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uptimevps.com has 2 deeply-discounted promos for a Tiny VPS (hosted on OpenVZ):
- $5EUR/year for 10GB Storage, 100GB/mo Transfers, 128MB RAM (256MB Burst)
- $9EUR/year for 30GB Storage, 300GB/mo Transfers, 384MB RAM (768MB Burst)

The promo code "EXISTING" takes another 25% off on these, bringing it to $3.75EUR/yr or $6.75EUR/yr. They also have other setups but these are the cheapest one available.

https://secure.uptimevps.com/cart.php?gid=2

These are obviously unsustainable promo prices and there is very limited supply at these prices (although they keep adding more). Their largest option is currently a 250GB box (4GB RAM, 2.5TB/mo Traffic) at 95EUR/year; and there may also be a 25%-off promo for that, but only if you ask sales about it directly.

These are all OpenVZ configurations using (shared) gigabit connections; I'm told they're shared between ~30 users per node, which is normal since no single user ever eats up the full bandwidth 24/7. They'll enable TUN/TAP if you ask (for proper VPN use) or you could use it as a small webhosting service...or a tiny seedbox (tsk). Reviews say that the bandwidth and disks are quite fast, but you can't buy multiple boxes and bond them together...you can only buy multiple boxes and run them separately, or get the 250GB version.

This doesn't appear to be a scam but just a loss-leader/marketing gimmick. I have my doubts how long they can stay in business at these prices; they say it's a marketing move to gain good word-of-mouth, which is what most internet companies did in the late '90's...and we all know how that worked out. Their French nodes are hosted with OVH, which is a major player but doesn't leave much room for a reseller's profit margin. German nodes are available and US nodes are "coming soon."

I believe that buying one of these is a calculated risk, but it's cheap enough to be a throwaway and it could pan out into a great deal if they stay solvent.


Here are a couple reviews and comments:

http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-xxiv-uptime-vps...
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/uptime...#comment-47248