Free or singlepayment irc ssh shell accounts on 2015
reddit / irc

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[deleted] · 2015-02-03 02:08

Any providers?

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o24 · 2015-02-03 02:52

Just get an EC2 instance, top it up with $5 after 12 months of free
and keep it going for years.

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jdhore1 · 2015-02-03 03:48

That is incorrect. I just did the math. an EC2 t2.micro instance would
cost AT LEAST ~$9.36/month, not counting EBS costs.

I'm sure OP wants to keep his IRC client running all the time.

Currently EC2 t2.micro instances are $0.013/hour.

Cost for one day is: 0.013 * 24 = $0.31(2)

Cost for one month is: $0.312 * 30 = $9.36

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Sauerkrause · 2015-02-03 05:04

Ec2 is free for the first 750 hours per month. There are 744 hours in
a 31 day month. I've not had to pay a penny for my single ec2 instance
running irssi. After a year, a better deal will probably happen before
payment is required.

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Plutarch_Rime · 2015-02-03 18:42

I just use Digital Ocean's droplets, at $5 a month.  For this you get
a whole virtualized system, where you can set up a bouncer if you like
(I use znc), or just ssh in and connect to there, maybe in screen or
tmux or whatever you like.

I don't really think anymore in terms of service accounts ("web
hosting," "irc", "shell account") -- I think in terms of owning my own
box, virtual or otherwise.

These are great times for this sort of thing.

(As for single payment, you top-up your account whenever you want, and
it just keeps subtracting each month.)

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yrek_shun · 2015-02-10 06:58

https://nexhost.net/clients/cart.php?gid=11

Cheap VPS for $1.35 a year for 64MB RAM. If you don't mind setting it
up  yourself you probably wont' find a cheaper price. Not a big name
provider perhaps but you can find him on lowendtalk.com if you have
questions.

Also several tilde clubs have sprung up, check out tilde.club or
ctrl-c.club etc. It's essentially a free shell account following the
golden rule--don't be a dick.

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24cal · 2015-02-12 07:54

I recently made the switch to a 'box' from shared hosting, shells,
etc, etc.

It is amazing. I have a couple 512s with DO :p

I love DigitalOcean!!!!!!

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24cal · 2015-02-12 07:54

DigitalOcean has $5/mo boxes

OVH has $3/mo boxes

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24cal · 2015-02-12 07:55

I snagged an EC2 just for experimenting.

But it makes a great IRC box