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Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by amai » Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 11:38 PM UTC

"All servers that have finished their creation process will be billed until they are deleted, regardless of their state. This is because, internally, we allocate full resources to servers regardless of their power state. And it enables rapid startup and boot times for you, the customer." (https://www.hetzner.com/cloud?country=ot in FAQ)

I don't think they have understood, what Cloud Computing means.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by oliwarner » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 10:43 AM UTC

aloisamae wrote: post #327

bootcat wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anybody know if Hetzner charges forex on US debit/credit cards ?

I pay Hetzner via PayPal, and I haven't had any fees attached. Online.net however charges a card directly so my bank does charge it as a foreign transaction and adds a percentage.

Paypal will happily do the FX for you "fee-free".

That's because they fleece you with the exchange rate. You're paying a many-points worse exchange rate, even against a stabilised market average.

For one recent actual example, Paypal recently gave me 1.339 USD for 1 GBP in a transaction. The raw market rate that day was 1.421. The week mean was ~1.410. Paypal already holds this cash, they're not exchanging jack on the open market.

A pre-pay FX card —shop around— would have given me $1.40/£ on that date.

Paypal work like a bookmakers. They cover the entire spread with very little risk. Nothing on Paypal is really free.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by Hetzner_OL » Wed, Jan 31, 2018, 4:01 PM UTC

Update: When creating your Hetzner Cloud server, you can now inject cloud-init data. You can find more information at https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/CloudServer/en#Can_I_use_C... --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by wukerplank » Wed, Jan 31, 2018, 8:19 PM UTC

dakna wrote: post #188

wukerplank wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Odd thing to note here. I've never heard of a case in Germany where the hoster would enforce this law on behalf of the state.

There are plenty of lawyers who love to make money out of unlawful use of the German "Impressum" and send you an "Abmahnung" which requires you to pay fees even if you comply and change your website afterwards.

True, but that is solely your own responsibility. And lawyers can't do it just because they stumble over your website. Usually it's a competitor who comes after you. And even then its a civil law case - there is no threat to the hoster.