march13

Did anyone else notice the Contabo colo quote? 2k EUR for 20 tons? That seems high even for them. Or was that mateo_dragon converting from pesos weird?

From Buenos Aires, my numbers:

• Contabo NYC: 128ms
• Vultr AMS: 205ms
• Hetzner HEL: 218ms
• OVHcloud Beauharnois: 142ms

US-East wins for South America, no contest. The path to EU-West often routes through MIA first anyway, so you eat the US-East latency plus transatlantic.

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In Argentina the dollar exchange makes Contabo attractive even with VAT. But I learned fast that 128MB is only good for OpenVPN or wireguard proxy.

Which speed test did you run this on

Argentina inflation makes long-term hosting deals essential and risky. I lock in USD prices for 3 years when possible. Documenting the exchange rate lock is as important as the service terms.

Last year I prepaid Hostinger for 3 years at ARS 45,000. Same plan now costs ARS 120,000. My documentation...