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If it is possible to run a hosting service as cheap as this, why is there none like it in the US? I thought the labour, tax and VAT costs in Germany should make
by ksajadi 14y ago
If it is possible to run a hosting service as cheap as this, why is there none like it in the US? I thought the labour, tax and VAT costs in Germany should make it less competitive but this is just way cheaper than anything you can find in the US. Does anyone know of any similar offerings in the States?
- rmoriz 14y agoThere are some other companies in Germany and France that operate for over a decade at very affordable prices. OVH, Strato, 1&1 to name some. If you're from outside the EU you'll probably even get the servers without having to pay the 19% VAT.
- tonfa 14y agoFYI, OVH is building a data center in Montreal: http://www.vincentabry.com/en/ovh-web-hosting-will-install-its-360000-servers-datacenter-in-beauharnois-quebec-1642 http://www.vincentabry.com/en/ovh-web-hosting-will-install-i...
- kami8845 14y agoFrom what I know the cost of cooling and power in Germany are much lower than in the US, Hetzner is also very long-term oriented, the equipment they buy only becomes profitable after running for a couple of years.
- ihsw 14y agoRAM allocation is the baseline for determining monthly pricing and their product page specifically mentions DDR3 RAM, which generally costs 50% the price of DDR2 RAM.
- jakeonthemove 14y agoYes, 1and1 - they offer pretty much everything Hetzner has and more (250 GB free backup, unlimited 100 Mbps traffic, which is about 30 TB per month if I'm not mistaken, and fully automated OS recovery and reinstallation, as well as serial console, which is basically KVM-over-IP. Their tech support is pathetic though, and the worst thing is that it takes them quite a while if any hardware fails - you could be out for days, with no possibility to even pay a premium fee for emergency repair... But of 5 servers I've had with them, only 1 (the cheapest) had issues (hanged on reboot)...
- ksajadi 14y agoSo far as I know, 1and1 is also German (they might have data centres in the US though) and their prices (as of now) are not competitive with Hetzner. Look at http://www.1and1.com/ServerPremiumXL?__lf=Static&__sendingdata=1&preselect=managed http://www.1and1.com/ServerPremiumXL?__lf=Static&__sendi...
- jakeonthemove 14y agoYes, they're owned by a German company, which is interesting. They are the cheapest in the US/Canada, though, and the hardware is pretty high quality...
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