2009/11/6 Nikhil Marathe <nsm.nik...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > This isn't related to linux as such, but since we are all geeks, I > thought people might no the answer. > > I'm currently looking for shell accounts and web hosting. I am ready > to pay, but all hosts in Europe/USA accept payment via Bank transfer. > Now from what research I've done it's not worth sending money out of > India due to the bureaucratic hurdles. As for Paypal, that requires a > credit card, but I only have a debit card. Does anyone here use > webhosts outside India, or say VPSes. What do you do then?
http://sdf.lonestar.org/ -- you can send them a dollar bill by post to validate your account, or more to get higher capacity. > Is there any good provider of a shell account/VPS in india which will > allow me to run a SOCKS proxy using SSH? It will be purely for > personal use. > That way I can pay within India. sdf probably may not allow SOCKS proxy, but you can always ask a friend with credit card to buy a VPS and pay him by cash? Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
