Hi, That Fasthosts VPS sounds really appealing as I am right now spending £20 per month for similar and the company I used has changed hands so don't feel like sticking around. I used Linode in the past but liked my own Debian install and that is hard to do with their setup. That was a solid system. A lot of the cheaper VPS hosts run off the shelf installs and aren't as reliable, it doesn't matter to me as much now so may take a look at this Fasthosts offer. I used Fasthosts a long time ago at work for some Windows dedicated hosts. Gandi would be my other option as I have a lot with them and they have solid hosting options. I especially like their web hosting which runs on containers and is a good middle ground between VPS and managed web hosting. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@gmail.com> Sent: 06 September 2021 19:03 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] advice wanted: Reliable budget VPS providers? - Mozilla Thunderbird Hello Everyone. We could really do with a VPS with root access for a project. Dedicated servers are not a requirement. I've been taking a look and have found that OVH and FastHosts have pretty decent VPS offerings. Hostinger don't seem bad either. The problem I have are the reviews for all of the above companies. OVH has the worst rating on trust pilot. FastHosts seem to be the highest rated out of the lot. Has anyone used the above companies for serious VPS use? If so, how have you found their downtime policy? I need a reliable server that isn't going to go down every 2 minutes. If you haven't used the above companies, are there companies you would recommend? Comments welcome on the quality of experience when contacting support. If I can get a decent VPS for between £4 to £8 a month, I'll be happy. FastHosts's VPS with 2GB of ram and 80GB SSD at £6 sounds very appealing. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading, Mo. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org