OT: VPS: Hosting providers? How it's done?

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On Monday 23 April 2007, Tony Nelson wrote:
> We're looking for a new Virtual Private Server hosting
> provider.  We just tried GoDaddy, but it turns out that
> $30/m really is too little to pay. (They use an old
> custom kernel, don't provide kernel modules for a
> firewall, won't let us upgrade the kernel, and say it is
> our responsibility to do so under the agreement.)  I'm
> looking for recommendations and a bit more knowledge.

I was going to direct you to Everyones Internet at 
ev1servers.net but it is now The Planet at theplanet.com I 
know nothing about The Planet. Apparently EV1 put 
themselves out of business by recognizing the SCO claim as 
valid.

Direct from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyones_Internet

In 2004-3-1, EV1Servers.Net announced it had licensed SCO's 
intellectual property, saying that it was looking to offer 
its customers stability in the wake of SCO's protracted 
battle with the open source community. However, the deal 
was perceived by Linux users as using licensing deal to 
support SCO Group's lawsuit against Linux. On 2004-3-25, 
Netcraft reported EV1 had lost 1,080 Web sites in the 
previous 30 days. Robert Marsh, CEO of Everyones Internet, 
said that althought EV1 had lost some hosting business 
since the deal, it was not out of line with the number of 
sites EV1 loses in a typical month.

Apparently it was or became out of line because Everyones 
Internet is no more. It is now part of the once was.

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