Subj : Moving my boards to the cloud
To   : apam
From : niter3
Date : Wed Dec 07 2022 21:19:44

On 08 Dec 2022, apam said the following...
 
 ap>  > Who are you guys hosting your bbs with?
 ap> 
 ap> I used to use vultr for my BBS, but have since moved it to a PC at home.
 ap> I still use vultr for talismanbbs.com.
 ap> 
 ap> In the past I've used digital ocean, and even longer ago linode. I prefer
 ap> vultr as they allowed customers to install from an uploaded iso (as well
 ap> as the default list of OSes). Digital Ocean is about the same price wise,
 ap> though I think linode was a bit more expensive last time i checked.
 ap> 
 ap> If you want windows it's extra because of the license fee and
 ap> requirements, but vultr starts at $5US a month (actually $2.50 a month
 ap> but you only get ipv6 address) $5US gives you 20Gb SSD, 1Gb of ram and 1
 ap> core. Which is more than enough to run a BBS on.
 ap> 
 ap> Also you pay by the minute (I think, possibly seconds) so at the end of a
 ap> month you get a bill for $5 if you use it the whole month, if you only
 ap> use it for part, you only pay for what you used. (I think that's fairly
 ap> standard for VPS providers though).
 ap> 
 ap> Hope that helps.

Have you seen prices less then $5 a month? and more ?

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