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Stand zwar schon vorher für mich fest, aber nach der letzten Mail von #Manitu heute Nachmittag (Sonntag!), wechsle ich nun auf jeden Fall noch heute zu #Hetzner, dort reicht mir für meine Zwecke das #Hosting S…

Bought a year of VM/BGP service from a #hosting provider on a Wednesday. Tuesday the service goes down. The next day a web page statement says operations are ceasing operations at that location. That would have been good #!?@'ing information a week ago!
True story. I've not seen it all, but when it comes to how providers operate I've seen a lot. :-)

Plan für spät heute Abend: #Typemill updaten, meinen #Blogbeitrag veröffentlichen, den ich heute morgen finalisiert habe, und endlich mit #Hosting und Domain zu Hetzner umziehen. So jedenfalls der Plan,…

Here's another new #hosting provider experience I wasn't expecting to see. Forky installed by default. I selected Debian 10, because that was the latest version in config form. Maybe they thought they were doing me a favor? The hardware isn't that new. If I wanted Ubuntu I would have chosen that.
Trixie aka Debian 13 just came out in August, Forky is the current"testin…

#Hosting provider Oneprovider (#AS136258) is introducing some new "high performance" OneCould plans and increasing the price on existing ones. Price increases range from about 12%-25% beginning November 15, 2025.
They do not cite energy costs as the driving reason for the price c…

Leaseweb's annual service price increase will be 3.9% in 2026. Outside of domain registrations and big contracts, not many basic #hosting providers do this on such a consistent basis.
It is not unreasonable to charge more to account for inflation on salaries, rent, energy, etc. However, as we all know, hardware gets cheaper and better all the time. Are these customers getting more …