Welcome back, Mad Genius!  When I see an an offer mentioning “atoms” I usually think they’re low-end dedis but with MG, it’s just their wacky mad scientist branding.

They’ve recently opened up service in Minneapolis and are offering a lifetime 50% discount off their list prices.  Nice!

We last had them on back in November 17, 2020.  Their WHOIS is public. Their Terms of Service is available on their web site (AUP, Privacy Policy). They accept Credit Card, paypal, Cryptocurrency, and ACH..

Here’s a little about Mad Genius in their own words:

“Madgenius.com, is a locally owned and operated full service hosting provider in the Minneapolis area that has been in business since 1998. We are dedicated to providing web hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, networking and managed Internet services at the right price to residents and businesses. We are open to accept numerous forms of payments!

We recently added our Minneapolis location, hoping to get get customers on them at a steep discount. I also don’t see it as an often us data center location.”

Remember that the LEB community would love to hear about your experience in the comments section below!

Now read more to see the offers!

NETWORK INFO:

• Intel Xeon E5-2470 V2 CPU
• 128GB RAM
• RAID10 SSD’s
• 1 gbps uplink and 40gbps DDoS protection at all locations from our upstream providers

HOST NODE INFO:

• Chicago, Ill USA – Continuum Data Center
  • Test IPv4: 74.119.217.9
  • Test file: https://madgenius.com/downloads/1000MB.test
• Ashburn, VA USA – Atlantic Metro Data Center
  • Test IPv4: 172.106.16.99
• Minneapolis, MN USA – Cogentco Data Center
  • Test IPv4: 38.142.174.233

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.