At 07:10 PM 12/11/05 +1100, you wrote: >On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:50, Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm looking for a low cost virtual private server (running Linux, of >> course!) that has low latency connections to AARNET and OptusNET. So >> far, the low cost providers I've found are all in the US or Canada; >> Australian providers seem to start at around $20 per month (as opposed >> to $5US). >> >> Does anyone know of a low-cost, well-connected provider in Australia? > >How about these guys: > > http://www.smartyhost.com.au/ > >I've never used them so I can't vouch for their quality, but $80 per year is >an excellent price by Australian standards. They run on Red Hat. > >-- >Sridhar Dhanapalan [Yama | http://www.pclinuxonline.com/] > {GnuPG/OpenPGP: http://dhanapalan.webhop.net/yama.asc ===================================================================== Posted by Brian Robson Saturday 12th Nov 2005 at 7:46pm
Re SmartyHost I have three web sites all running on Smarty Host. The servers are in California, but you pay to a Melbourne address in australian dollars. Support seems to be from melbourne. If you pay by Mastercard, you can be up and running with a new site in 30 minutes. I don't believe there is any cheap hosting in Australia - the bandwidth charges by telstra cost heaps for starters. Another friend just moved a huge site off bigpond and onto Pow-web again in California. Now, smarty host has a cheap rate of $80 and dearer plans. With the dearer plans you get both Webalyser and Analog stats, but with the $80 plan you only get Analog which is annoying as Webalyser give you the search words, while Analogue tells you the missing files and other internal errors. The FTP to Smartyhost seems slower than the normal access with a browser, like a bit slow to respond and does not run at 33K. Today it was running at 12K. Also the FTP timeout period is way too short, although i guess it can be altered, but there is hardly time to edit a file and send it up again, before it says "not connected". In one instance, one of my sites stopped working, probably for about a day. Luckily i spotted it myself, and Smarty Host then fixed it promptly when I sent them an email. The web software they use for the admin screens has old-fashioned frames and is annoying to use, but their price is right. The avaliability and reliability seem ok, certainly far better than my previous ISP who was small and hopeless, and whom I was unable to recommend to friends. Brian ================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
