Billing Agreements, Credit Card, PayPal Subscriptions, even Coinbase offers subscriptions for crypto to providers. All the above options offer auto pay!
Don't want your CC out there in some strange providers panel, great, do a Paypal billing agreement or subscription, and keep your CC in Paypal.
Its 2023, there is literally no excuse anymore for late payments with the technology we have.
We even offer ACH for some business-class customers. Literally no excuse anymore.
It's not my place to judge or tell anyone how to run their business.
But you see the irony, right?
The bill cannot be paid because the account is closed, and you have a debt collector giving you headache.
And it's not 6-8 weeks.
Please send me your e-mail via PM, so we can have a look, I dont know who you are
Questionable billing practices. Not the first time. People whonl sign up - deserve this.
We usually don't close accounts if you don’t ask for it. Esspecially not for non-payment.
It is.
I think that netcup states the regarding information correctly on their website. With non-prepaid service, they can plan with incomes and provide excelent services at an unbeatable price. I don't tried PHPFriends service but regarding the YABS results and LET experiences they have the same logic as netcup. It is acceptable for someone and not acceptable for someone. I can accept these billing rules if I got better service than the pre-paid ones for example Contabo, DigitalOcean and same others. So I think when you need services for predictable longer time than a month, netcup and PHPFriends unbeatable in the EU.
Cores are not dedicated but RAM and storage are quite competitive compared to Hetzner.
Just logged in to write a real story about your company.
If your customer isn't from Germany then why you're trying to send a collection agency to steal the money for the service that was terminated?
I don't have any other word than steal because if the service is terminated, why the heck I should pay for it via a collection agency?
Is that hard to agree on something?
You're terminating the service after the "post-paid" is over so don't lie.
It's only in Germany someone might care about a contract but when you're from another country your contract is just useless.
Go look for clients in Germany, I don't trust you and don't give a shit about your collection agency.
The reason you see these billing practices in Germany is because it’s a low-context culture.
Germans are generally very specific and contractual.
A perfect example of this is German hosts describing paying for things as “pre-paying” — doesn’t mean it’s shady. It’s just cultural differences.
Agree, and this is why you will not get deadpooled from a German provider.
To get paid for the time we provided you with the service..? It's not that hard to understand, really.
I have no idea what you mean, but I think most of the readers here will be able to determine who's lying and who's not.
I think some users overreact over non prepaid services,I think the main issue is some users don't read terms before agreeing to them e.g minimal term, cancellation notice etc or if they did don't care.
After some time when they no longer want the service don't bother canceling via the required method or submit the needed cancellation notice in time they just stop payment eg cancel PayPal billing agreements or ignore invoices.
I got a few services with provider that uses contracts including @PHP_Friends and in the past NetCups I don't have any issues with the way they do billing or cancellations I agreed to the terms when signing up to the service.
Usually Chinese and Americans
Right tried WebTropia once. To cancel their services, you need to literally fax them, else they don't cancel the contract, doesn't matter how many times you send them a ticket.
So, I told them, I'll have to file a chargeback, because I am not going to go out, find a fax machine to cancel a $10 subscription. Worked like a charm.
Did you send your email to @PHP_Friends?
Maybe the time is a bit low with14 days to terminate. 3months should be common.
Contracts have been made ever. Prepaid came the early 2010s, because many wanted to spend directly without bother every month about the payment.
German contracts and taxes…..
Does this topic even mention bw?
Hetzner is from Germany. And with them there is no such bs. The answer is clear.
They adapted to the market and started adding English wiki and stuff like that some years ago