"If you want to order it, use 'view source' to find the commented-out link."

Re:"If you want to order it, use 'view source' to find the c... by lsc on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:41AM (#3866772)

Yeah. I'm considering repricing or getting rid of (or repricing and only taking yearly orders) or something for the under 512M images. I've been getting a lot of flack from people in IRC about how expensive I am even though once you move up into the 1gb range, I'm reasonably competitive with most new VPS companies (and way cheaper than the companies that have been around as long as I have.)

I mean, ram is also getting cheaper, and I need to increase ram per dollar across the board just for that, but when I set those prices? $5 was a very low 'smallest thing you can order' price. It's not any more.

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Re:"If you want to order it, use 'view source' to find the c... by kragen on Sunday April 22, 2012 @09:34PM (#3876803)

I have to wonder how many of the people ordering the 64MiB image are doing it just to have a place to spam Twitter from.

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Re:"If you want to order it, use 'view source' to find the c... by lsc on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:16PM (#3884631)

yup, that's one of the big per-account costs; paying attention to the abuse box and shutting down spammers. But, the problem is probably better addressed by just requiring a long pre-pay which you don't get back if I think you are spamming.

The real problem is compromised accounts. How draconian should I be about that? I mean, personally, I'm not sure. Policy is to shut them down, give them a fresh VPS and let them mount the compromised one read-only; But, about 5-10% of people re-infect themselves immediately, presumably by copying the infected webapp off the backup.

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