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Looking for providers who can geolocate IPs
alexanderras
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in Requests
Hi everyone,
A bit of an unusual request, but I am struggling to find affordable providers with native IPs in some exotic locations (eg the Caribbean) for a private VPN.
I am therefore interested in providers who can offer servers with IPs that are announced with custom geolocations via their geofeed.
With regards to specs for the server itself, I don’t need much: min 1c1g15g with 1Gbps port and at least 1TB monthly traffic.
Budget would be limited given it’s for a private vpn - ideally $1-2/m.
Let me know if you know of anyone who might offer this.
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@jimaek
GLWSearch.
Hey!
We can offer location options in Dubai, Cyprus, and Malta if you're open to increasing the budget:
https://my.hostingb2b.com/order/vps-hosting/vps-mini
You can also use the promo code NEW2026 to save 10% on your order. Traffic is quite expensive in these regions, which is why the price is higher.
Wouldn't that go against your ToS since that counts as a service that "promotes anonymity" or whatever?
@SKRIME recently offered to do that on other thread.
I'm curious how well this would actually work in practice.
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4840942#Comment_4840942
Not at all! Setting up a private/personal VPN (like WireGuard, OpenVPN, or Outline) for your own remote access and secure browsing is completely fine on our VPS.
What our ToS restricts are commercial bulletproof/anonymizer networks, or using VPNs to cover illicit activities (spam, DDoS, abuse). As long as it's a private setup and complies with standard AUP/laws, you're 100% good to go
https://hostingb2b.com/accept-use-policy/
https://hostingb2b.com/tos/
Thanks - was aware of Skrime’s offering but was hoping to find others with similar offerings
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The whole point is that the hardware doesn’t have to be in an exotic location - the IP just has to geolocate to one.
What about a Tor middle node? Those are not exits (being purely internal to the network) and never produce abuse complaints. They're akin to a private VPN in terms of risk, and are non-commercial (it's a registered non-profit).
Thanks for offering! Unfortunately the pricing is a bit on the steep side for me - which is totally understandable given the price of hardware and traffic in those locations. That’s why I wanted to try the geolocation route to keep costs lower
The "Prohibited Activities and Uses" section explicitly states:
The term "Tor Nodes" refers to all nodes in the Tor network without exception, whether they are Exit Relays, Middle/Guard Relays, or Bridges.
Bandwidth and infrastructure costs in island locations like Cyprus/Malta and hub regions like Dubai are indeed significantly higher, which makes ultra-budget ($1-2/mo) pricing pretty much impossible for us there.
That's what I thought. That's unfortunate, as it serves no purpose other than attacking online privacy and does not protect your network in any way. It's always sad to see a provider that has some fundamental issue with online privacy itself, to the point that they'd even prohibit bridges that are incapable of bringing in abuse complaints. As such I'd strongly recommend people steer clear if they want to run a private VPN, even if it is allowed, as such use is incompatible with the host's values.
Most providers I've seen that prohibited them do so due to not realizing the difference between exits and bridges and worry about abuse complaints or legal issues, but I feel like that's not the case here.
The aup is rather comical. That blanket statement for the "Any activity that may result in IP blacklisting" is some hilarious shit, let alone that you dont need to do anything to land on some. Let alone the Tor nodes. Bit unusable for anything
Remember that "facilitating anonymous activities" is problematic too lol
HostDZire's is worse, it as worded actually bans encryption! Although he said he'd change it to be more specific, so he doesn't actually have a problem with privacy.
Anyone?
maybe that's why some of their vmware server disks were encrypted