superjohn

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Acceptable downtime for $5/month client sites? · Web Hosting

I've had clients on $5 plans who genuinely got 99.99% because their needs were static HTML, no database, no dynamic content. The server barely woke up.

But that's not typical, and I wouldn't promise it. I tell clients 99.9% and overdeliver.

superjohn 7mo ago

Apache Foundation's new project—relevant to us? · Web Hosting

Apache announced streampipes edge in january 2024

Not new

Misread the date maybe..

Java still heavy tho

superjohn 9mo ago

Tunnel brokers for IPv6 in 2026 — still relevant or legacy crutch? · Networking

Contabo Singapore is still v4-only on the cheap tiers last I checked. Their "v6 ready" flag in the control panel only applies to EU locations. Source: I migrated from Contabo SG to Hetzner SG six months ago for exactly this reason.

superjohn 1y ago

Does Contabo throttle or bill for bandwidth overage? · Web Hosting

haroldgsm said:

Contabo panel shows 31GB

That 10 percent is egress vs ingress or they don't count HTTP headers. Every host does this, Contabo just has worse UI. I wouldn't call it creative, I'd call it incompetent.

Also your DO cron is cheating the test. Real users have jitter, packet los...