OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Ben Tisdall
I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while there, primarily to run a web proxy. I'd like to spend no more than 10 GBP/mo; I don't care too much about uptime and not at all about the data on the server, any of this lot set alarm bells ringing? http://www.minivps.co.uk/

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Fowler
On Friday, 21 June 2013 at 08:54, Ben Tisdall wrote: I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while there, primarily to run a web proxy. Maybe you should consider a VPN solution instead. I've used StrongVPN to do this. Mark.

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Anthony Lucas
AWS may be a good option here? If it's your first instance, it could cost you nothing, or close to it. On 21 June 2013 14:08, Mark Fowler m...@twoshortplanks.com wrote: On Friday, 21 June 2013 at 08:54, Ben Tisdall wrote: I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Anthony Lucas
Woops, sorry. Wasn't reading properly. Web proxy with a UK IP address... On 21 June 2013 14:41, Anthony Lucas anthonyjlu...@gmail.com wrote: AWS may be a good option here? If it's your first instance, it could cost you nothing, or close to it. On 21 June 2013 14:08, Mark Fowler

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
I have an entry level web fusion one. It's decent considering. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Jun 2013, at 13:54, Ben Tisdall b...@tisdall.org.uk wrote: I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while there, primarily to run a web proxy. I'd like to spend no more than 10

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Martin A. Brooks
Hello From: Ben Tisdall b...@tisdall.org.uk To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers london.pm@london.pm.org Sent: Friday, 21 June, 2013 1:54:48 PM Subject: OT: Cheapo vps hosting I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while there, primarily to run a web proxy. I'd like to

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Pierre M
Any recommendation on Web proxies? On 21 June 2013 16:43, Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net wrote: Hello From: Ben Tisdall b...@tisdall.org.uk To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers london.pm@london.pm.org Sent: Friday, 21 June, 2013 1:54:48 PM Subject: OT: Cheapo vps hosting I'm

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Gareth Kirwan
On 13-06-21 04:43 PM, Martin A. Brooks wrote: Happy to recommend both bitfolk and bytemark. I have VPSs with both of them and get excellent service. +1 for bytemark. Particularly: http://www.bigv.io/

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Tom Hukins
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:13:05PM +0100, Pierre M wrote: Any recommendation on Web proxies? For the situation Ben describes, I use ssh -D to create a SOCKS proxy on my local machine and point my Web browser at that to relay traffic through a remote sshd. I also use this approach for using a

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Greg McCarroll
On 21 Jun 2013, at 14:08, Mark Fowler wrote: On Friday, 21 June 2013 at 08:54, Ben Tisdall wrote: I'm moving to Germany and would like to maintain a UK IP address while there, primarily to run a web proxy. Maybe you should consider a VPN solution instead. I've used StrongVPN to do

Re: OT: Cheapo vps hosting

2013-06-21 Thread Pierre M
Thank you for the advice Tom, i'll read about ssh. So basically that'd be £5 per IP per month. On 21 Jun 2013 17:37, Tom Hukins t...@eborcom.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:13:05PM +0100, Pierre M wrote: Any recommendation on Web proxies? For the situation Ben describes, I use ssh -D