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RansomIT – $20.00/Quarter OpenVZ 256MB RAM in Australia

RansomITOliver from RansomIT sent in an offer in February that got a pretty good response and is now back with the same offer once more.

Specifications

  • 256MB of Memory, burstable to 320MB
  • OpenVZ
  • 1 CPU core
  • 15GB of disk space
  • 25GB of data transfer
  • You get 1 IPv4 (no IPv6)
  • TUN/TAP/PPP is enabled
  • Shared 100mbit port
  • Order Link (no promocode needed)

Servers are in Adelaide, South Australia at Colocity (www.colocity.com)

UPDATE: IPv6 is now available, submit a ticket to enable it on your VPS.

– Test IP: 119.252.16.33

– TOS here: http://www.ransomit.com.au/terms_of_service

– Ransom IT Trust is the business name (company structures are different so it’s actually a Trust and not a Company, but for the end user on LEB this makes no difference)

As a last note: Most of the LEB regulars knows that Bandwidth in Australia costs an arm and a leg (prices from feb = $1.50 /GB) so this offer which includes 25 GB /month is a good one.

32 Comments

  1. Pinging 119.252.16.33 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=48
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=307ms TTL=48
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=181ms TTL=48
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=181ms TTL=48

    Ping statistics for 119.252.16.33:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 181ms, Maximum = 307ms, Average = 243ms

    Ping results too high from Indonesia

    July 10, 2012 @ 8:49 am | Reply
    • CPS:

      much better now..

      $ ping -c3 119.252.16.33
      PING 119.252.16.33 (119.252.16.33): 56 data bytes
      64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=181.330 ms
      64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=181.433 ms
      64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=183.742 ms
      
      --- 119.252.16.33 ping statistics ---
      3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
      round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 181.330/182.168/183.742/1.114 ms
      July 29, 2012 @ 4:58 pm | Reply
  2. And some more ping tests to help anyone interested…

    From Hetzner Germany:

    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=341 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=341 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=341 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=341 ms
    

    From WebNX LA:

    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=185 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=184 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=184 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=185 ms
    

    From Linode Fremont:

    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=178 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=178 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=178 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=178 ms
    

    From SecureDragon in Tampa:

    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=41 time=248 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=2 ttl=41 time=248 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=3 ttl=41 time=248 ms
    64 bytes from 119.252.16.33: icmp_seq=4 ttl=41 time=248 ms
    
    July 10, 2012 @ 9:03 am | Reply
  3. That bandwidth allocation is huge for AUS.

    Well done :)

    Francisco

    July 10, 2012 @ 10:46 am | Reply
    • grude:

      But everything in Australia is upside down…. wait 25 upside down looks like 25 :\

      July 10, 2012 @ 2:31 pm | Reply
      • That’s why we’ve opted for 25 GB. Nearly impossible for anyone to get confused regardless of whether you’re upside down or not. :-)

        July 10, 2012 @ 4:19 pm | Reply
  4. William:

    IPv6? IPv6? WHEN? :D

    July 10, 2012 @ 12:09 pm | Reply
    • No guarantees but I am following this up with the DC now. Will update this when and if I can get something up for this service.

      July 10, 2012 @ 12:24 pm | Reply
    • Inglar:

      IPv6 madness already here :)

      July 10, 2012 @ 1:02 pm | Reply
    • Now. :-)

      July 11, 2012 @ 9:26 am | Reply
  5. john:

    Mind if I ask “what do you do with 25GB of data transfer in Australia?”

    July 10, 2012 @ 3:47 pm | Reply
    • Jath:

      Perfect for a website where most of the readers are in Australia.

      July 10, 2012 @ 4:18 pm | Reply
    • DNS cluster seems to be a popular choice. Otherwise web and email servers as usual for those without huge data requirements. VPNs or private proxies are also a common use. The latency is probably the primary attractive point for those in Australia and New Zealand while for foreigners it’s having geographic diversity for services requiring high redundancy.

      You can do a lot; be creative. :-)

      July 10, 2012 @ 4:18 pm | Reply
      • Inglar:

        For ‘DNS cluster’ would be ideally to see VPS with less amount of RAM,
        for example 64Mb /even 32 Mb may be enough as for me/, the same about HDD,
        and of course in this case set for it little bit lower price :)

        I think it would be also very creative on your side :)

        July 10, 2012 @ 5:01 pm | Reply
        • This is pretty much the lowest limit I can go here anyway simply because of the IP space, so even if I did offer less resources I don’t think I could drop the price much.

          I’ll keep it in mind though since it does seem to be a common use.

          July 10, 2012 @ 5:17 pm | Reply
  6. kro:

    Don’t you hate it when you briefly wake, and decide to have a quick squiz at LEB.

    Only to find out Oliver is back with another offer!

    I’ve had my vps since the first offer made here on LEB, never looked back.
    Second location in Australia for myself, this is the cheaper and better of the two ^_^
    I was very iffy on the bandwidth allocation(peace of mind i guess) – the main goal was web-hosting for clients. Turns out it doesn’t consume as much as i had thought, with plenty to spare every month!

    Thanks Oliver and keep up the great offer for aussie oi!

    July 10, 2012 @ 9:38 pm | Reply
  7. Thanks kro. :-)

    I just wanted to update this to say that IPv6 is now available. After signing up just post a support ticket requesting it.

    A big thanks to William from EDIS and the rest of the crew on IRC for providing assistance with the IPv6 setup.

    July 11, 2012 @ 9:25 am | Reply
    • dirk:

      Is this tunneled IPv6 or none-tunneled IPv6? Can you give a test IPv6 address?

      July 11, 2012 @ 3:25 pm | Reply
      • William:

        Native.

        IP of the Gateway:
        2401:1400:0001:1201:0000:0000:0000:0001

        July 11, 2012 @ 3:50 pm | Reply
  8. Paul:

    from Western Australia


    C:\>ping 119.252.16.33

    Pinging 119.252.16.33 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=1151ms TTL=50
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=995ms TTL=50
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=954ms TTL=50
    Reply from 119.252.16.33: bytes=32 time=1124ms TTL=50

    Ping statistics for 119.252.16.33:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 954ms, Maximum = 1151ms, Average = 1056ms

    C:\>tracert 119.252.16.33

    Tracing route to adl1.ransomit.com.au [119.252.16.33]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms Buffalo.lan [192.168.0.1]
    2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
    3 1080 ms 882 ms 745 ms 201.1.96.58.static.exetel.com.au [58.96.1.201]
    4 * 912 ms 764 ms PE-5017325.pgrosinte01.gw.aapt.com.au [203.174.1
    81.193]
    5 886 ms 824 ms 715 ms gi1-9.pstmadist01.aapt.net.au [203.131.62.156]
    6 870 ms 1338 ms 1413 ms te2-1.pstmabrdr01.aapt.net.au [202.10.14.19]
    7 1010 ms 860 ms 912 ms 61.88.166.65
    8 * * * Request timed out.
    9 628 ms 571 ms 781 ms Amcom.55drc76fg.optus.net.au [61.88.163.14]
    10 899 ms 948 ms 751 ms ge2-1.cr01.sa.amcom.net.au [202.189.64.2]
    11 773 ms 863 ms 1234 ms ge1-1.gw01.sa.amcom.net.au [202.189.64.22]
    12 809 ms 514 ms 493 ms 202.189.75.74
    13 870 ms 1204 ms 1202 ms c45.cor-e.adl.colocity.com [119.252.31.194]
    14 948 ms 848 ms 902 ms g1-1.c45.distd.adl.colocity.com [119.252.31.242]

    15 1120 ms 804 ms 694 ms adl4.ransomit.com.au [119.252.16.201]
    16 604 ms 798 ms 998 ms adl1.ransomit.com.au [119.252.16.33]

    Trace complete.

    July 12, 2012 @ 5:44 am | Reply
    • William:

      Yea, but that is a problem with your line.
      3G i guess?

      July 12, 2012 @ 2:04 pm | Reply
    • As per William’s post I am sure that’s not normal for Australian users. The latency tests from locations on the other side of the world are better than that. What type of connection are you on Paul?

      July 13, 2012 @ 8:42 am | Reply
  9. cheese510:

    So… eta on setting these up? 24 hours and counting..

    July 13, 2012 @ 3:37 am | Reply
    • Hi, if you’re who I think you are then you should have received a deployment notice before you made the above post. I just checked the logs and a message was successfully delivered to your email service provider on the late afternoon of the 12th (Adelaide time).

      If you haven’t received it please email service@ransomit.com.au or file a support ticket. I’ve had them all deployed and ready within 6 hours so far.

      Thanks

      July 13, 2012 @ 8:34 am | Reply
      • cheese510:

        Sorry about that, turns out my spam folder rejected all of your welcome emails EXCEPT for the deployment one.
        Looks good so far! :)

        July 14, 2012 @ 12:27 am | Reply
  10. porknbeans:

    ping/traceroute from Adelaide 30/1 mbit telstra cable. ~13km from CBD

    Pinging 119.252.16.33 [119.252.16.33] with 32 bytes of data
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 1, time = 36ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 2, time = 39ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 3, time = 33ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 4, time = 42ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 5, time = 55ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 6, time = 60ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 7, time = 41ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 8, time = 64ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 9, time = 46ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 10, time = 45ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 11, time = 35ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 12, time = 30ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 13, time = 31ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 14, time = 33ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 15, time = 29ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 16, time = 32ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 17, time = 30ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 18, time = 31ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 19, time = 30ms, ttl: 45
    32 bytes from: 119.252.16.33, seq: 20, time = 31ms, ttl: 45

    Ping statistics for 119.252.16.33 :
    Sent: 20 Received: 20 Lost: 0 (0.0% loss)
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 29ms Maximum = 64ms Average = 38.7ms

    Tracing route to 119.252.16.33 [119.252.16.33]
    1 * * * 10.220.160.1
    2 22ms 20ms 8ms 58.160.26.1
    3 8ms 11ms 6ms 58.160.27.242
    4 * * * 172.18.242.233
    5 16ms 13ms 14ms 120.151.110.33
    6 28ms 16ms 18ms 203.50.11.5
    7 43ms 32ms 33ms 203.50.11.1
    8 47ms 30ms 29ms 203.50.120.31
    9 21ms 24ms 19ms 139.130.33.214
    10 TimedOut
    11 * * * 61.88.221.53
    12 29ms 32ms 28ms 61.88.163.14
    13 52ms 70ms 63ms 202.189.64.2
    14 62ms 57ms 51ms 202.189.64.22
    15 57ms 57ms 53ms 202.189.75.74
    16 45ms 33ms 30ms 119.252.31.194
    17 31ms 36ms 57ms 119.252.31.242
    18 55ms 44ms 44ms 119.252.16.201
    19 35ms 31ms 30ms 119.252.16.33
    Trace complete

    July 13, 2012 @ 6:20 am | Reply
  11. More stock is available again now. We ran out of IPs but have just had another range assigned.

    Sorry for the delays if anyone had been wanting to sign up!

    July 23, 2012 @ 4:41 pm | Reply
  12. Qantas94Heavy:

    Is this offer still available? When I go to the link I get a cheaper, but lower specified offer.

    October 28, 2012 @ 11:35 pm | Reply
    • Oliver:

      There’s more available now.

      December 29, 2012 @ 6:51 pm | Reply
  13. Out of stock. I’m interested when one is available.

    November 19, 2012 @ 12:08 am | Reply
    • Oliver:

      More available now. :-)

      December 29, 2012 @ 6:51 pm | Reply

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