Welcome to our Post-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday “Action Required” Series, where we ask you, our loyal readers, for your input. We’ll be doing a series of polls for the next week or so and then we’ll publish a summary of responses. Please watch for the ACTION REQUIRED title in our posts and vote!
And now, for our first question…
Did you go through the Black Friday/Cyber Monday season with credit cards a-blazin’ and wind up with a pile of idling cheap vps bargains? Or did you only snipe the best of the best? Has your personal fleet grown year over year?
This year the bandwidth allotments in packages seemed much more generous and prices continued down to almost absurdly cheap levels. Whether you were in the market for cheap vps, cheap dedi servers, or cheap shared hosting (even cheap cPanel!), there was something for you.
So – did you spend more this year versus last year?
Let’s find out! Please answer our poll questions below.
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The deals were excellent!
My needs are modest. I still spent about the same amount but got nice 30% upgrades for RAM, CPU, and storage.
I also got a huge 400% upgrade on bandwidth. I could still use more storage, but I’m probably set for the next year unless some new project comes up.
Glad to hear you liked what we featured this year, Booga!