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andrew36

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andrew36 1mo ago

Support quality dropped after acquisition, anyone notice? · General Discussion

Bravomartha renewal counting as new terms is standard industry practice unfortunately, same thing happened with my Rackspace contract in 2020. Always read the renewal clause.

I'm on Contabo's London DC, not OVHcloud legacy, and support has actually been fine for me. Maybe it's specific to the migra...

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andrew36 2mo ago

What is one VPS purchase you regret? · General Discussion

OVHcloud Gravelines fire took out my VPS in 2021. No refund, no migration path, just "we are sorry" for 3 weeks. That was €7/mo so not even cheap cheap. Still no trust.

I pay more now for geographically diverse. Vultr London + Amsterdam, same config, automated failover. Not cheap but I sleep.

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andrew36 3mo ago

How do you handle 'unmetered' bandwidth that's clearly metered? · Dedicated Servers

UK perspective: I've had decent luck with Kimsufi for actual unmetered at the low end. It's OVH's budget arm but the 500mbit is real 500mbit, no shaping games. Downside is the stock situation, you refresh for weeks.

Contabo I tried once, saw the same pattern, cancelled within 14 days for full refun...

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andrew36 6mo ago

Finally down to 12 domains from 67. Feels good. · Domain Names

letquid said:
Any issues with Cloudflare Registrar for .co.uk

Cloudflare doesn't do .co.uk I keep mine at Krystal works fine Nominet rules are fussy about transfers anyway not worth the hassle for the price difference

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andrew36 6mo ago

Finally down to 12 domains from 67. Feels good. · Domain Names

Did the audit last month 41 domains down to 15 biggest shock was finding 6 I'd auto-renewed at 123 Reg for two years without noticing their prices crept up to £34.99 for .com used to be £12

Transferred the keeps to Krystal saved about £200/year just on registrar spread

Check your renewal pric...