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Chunkhost.com is giving away half-gig instances right now.

• zackattack 17y ago
  Sorta, they're not free, it's only for the beta period, and they still require a (valid) credit card number, and presumably they'll start charging you once the beta period ends (and they don't specify when that is on their homepage).
  • pavs 17y ago
    I have no experience with these people and never heard of them, but I am guessing that the CC information is needed because they are giving you root access to their server. From a purely legal and business point of view, it seems to make sense. What if someone registers for more than one vps (or dozens with the help of proxies and gmail account) and runs illegal activity like spamming or DDOSing some other site? These are all plausible scenario and having valid CC number is the most reasonable thing to do.
• j_baker 17y ago
  Just decided to try these guys out. You can't complain too much if it's free! Plus, their pricing seems like it will be reasonable once it gets out of beta.