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Did you measure the latency difference by any chance? I am really considering buying one host there, would love to get an idea on this.
NY: ~100ms CA: just under 200ms Asia: even +300ms didn't check Southern hemisphere
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TLDR: You do almost the same thing in the USA, only it is automated. We have the patriot act which requires collecting a lot of info-- the US has centralized databases (namely credit reports) that allow easy authentication of people. Outside the USA, they don't have the patriot act, but they have a lot of similar laws, and thus collecting a copy of your passport lets them know you're not an identity thief and lets th…
> This is why shopping online is less common in, say, south america, than it is in north america not completely true: I'm a south american (Chilean) currently living in the US. Shopping online in south america is not as common because: a) access to credit cards is not as common as in the US b) there's only few companies doing the inter-bank connection and credit card processing, which btw charge some excessive fees,…
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I am from India, have a server with them and was not asked for any documentation. May be it is a recent change. Given that you pay for the server in advance, a VPS is essentially zero risk for them. I am also surprised by this requirement.
It's definitely not a recent change, they required a copy of a photo ID as early as 2005 when I got my first server there. Don't remember being asked for a credit card scan ever though.
Great hosters! - cheap prices for lots of power - everything "just works" (only contacted for questions) - quick, friendly & to the point support service - great uptime - they are eco - 14 days money back (for root servers) Drawbacks - bigger latency for US/Asia/... - you do your own backups - they bill only after the end of month. had problems when card expired
> you do your own backups they do offer 100Gb storage space though. > they bill only after the end of month. had problems when card expired you blame them when you don't update your payment information? i've been there long enoough to go through several cards, never had problems.
> Great hosters!
And I mean it.
The payment problem appeared after my card expired (the second month of using Hetzner) and the new one didn't arrive. They understood the situation and allowed me to fix the situation in a couple of days.
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> a copy of my passport is with my employer, my landlord, custom offices and a bazillion other places It is? Where do you live that this is a normal thing?
> I am an Indian living in India. Unless you were looking for something more specific.
Is that common practice in India, are are your circumstances unusual?
Hetzner is nirvana for pre-ramen profitable big data startups. You can build a cluster for a whole lot less than Amazon-- in many cases 1/10th the cost (depending on which resources are higher priority, for us.) The question is-- can you host in germany and serve a customer base that is primarily in the USA? Our application isn't too latency intensive... but this is my primary concern. Would it be stupid for an ameri…
In Australia (where latency to anywhere cheap-to-host sucks) many people use Rackspace CloudFiles because that gives you cheap access the the Akamai CDN. Akamai has multiple points-of-presence in Australia, unlike the Amazon CDN.
For apps aimed at the US market there are a huge number of reasonably priced CDNs.
I have a question. Do they always ask for passport scan and credit card photograph, or I fall under some special category which makes me suspicious? Going by the rave reviews, I ordered the 512 MB vps to evaluate, and was greeted by an email asking for my passport and credit card photograph. I don't feel like doing business with them anymore. I am a bit uncomfortable about sharing my credit card info. But since I alr…
I am from India, have a server with them and was not asked for any documentation. May be it is a recent change. Given that you pay for the server in advance, a VPS is essentially zero risk for them. I am also surprised by this requirement.
It is not zero risk, the risk is quite high. A credit card company may reverse a transaction reported as fraudulent unless they perceived the fraud report was incorrect / steps had not been taken to prevent fraudulent card use. Web servers are good resources for uses which are often funded by fraud.
Thanks!
I have a question. Do they always ask for passport scan and credit card photograph, or I fall under some special category which makes me suspicious? Going by the rave reviews, I ordered the 512 MB vps to evaluate, and was greeted by an email asking for my passport and credit card photograph. I don't feel like doing business with them anymore. I am a bit uncomfortable about sharing my credit card info. But since I alr…
What bank are you using?
Their VPS service looks fantastic also: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix_vserver/vserv... Their 2GB plan is 3x cheaper than Linode…and you get over 4x the data transfer! Does anyone know how the performance compares?
Does any one know if their VPS servers are XEN or OpenVZ?