Looking for a France VPS with good connectivity to MENA, especially Egypt

skimply153 · November 11

Looking for a VPS in France to use as a personal VPN for a few friends. Low latency to Egypt is important, and direct peering with TE (Telecom Egypt) is a huge plus.

Specs:

1 vCPU
2 GiB RAM
20 GiB NVME storage
Minimum 1TB monthly bandwidth
1Gbps uplink
Budget is flexible.

If you're a provider, please include a link to your looking glass.

Thanks in advance.

alexanderras · November 11

You could check out @ouiheberg who have a DC in Marseille

RIYAD · November 11

Check out : https://francevps.com

venocloud · November 11

@skimply153 said:
Looking for a VPS in France to use as a personal VPN for a few friends. Low latency to Egypt is important, and direct peering with TE (Telecom Egypt) is a huge plus.

Specs:

1 vCPU

2 GiB RAM

20 GiB NVME storage

Minimum 1TB monthly bandwidth

1Gbps uplink

Budget is flexible.

If you're a provider, please include a link to your looking glass.

Thanks in advance.

Hi @skimply153,

We understand you're specifically looking for a VPS in France, but we have our own network in Frankfurt, Germany, and we believe it might offer comparable or even better connectivity to Egypt, depending on the routing.

We can offer you the following custom KVM VPS:

CPU: 1 vCPU
RAM: 2GB DDR5
Storage: 20GB NVMe
Bandwidth: 5TB/month
Network: 10Gbps Shared Port
IPv4 + IPv6 Included
Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Price: $3.90/month

We can also provide a free 1-hour trial VPS so you can test the latency, routing, and connection quality to Egypt before making a purchase.

If you're interested, please register at https://venocloud.com and open a support ticket requesting a free trial. At the same time, send us a private message here on LowEndTalk with the email address you used to register so we can identify your account and arrange the test.

The trial is completely free, with no obligation to purchase. If you're happy with the results, you can order the VPS afterward.

jitter · November 11

@vingohost

mans_xd · November 11

wonnblake · November 11

For Egypt, the city inside France matters almost as much as the country. Marseille is where most of the Mediterranean submarine cables land, so a VPS there usually has a shorter path to Telecom Egypt than one in Paris, where traffic often detours via London or Frankfurt. That is why the Marseille suggestion above is worth following up on.

Before committing, I would ask each provider for a test IP or looking glass and run mtr from your connection in Egypt. Advertised latency to Egypt varies a lot by ISP and by the provider's upstream, so a quick test tells you more than the location alone. And since this is a personal VPN for a few friends, it is also worth checking the provider is fine with VPN use on a small VPS, as some budget hosts restrict it.

alexanderras · November 11

@wonnblake said:
For Egypt, the city inside France matters almost as much as the country. Marseille is where most of the Mediterranean submarine cables land, so a VPS there usually has a shorter path to Telecom Egypt than one in Paris, where traffic often detours via London or Frankfurt. That is why the Marseille suggestion above is worth following up on.

Before committing, I would ask each provider for a test IP or looking glass and run mtr from your connection in Egypt. Advertised latency to Egypt varies a lot by ISP and by the provider's upstream, so a quick test tells you more than the location alone. And since this is a personal VPN for a few friends, it is also worth checking the provider is fine with VPN use on a small VPS, as some budget hosts restrict it.

Worth noting that some OuiHeberg traffic still goes over Paris so the saving compared to eg Paris isn’t always there.

From memory latency to Marseille from my Egypt server is about 35ms. Marseille to Paris adds about 10ms.

Neat321 · November 11

Marseille, France or Palermo, Italy

Both have the best latency to Egypt

alexanderras · November 11

@Neat321 said:
Marseille, France or Palermo, Italy

Both have the best latency to Egypt

Yeah Palermo is also a good shout. Melbicom @NexOasis has a presence there from memory

Sand_Dan_Glokta · November 11

Contabo Cloud VPS 8: 8 vCPU / 24 GB / 300 GB SSD, $16.80 a month ($201.60 a year), monthly, before VAT, in Germany (EU region), read 11 Nov
Luxvps KVM Rootserver Expert: 6 vCPU / 20 GB / 200 GB NVMe (RAID 1), $17.33 a month ($207.96 a year), monthly, VAT not added by the page, billed EUR 15.45, in Frankfurt, read 11 Nov
AlphaVPS Cheap C24G: 8 vCPU / 24 GB / 180 GB NVMe (RAID-10), $19.05 a month ($228.60 a year), monthly, before VAT, billed EUR 16.99, in Sofia, Nuremberg and London, read 6 Nov

alexhost · November 12

@skimply153 said:
Looking for a VPS in France to use as a personal VPN for a few friends. Low latency to Egypt is important, and direct peering with TE (Telecom Egypt) is a huge plus.

Specs:

1 vCPU

2 GiB RAM

20 GiB NVME storage

Minimum 1TB monthly bandwidth

1Gbps uplink

Budget is flexible.

If you're a provider, please include a link to your looking glass.

Thanks in advance.

Hello

We have VPS in France (Vélizy-Villacoublay):
https://alexhost.com/vps/vps-europe/vps-france/

Additional IPs available, 1Gbps port speed and more.

Looking Glass France Network:
https://lg-fr.alexhost.com/

DDoS Protection included + IPv6 FREE Support

Regarding bandwidth we allow from ~32TB Up to ~99TB.

Note: Test the network and check before order. VPN is allowed and is completely fine.

15% OFF Promo Code: GHOSTHOST15
Non-recurring discount code.

Best Regards,
Alexhost

jsg · November 12

@venocloud said:
...

We understand you're specifically looking for a VPS in France, but we have our own network in Frankfurt, Germany, and we believe it might offer comparable or even better connectivity to Egypt, depending on the routing.

And how exactly would your DE, Fra location have a "comparable or even better connectivity to Egypt"?

While I personally am not a fan of @ouiheberg and strongly prefer terabit / @SilverCreek FR, Par any decent VPS in France will easily beat you because last time I checked DE, Fra -> FR, Mar or -> IT,Pal add significant latency to Egypt compared to from IT (even Mil.) or from FR (even Par).

Feel free to show a MTR from your DC to Egypt (no matter the location but say, Cairo)...

@skimply153

If you send me a link to a linux mirror in Egypt I'll check out the latency to Egypt (location provided by you).