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Jolly Works Hosting – $15/Year 128MB OpenVZ VPS in Phoenix

Jolly Works Hosting

Via this WHT post, Jolly Works Hosting have two yearly packages which are not available on their website.

Tiny One

  • 128MB guaranteed/256MB burstable memory
  • 15GB RAID-1 protected storage
  • 500GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
  • OpenVZ/SolusVM

Order $15/yr – direct signup link here

 

Tiny Two

  • 192MB guaranteed/256MB burstable memory
  • 20GB RAID-1 protected storage
  • 500GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
  • OpenVZ/SolusVM

Order $23/yr – direct signup link here

 

Apart from their annual prepayment plans, you can also choose on of their regular VPS plans, the following plan comes under the LEB Critera

VPS Starter

  • 512MB guaranteed/1024MB burstable memory
  • 40GB RAID-1 protected storage
  • 400GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
  • OpenVZ/SolusVM
Order $4.95/month – direct signup link here

Payment is accepted via 2Checkout (2Checkout supports Credit Card and PayPal), they have a KB article on how to pay via PayPal. The company is based in Philippines with their Servers in PhoenixNAP in Phoenix AZ (test IP: 174.138.175.114).

One interesting thing about this host is that every time its featured here, it attracts a lot of people especially from Philippines (understandable!!) and an unrelated thread with a BEWARE posted that does not even have a link to Jolly Works Hosting. A bit Googling suggests they may not be much of a team as their About page boasts since they forgot to renew their primary domain name. They were resellers of BurstNET up until Jan 2010 but not anymore. We would still want to stay optimistic about it and at least admire the fact that they have posted openly about their operations and issues.

Not many reviews out there even though they bribed the users to write reviews for them back in 2009 (and may still be doing that).  Mark was studying when one of his offers was posted and the business lived almost 2 years to see the current day, so I guess Mark is taking his business seriously. Word of advice, use them but keep regular backups!

52 Comments

  1. NateN34's avatar
    NateN34:

    Ohhh, RAID1…….

    I wonder what the disk i/o is like?

    April 13, 2012 @ 8:22 am | Reply
    • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

      Anything above 20MB/sec is fine, people can whine about it but that’s the kind of stable IO speed most users should never have an issue with.

      April 13, 2012 @ 8:30 am | Reply
  2. LowEndStock.com's avatar

    Fresh DD Test from my Tiny One Promo (Purchased in January):
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 16.1407 seconds, 66.5 MB/s

    April 13, 2012 @ 9:49 am | Reply
    • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

      Nice and how is the service so far? What CPU? please share more benchmark and tests

      April 13, 2012 @ 10:13 am | Reply
  3. jcaleb's avatar
    jcaleb:

    servers are in the philippines?

    April 13, 2012 @ 10:07 am | Reply
    • Christian's avatar
      Christian:

      No, the servers are in Phoenix(US). The company is based on the Philippines.

      April 13, 2012 @ 10:09 am | Reply
    • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

      The posts says “The company is based in Philippines with their Servers in PhoenixNAP in Phoenix AZ (test IP: 174.138.175.114).”

      April 13, 2012 @ 10:14 am | Reply
    • jcaleb's avatar
      jcaleb:

      sorry i missed it in the title. was only looking at RAM and price. they say they are burstnet reseller. is that good?

      April 13, 2012 @ 10:52 am | Reply
      • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

        They “were” not are. They probably rent/own their hardware now.

        April 13, 2012 @ 10:56 am | Reply
      • a's avatar
        a:

        Kabayan- when you hear the word burstnet- run away as fast as you could. Just a friendly advice.

        April 13, 2012 @ 10:59 am | Reply
        • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

          Guys, please dont mix it. This host WAS reselling BurstNET but not anymore. This was just a background info on the host.

          Secondly, I do agree BurstNET has issues but its still better than most. It has survived so long

          April 13, 2012 @ 11:13 am | Reply
    • Christian's avatar
      Christian:

      I don’t think they are burstnet resellers.

      April 13, 2012 @ 10:55 am | Reply
  4. Liam's avatar
    Liam:

    This isn’t Edis?

    April 13, 2012 @ 2:34 pm | Reply
    • THIS ISN'T EDIS's avatar
      THIS ISN'T EDIS:

      :(

      April 13, 2012 @ 2:45 pm | Reply
    • Joe Merit's avatar
      Joe Merit:

      I dont know but you have to ask yourself why asim is pumping these guys so hard trying to convince everyone that they arent bad anymore and that 20MB/sec is good.

      April 13, 2012 @ 2:55 pm | Reply
      • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

        Joe, its not the first time I am saying that. I have repeatedly said the same on LET and other provider threads.

        I had the same argument with old LEA and he prooved to me that a stable 20MB/sec does not effect users unless they are doing a lot of DiskIO intensive tasks that most VPS providers wont allow.

        Secondly, If I was “pumping these guys so hard” (as your mentioned) I would not be taking the time to do some research on them and post the last two paragraphs of this offer.

        Still, I know everyone has the right to his/her own opinion and I totally respect yours, even though I do not agree that im “pumping” anyone in personal capacity.

        April 13, 2012 @ 8:11 pm | Reply
      • vedran's avatar
        vedran:

        Actually this is the best post I’ve seen here in a while, with all this background info. That’s how a LEB post should look like IMHO

        April 13, 2012 @ 9:08 pm | Reply
        • Joe Merit's avatar
          Joe Merit:

          Yes I agree its one of the highest quality posts in last few months. Whoever did it, did a good job :)

          I was only bothered because it read a bit like a sales pitch rather than just unbiased deal details/information being shared with us. Maybe I misread some of that though, because you didn’t hide anything.

          April 13, 2012 @ 9:22 pm | Reply
        • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

          Thank you @vedran, I will try to invest in the same R&D in future posts too

          April 14, 2012 @ 8:24 pm | Reply
        • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

          @Joe im sorry if you felt that way. Your feedback is very important to LEB

          April 14, 2012 @ 8:24 pm | Reply
        • Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

          I personally agree as well. LEB is taking a leap this time, and I am very proud we’re one of the companies given such privilege.

          Thanks @Asim!

          April 15, 2012 @ 2:26 am | Reply
  5. Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

    Thanks for featuring us again here LEB team! Pretty ironic, some good thing happened to us on a “Friday the 13th” — I’m convinced it’s not really real now. :)

    PS: I love the explanation on the bottom part. :) Just to correct something though that we’ve turned 3 years last March 1, 2012. Hooray!

    April 13, 2012 @ 5:08 pm | Reply
  6. sttau's avatar
    sttau:

    By the TOS, you’re not allowed to run IRC scripts/bots. Does that mean I can’t use this VPS to run a irc bnc service for myself?

    April 13, 2012 @ 6:34 pm | Reply
  7. mike's avatar
    mike:

    I am sick of providers who are scared of IRC… Move along.

    April 14, 2012 @ 3:45 am | Reply
    • Ashley Hawkridge's avatar
      Ashley Hawkridge:

      Its actually usually the data centres that enforce such rules, not VPS providers.

      April 14, 2012 @ 11:28 am | Reply
      • Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

        Correct. But data centers allow justification, so it’s better explaining yourself than moving away or hating from the very start. :)

        April 15, 2012 @ 2:24 am | Reply
  8. mike's avatar
    mike:

    Can’t blame the DC. I blame the company that hosts their SERVICES in the DC knowing it’s restrictions.

    April 14, 2012 @ 8:07 pm | Reply
    • Asim Zeeshan's avatar

      From a customer’s point of view, you may be right but from a business perspective there are lot more things to be considered and limitations such as IRC forbidden etc are mostly not taken into consideration while choosing a DC

      April 14, 2012 @ 8:26 pm | Reply
      • Spirit's avatar
        Spirit:

        Depend from market you targeting, experience and preparation to do research. If you see only price then limitations such as IRC forbidden etc are mostly not taken into consideration while choosing a DC however some hosts know exactly what they want and plan better..

        April 14, 2012 @ 8:31 pm | Reply
  9. Mike's avatar
    Mike:

    Ok.

    April 15, 2012 @ 4:57 am | Reply
  10. Xylphonse's avatar
    Xylphonse:

    Looks like this is no longer available?

    April 16, 2012 @ 9:03 pm | Reply
    • Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

      Yeah. I am deeply sorry about this. Please stay tuned for new slots within this week. We might open few slots this week, we’re just waiting for pending orders to expire and delete them. :)

      April 17, 2012 @ 3:13 am | Reply
  11. buyq's avatar
    buyq:

    maybe u should change some info on http://www.jollyworkshosting.com/affordable_openvzvps.php
    when you mentioned DOUBLE RAM, DISK SPACE, BANDWIDTH and PORT SPEED, i can say it’s some kind of lie
    ram 512mb to 1gb = ok
    disk 20gb to 40gb = ok
    bandwith 200gb to 400GB = ok
    port speed 10mb to 100mb ??

    are you sure 100mb is a double of 10mb ? it should be 20mb IMHO
    i’m not trolling here.just stating the real facts.

    April 16, 2012 @ 11:04 pm | Reply
    • Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

      Hey, thanks for the suggestion. :) 20Mbps isn’t actually a good treat, is it? True, it does not reflect to the 2x port speed (our math doesn’t work on that) but isn’t it a better offer than 20Mbps? Think about it. :D

      April 17, 2012 @ 3:12 am | Reply
  12. Marc Roger's avatar

    @Mark: I just wanted to ask, is your web hosting node IPv6 ready?

    April 21, 2012 @ 8:08 am | Reply
  13. derek's avatar
    derek:

    All out of stock?

    April 22, 2012 @ 5:32 am | Reply
  14. Mark - Jolly Works Hosting's avatar

    // UPDATE: June 13, 2012 10:27PM PHT.

    Our Tiny VPS packages in Phoenix, Arizona, USA has been restocked with previously canceled orders. You may proceed to grab one at the links provided below.

    Tiny One: https://clientportal.jollyworkshosti…p?a=add&pid=96
    Tiny Two: https://clientportal.jollyworkshosti…p?a=add&pid=97

    If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. :)

    June 13, 2012 @ 2:33 pm | Reply
    • Yomero's avatar
      Yomero:

      Your links are broken, just saying :P

      June 13, 2012 @ 4:19 pm | Reply
  15. Yomero's avatar
    Yomero:

    Anyone has a review about one of these boxes?

    June 18, 2012 @ 2:25 am | Reply
  16. zijo's avatar
    zijo:

    Ordered host, waiting for 2 days, still no response.

    June 28, 2012 @ 10:47 pm | Reply
  17. zijo's avatar
    zijo:

    Ordered host, waiting for 4 days, still no response.

    June 30, 2012 @ 8:10 am | Reply
  18. zijo's avatar
    zijo:

    After 6 days trying to make few contacts without results I managed to log in to their site, where they have information for me about new account. Also I had to learn that after issuing ticket I have to visit their site each time and to log in just to check if someone answered the ticket. Just before first time I’ve managed to make communication with them, I also made a complaint to Moneybookers which they use for payments. When finally I received details for the account even with bad support (2 times I couldn’t log in). Third time my IP was blocked. I had to use my proxy to be able to communicate with them to find out that they closed the account because of my complaint. For all time didn’t receive any email from them. I wouldn’t call them scammers , on every ticket they responded within 2 hours, the problem is the process they use which is different to any other host I have had. They simply do not send emails.

    July 3, 2012 @ 3:08 pm | Reply
  19. pgid69's avatar
    pgid69:

    @Yomero

    I don’t recommend this box.
    I ordered a Tiny one in 2012 for a two years period, and i regret it because it has always been very slow (at least 5 seconds to save a file after editing it).

    And even after it has been moved to a new node.

    OpenVZ seems to be bad configured, because it’s a 128 MB with 128 MB burst memory, but the VPS believe it has 256 MB.

    And finally one week ago, it has become almost inaccesible because each time i shut it down i can’t restart it : it’s impossible from the control panel. I must open a ticket and wait one day … or more.

    Fortunately this not my main VPS but only a backup of my main VPS that i ordered from Prometeus (that i recommend because never have a problem with it).

    September 8, 2013 @ 9:56 am | Reply

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