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Seeking colocation/home hosting for a small personal proxy setup
AlyssaZhang
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Hey everyone,
I’m trying to build a small personal proxy setup, and I need a place to host a low-key device like a router or Android phone 24/7.
It’s just for my own use — no big bandwidth or anything crazy, just need it online and reachable remotely.
Are there any affordable colocation providers that are friendly to small devices like this, with decent uptime and remote access?
If you’ve got a stable home connection and wouldn’t mind hosting something like this, I’m happy to pay a monthly fee for a long-term arrangement.
I’m easy to work with, and we can work out fair compensation. Feel free to reply here. Thanks!
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Microtronix does offer small device hosting. I think @jfreak53 is the rep here on LET.
@jfreak53 or @JoshR are the go to for something like SBC or mini pc etc.
Your best bet would likely to check out hosts offering colocation for Raspberry Pis. While some of them will probably reject hosting a phone due to form factor and/or wifi requirement (i have never seen someone host a phone but i figure there is no way to plug an ethernet cable into it and chances are Android won't have a clue what to do with an USB ethernet adapter) that is the closest you will get to an actual phone colocation offer.
There is a list of hosts here: https://sbc-dc.pages.dev/
And a bunch a quick query turned up here: https://serverdiscounter.com/en/mini-colocation https://www.raspberry-hosting.com/en (both offering colocation for other small devices too)
As far a random person hosting your phone on their home connection is concerned i kind of doubt you would be interested in paying an amount of money sufficient to make the risk of putting an unknown device controlled by an unknown party on their network even remotely worthwhile.
I guess if you want to have even a slight chance of finding a private host you should at the very least specify how easy to work with you exactly are, what work encompasses in this context (what do you personally like, are there any no-gos for you and so on) and if you are North Korean how you plan to arrange the highly likely required international travel.
Looks like hosting a personal phone/router is more trouble than it’s worth.
I think I’ll just stick with what’s already out there — either overpriced or low-quality proxies, and accept that I’ll probably get hit with KYC and random account blocks anyway.
Thanks everyone for the input.
Unlikely.
The name isn't Korean + sending payments for them is probably far from easy.
P.S.
If I'm wrong, please give my best to the supreme leader
Well, supposedly they are pretty good at collecting foreign currency to be poured into missile development back home by doing IT work and pretending to be anything but North Korean is pretty much their shtick. They often times are even allowed to travel/smuggled abroad to create kind of an IT sweatshop.
Edit: https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/wpge/m_25525/contents.do
It wasn't a joke about their username. It's the fact they asked to colo a small device in someones home to make them look like a person from another country. North Korea has been in the news due to them using residential proxy devices and AI to get jobs at big western tech companies. It's just overall a suspicious request.
Actually, type C USB ethernet adapters seem to work fine with Android. Would also have to be one that can charge the device.
Yeah, until the battery explode and burn down the entire data center. You will need a dedicated power line hooked up directly to where your battery used to be (you can't power up the phone without battery even when charging, sadly).