> Given that you pay for the server in advance, a VPS is essentially zero risk for them. I am also surprised by this requirement. I am still not fully convince

> Given that you pay for the server in advance, a VPS is essentially zero risk for them. I am also surprised by this requirement. I am still not fully convinced, but this post makes some good points. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3899929 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3899929