Well, there are smaller companies with own server rooms that offer VPS-es. I use one in my country (Poland), and I use it since a little longer than Amazon ent

Well, there are smaller companies with own server rooms that offer VPS-es. I use one in my country (Poland), and I use it since a little longer than Amazon entered our market. I don't think such a regional provider would be of much use to you, unless it operates in your region, of course. What my comment boils down to is to avoid big hosting places.