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                         Why Host in Kosovo?



A datacenter located in Kosovo is an excellent choice for hosting
content censorship and government influence resistant, regardless if
legal in the operators location or not.

This is due to the fact that Kosovo is not recognized by many
countries, which can provide an added layer of protection against
state actors that may seek to censor or attack such content as there
is simply no way to enforce laws or even contact the government of
Kosovo without causing legal issues due to lack of diplomatic
recognition, as contacting Kosovar authorities would imply that the
country exists and is recognized.

Furthermore, the lack of recognition (or even existence at all) by
many countries means that Kosovo is less susceptible to outside
influence and pressure from both East and West, which can provide a
safe haven for content that is regularly targeted by state actors and
similar.

This can be particularly important for websites and content that
promote illegal activities in the source country (eg. copyright
violations), freedom of speech, political activism, or controversial
topics, as these types of content are often at risk of being censored
or attacked.

It is important to note, however, that while a location like Kosovo
may provide added protection, it is not a guarantee against
censorship or attacks. Hosting content that is controversial or
politically sensitive always carries some level of risk, and it is
important to carefully consider the potential consequences before
hosting such content.

In practice while some internet related laws exist in Kosovo they are
not enforced by lack of competent officials (that are also underpaid,
and often not paid on time at all), in fact the central government in
Pristina does not even have control over its Serbian majority east
where militias and the Serbian government hold a tight grip on
everything, heavily armed and prepared for war at any time. Serbian
authorities do not cooperate with Kosovo.

Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to
bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information
about court orders and raids before execution, enabling us to move
servers out of the affected location, protecting our clients in any
situation. Our excellent Serbian connections enable us to also move
servers cross-border and play "ping pong" between both countries,
essentially keeping content online forever.

Of course DDoS and other attacks are a problem but as we utilise
cybercrime friendly protection providers we have the ability to
filter high amounts of traffic while still ignoring abuse - This is
not on a level with huge ISPs like OVH but enough for 99% of
customers.

We utilise legacy IP addresses that cannot be revoked by RIPE even
with a court order and have multiple backup upstreams in Kosovo,
Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia as well as multiple
protection providers for failover.



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|Service|Specification |Location | Speed  |Traffic|  Extras  |Price |
|-------+--------------+---------+--------+-------+----------+------|
|       |1-16GB RAM,   |         |        |       |BGP 50EUR |      |
|VPS    |5-1024GB SSD, |Pristina,|1000Mbit|5TB    |setup,    |email |
|       |1-16 vCPUs    |XK       |shared  |       |IPv4 1EUR/|      |
|       |              |         |        |       |ea        |      |
|-------+--------------+---------+--------+-------+----------+------|
|       |2x E5-2680 v4,|Pristina,|1000Mbit|       |BGP free, |      |
|Dedi   |128GB DDR4, 4x|XK       |shared  |50TB   |IPv4 1EUR/|email |
|       |512GB SSD     |         |        |       |ea        |      |
|-------+--------------+---------+--------+-------+----------+------|
|       |1-2U, 1.5A/   |         |        |       |BGP free, |      |
|Colo   |350W Power, 2x|Pristina,|1000Mbit|50TB   |IPv4 1EUR/|150EUR|
|       |1G Net, 16    |XK       |shared  |       |ea        |/mo   |
|       |IPv4          |         |        |       |          |      |
|-------+--------------+---------+--------+-------+----------+------|
|       |Protection up |Russia/  |        |       |Also      |100EUR|
|DDoS   |to 500Gbit+   |Serbia   |-       |-      |available |/mo   |
|       |              |         |        |       |as tunnel |      |
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