LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
I read the only review about erectvps on WHT , and it’s bad review.
if it’s only one…
I would stay away from someone who hosts at “Joe’s data center”. Cogent etc
This company could use a rebranding.. what were they thinking going with the name
ERECT.
About a week ago, I received the following email from ErectVPS:
Due to change of focus we have decided to close ErectVPS. As such we have to give notice of 30 days of contract termination. Please can we ask that you make sure you have a full backup of your data and cancel any Paypal subscriptions and have migrated by the 27th August 2010.
Thank you for your business over the last 6 months
George @ ErectVPS
This is unfortunate, as I was quite satisfied with my low end VPS from them. They were one of the very few VPS providers that allowed IRC usage, which I absolutely must have since I operate an IRC server. I am in the process of moving my sites and other services over to DMEHosting
Their website has not be resolving since 10 August 2010 so I presume that they have pulled the plug.