I saw a great deal on LEB for a KVM VPS from Alpharacks and signed up for a 2 year plan (my first mistake).
When SSHing in to the VPS it didn't have the advertised specs, and when I raised the issue with their support, they eventually fixed it..
Then I realized the second problem, they gave me the same IP address as someone else. You could still use the web VNC console, and as soon as you made an outbound network connection, inbound connections would work... for a few seconds... then SSH would drop. Reconnecting by SSH says "host key changed" i.e. you hit someone else's server sharing the same IP address. Using the web VNC console, works again for a few seconds, drops again.
It took about 7 days of arguing with their support to explain these two problems to them... by which time, the 3-day refund window had expired...
Lesson learned about low-end boxes. I have had about 50/50 good and bad experiences, using half a dozen providers like this, not really making financial sense overall.
I recommend everyone stay far far away from AlphaRacks. If anything remains of them after this week.
My point was focused on how shithosts handle abuse, they'd suspend your container, but any other products or services you have would remain available, your account generally wouldn't be locked (short of disputing a payment).
I saw a great deal on LEB for a KVM VPS from Alpharacks and signed up for a 2 year plan (my first mistake).
When SSHing in to the VPS it didn't have the advertised specs, and when I raised the issue with their support, they eventually fixed it..
Then I realized the second problem, they gave me the same IP address as someone else. You could still use the web VNC console, and as soon as you made an outbound network connection, inbound connections would work... for a few seconds... then SSH would drop. Reconnecting by SSH says "host key changed" i.e. you hit someone else's server sharing the same IP address. Using the web VNC console, works again for a few seconds, drops again.
It took about 7 days of arguing with their support to explain these two problems to them... by which time, the 3-day refund window had expired...
I admit some schadenfreude watching their recent disaster (all servers down since the last 2 weeks - https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/157613/popcorn-time-du... ).
Lesson learned about low-end boxes. I have had about 50/50 good and bad experiences, using half a dozen providers like this, not really making financial sense overall.
I recommend everyone stay far far away from AlphaRacks. If anything remains of them after this week.