Non-US based hosting?

[Joseph Kubik]

What is the most you would be willing to pay for a virtual machine?
There is a datacenter downtown where we have a couple of machines, and could add more if needed.
What are your bandwidth requirements?

Feel free to reply directly to me.

Cheers,
-Joseph-


 On Mon Nov 27 19:06 , Jamon Camisso  sent:
>http://www.canadianwebhosting.com/vps.asp looks like it has what you 
>need. Problem is you never know where their datacenter(s) is/are and 
>they cost way too much for what you get.
>
>Seems a little pricey compared to someone like Quantact.com in the US 
>that offers a Xen based virtual server for 14.99/month, or linode.com or 
>unixshell.com, all of which are mostly in the same price range and offer 
>you full root in a XEN or UML virtual server.
>
>I agonized over the aformentioned 3 virutal providers last week and 
>settled on Quantact.
>
>For shared hosting I use dothost.ca who are based in Markham, and I hear 
>excellent things about blacksun.ca (python support on some plans). 
>Dothost doesn't have shell access which really gets to being a problem.
>
>Go for a virtual server, for the price and the control you get, they 
>can't be beat. It's too bad they're all in the US which doesn't fit your 
>criteria, but everything else you're asking for you can setup, with a 
>selection of various distros as well.
>
>You can also block those pesky law enforcement types with iptables (on 
>your virtual machine of course) and a blocklist from bluetack.co.uk
>( http://tinyurl.com/yc49ug for a full list of bluetack's blocklists ).
>
>Unless we can get some TLUG'ers to get together and start up a properly 
>competitive XEN or UML hosting company, I think south of the border is 
>your only intelligent choice (in terms of cost), but I'm with on 
>wholeheartedly on having my data across the border as the DMCA and 
>Patriot act bother me greatly.
>
>Jamon
>
>William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for hosting where the server is not
>> within the United States?  It's not that I am doing anything with my web
>> sites that is illegal, immoral or in violation of the PATRIOT Act, the
>> DMCA or would attract the attention of Homeland Security, but still, I
>> don't want US law enforcement to have easy access to my web sites
>> either.
>> 
>> Requirements:
>> 
>> Virtual is fine
>> Preferably allow more than one domain
>> Allow SSH access
>> Support WordPress
>> Support Python (not a dealbreaker)
>> 
>> I really like the price and package at bluehost.com, except that they
>> are located in Utah.
>> 
>> Canadian companies are preferred, but mostly I'm interested in where my
>> sites *aren't* hosted (the US, China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, etc.).
>> Thanks.
>
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