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Updated October 2011: Martin from Nixcom has decided to terminate the service. See this comment and replied comments for discussions.

Nixcom.ca Via this WHT offer. Nix Communications has been in business since 2007 according to the WHT post, and is using that web design template used by a few others previously featured on this blog. It is Quebec, Canada based company, and is offering some cheap Chicago/Singlehop based virtual servers. For $5.95/month you get

  • 512MB guaranteed/1024MB burstable memory
  • 30GB storage
  • 1000GB/month data transfer
  • 2 IP addresses
  • OpenVZ

These were $9.99/month just over a week ago.

LEA
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21 Comments

  1. No raid on these, maybe lose data anytime :(

    July 19, 2010 @ 3:21 am | Reply
  2. @LEA

    I’m curious if the designer is even getting payments at this point or if people are just ripping it from each other :P

    Francisco

    July 19, 2010 @ 3:31 am | Reply
  3. @minhmeo
    RAID don’t guarantee your data
    @fransisco
    I thought you are not in this planet anymore :D

    July 19, 2010 @ 4:30 am | Reply
  4. @bekanosky: but i think with Raid, our data will be more safer right?

    July 19, 2010 @ 5:29 am | Reply
  5. @minhmeo
    yes

    July 19, 2010 @ 5:33 am | Reply
  6. The chance of one drive dying is certainly a lot greater than BOTH drives die at the same time, when you talk about RAID1 minimum. All my NAS at home have drives mirrored, and I can’t see people putting live data on anything less (unless you just use the virtual server for proxy/VPN I guess).

    July 19, 2010 @ 5:35 am | Reply
  7. @LEA
    I’m just wondering if the VPS provider really take care if one of the drives die.

    July 19, 2010 @ 5:44 am | Reply
  8. AZGuy:

    @ Francisco Dias – Well PaytonDesigns claimed he’d sell the design 5 times then stop; but then again, it IS Payton ;)

    July 19, 2010 @ 6:34 am | Reply
  9. earl:

    The template is called HostBlue and it’s still for sale @ $49 at Payton’s website. Maybe this template is popular cause you can integrate WHMCS with it..

    July 19, 2010 @ 6:53 am | Reply
  10. AZGuy:

    WHMCS integration (at least header/footer) is not that complicated.

    It’s a nice design though :-) Just overused — but that’s probably Payton’s fault.

    July 19, 2010 @ 7:40 am | Reply
  11. AZGuy:

    Does anyone know of other hosts that use this design? From what I can find on this blog:

    Nixcom
    WhyNotaVPS
    ServerWOW

    Just curious.

    July 19, 2010 @ 7:54 am | Reply
  12. earl:

    @AZGuy

    I think for an extra $13 Payton will integrate WHMCS to this template, maybe that’s why it’s popular.. also this template is the first search result on google when you do a search for “Payton template” could also be why it’s overused..

    July 19, 2010 @ 8:17 am | Reply
  13. David:

    We all know that Paytons “unique” designs are not unique, infact many of his designs have ripped graphics.

    July 22, 2010 @ 8:34 am | Reply
  14. We are shopping arround for a new website ;) For raid discussion, we are doing a full backup of our node each week. With these prices, we cannot offer an everyday solution for each users. For any concerns, feel free to communicate with us, and if you want a fully managed vps with all premium features, we can have you a quote. :)

    July 22, 2010 @ 10:31 am | Reply
  15. A.:

    Hi. The terms of service on nixcom.ca does not specifically outlaw the usage of IRC. However, the AUP on gtcomm.net states that IRC cannot be used without “the proprer [sic] filtering services.”

    Could we get some clarification here? What are proper filtering services?

    Thanks.

    July 24, 2010 @ 7:49 am | Reply
  16. Hi,

    There is the filtering service:

    http://www.gtcomm.net/ddos-protection.php

    July 24, 2010 @ 12:49 pm | Reply
  17. Joe Merit:

    IRC is not allowed in any form

    July 25, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | Reply
  18. We are working on our new webiste right now, We will never use Payton again.

    August 3, 2010 @ 3:52 pm | Reply
  19. David:

    Proof that Payton is not unique.

    Look at his main site.
    http://paytondesigns.com

    He ever ripped or brought this.
    http://themeforest.net/item/elementia-4-in-1-business-and-portfolio-template/full_screen_preview/93582

    August 3, 2010 @ 10:18 pm | Reply
  20. The end of that template for me. New website up and running! :) Could you please change de screenshot of the thread? :)

    August 7, 2010 @ 5:20 pm | Reply
  21. New XEN node with RAID 1! Take a look at our new thread on WHT forum, XEN starting at 9.99/mo ! :D

    August 7, 2010 @ 5:22 pm | Reply

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