Dustin from SemoWeb (also known as “that sales guy” from QuadraNet with an “opportunity cost”) has sent in an exclusive, time limited offer for LowEndBox readers.
- 256MB RAM
- 15GB Hard Disk
- 300GB Bandwidth
- 4x CPU Cores
- 1x IPv4 Address
- 100Mbps Connection
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
- $12/Year, $24/2Years (Direct Signup)
So did LowEndBox just break another yearly price barrier? It really seems we are moving away from $15/Year being the standard price point for yearly 128’s, with reputable hosts now offering them at $12. However Dustin has decided to do a limited time offer for 256MB dedicated RAM at $12/Year. It has been nearly a year since Semoweb was last posted, Dustin the man behind Semoweb is also known as the “Sales Guy” from QuadraNet. However he had has operated Semoweb for for a number of years before taking up his role there and hence this offer is run out of HostDime.
The nodes are Semoweb E3-1230’s, with some running E3-1230V2’s, it’s just a bit of a gamble which one you land on. Tun/Tap is available upon request, what struck me a bit however was RNDS setup upon request. I’m guessing that means no RDNS in SolusVM, come on Dustin it’s not 1998 anymore move it along, that could be an “Opportunity Cost” for some people.
Semoweb’s first offer was back in October 2010, and they existed for a couple of years before they first made it to LowEndBox. This looks like a seriously good offer compared to some that have come through recently, let us know your feedback.
Network Information
Test IP: 72.29.87.105
Test Files:
http://72.29.70.131/128mbfile.tgz – 128MB
http://72.29.70.131/512mbfile.tgz – 512MB
http://72.29.70.131/1gbfile.tgz – 1GB
http://72.29.70.131/2gbfile.tgz – 2GB
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10GB – Tiscalli
10GB – Public Peering (NOTA)
20GB – Diverse Dark Fiber to Miami Nap of Americas
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this seems like a really good deal. I just purchased a Leb from Chicago vps. these specs are really good. would love to hear about others experience with them.
Can someone tell me about the among of burstable memory. It seems does not mentioned. Thanks.
Hello,
This offer does not include bursable memory, you can purchase additional memory and we can make it happen though — get in touch with our sales team.
Hello,
Thank you for listing us its very appreciated! While we had some up’s and downs in the past with previous nodes we’ve been rocking stronger nodes with a much more solid support team! We’re really excited and thank you for the opportunity!
Below you will find several test files:
http://72.29.70.131/128mbfile.tgz – 128MB
http://72.29.70.131/512mbfile.tgz – 512MB
http://72.29.70.131/1gbfile.tgz – 1GB
http://72.29.70.131/2gbfile.tgz – 2GB
Thank you once again.
Hello,
I have a few VPS with you already, and the uptime is good. Just network issues sometimes, that’s the main problem, hope you can fix it on the old nodes.
Kind Regards.
Hi Mike!
Can please get in touch with me directly, dustin@semoweb.com I want to review the issues you’re facing and resolve them!
I’m really interested to see how this goes…
Just ordered one and reinstalled the debian 6 32 bit minimal.
But I have a noob question here: why it shows 40M ram used with the minimal version?
Haven’t installed anything yet. I tried reboot but doesn’t help.
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 256 40 215 0 0 0
-/+ buffers/cache: 40 215
Swap: 0 0 0
ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.2 2024 676 ? Ss 10:22 0:00 init [2]
root 1266 0.0 0.5 33436 1360 ? Sl 10:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -c4
root 1292 0.0 0.2 2284 752 ? Ss 10:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
root 1298 0.0 0.3 5484 964 ? Ss 10:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root 1308 0.0 1.0 8248 2844 ? Rs 10:23 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
root 1310 0.0 0.6 2972 1644 pts/0 Ss 10:23 0:00 -bash
root 1343 0.0 0.3 2344 908 pts/0 R+ 10:33 0:00 ps aux
top – up 12 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Tasks: 7 total, 1 running, 6 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 262144k total, 41112k used, 221032k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1308 root 15 0 8248 2844 2320 S 0 1.1 0:00.04 sshd
1310 root 15 0 2972 1644 1304 S 0 0.6 0:00.00 bash
1266 root 24 0 33436 1360 1020 S 0 0.5 0:00.00 rsyslogd
1346 root 15 0 2324 1064 868 R 0 0.4 0:00.00 top
1298 root 18 0 5484 964 576 S 0 0.4 0:00.00 sshd
1292 root 18 0 2284 752 592 S 0 0.3 0:00.00 cron
1 root 15 0 2024 676 584 S 0 0.3 0:00.09 init
You installed Debian, didn’t you?
that’s because of debian??
it seems I didn’t have such kind of problem on other debian vps.
how do I fix that? Thanks
Run
apt-get install inetutils-syslogdas root to replace rsyslogd with a lighter syslog daemon.I got the same thing. I installed Debian 5, and the memory was around 12mb. It was similar for centos. I think it’s the template.
With debian 5, everything pretty much worked. however, there weren’t many repos so they need to be added. I tried to install git and fail2ban and got a “no package found” message.
I am trying debian 6 now.
You need to change “main” in /etc/apt/sources.list” to “main contrib non-free”.
Do you offer FreeBSD for OS?
Hello,
At this time we do not, it doesn’t work with OpenVZ, you will need XEN or KVM
This offer seems very good. I guess the speed will be better for me 🙂
Hi Fritz!
Thank you for your interest, please get in touch with our sales team if you have any questions before moving forward
sales@semoweb.com
Thank you!
Very tempting offer because as far as I know DimeNOC offers 1.5 USD/mo/IPv4 and it hardly covers that cost unless they have their own IP space
Hi Asim!
Great catch, our IP pricing is A LOT less due to the large amount of services we have with HostDime , we can get really really aggressive due to our relationship with HostDime, this allows us to pass the savings to you 😉
Thanks, invoice paid and now waiting for the order activation.
Hi Asim!
Looks like you have been taken care of 😉
I ordered my VPS about 5 hours ago. Still not activated. Phone system going to voicemail. No ticket response
Hi Jerald,
I just searched your name and found you, your services were created, also looks like you have tickets opened with request that were completed, let us know if we can help with anything we are here for you.
Yes, the issues have been resolved.
Hi Jerald,
Excellent, at any time you need us please feel free to get in touch with us, we are here 24×7!
How long does it take to set up?
Hi John!
Setup is instant once payments are approved by our processor (2CheckOut) — typically within ~ 5 minutes or even less.
Setup was about 10 minutes for me with paypal via 2checkout. RDNS via ticket was done in a couple minutes.
Performance is fine for now, dd gives 60-80MB/s and cachefly 100mb at 7MB/s. Looks really nice for the price.
And something funny, a part from my traceroute to my VPS is good for some nostalgia:
13 HostDime.com-10G-ethernet.core1.level3.net (67.30.140.2) 117.904 ms 116.917 ms 117.780 ms
14 mail-out.dixhost.com (184.171.255.59) 116.527 ms 117.124 ms 118.581 ms
Hello Averell,
Glad to hear, I’m confident that you will remain happy with our services, should we ever fail to meet your standards just get in touch with me dustin@semoweb.com and we’ll work it out.
Thank you again!
DixHost??
Francisco
Hey Fran,
How are you? FYI just a previous RDNS entry (corrected though)
I assumed as much but still a ‘oh shit better fix that’ 😀
Make sure you scan all of your ranges I guess since you may have a bunch of reused.
Fran
Owh! I have VPS from both of you.
YardVPS $15/yr – 2yrs old (Perfect)
BuyVM $15/yr – 1yrs old (Network getting slower??)
SemoWeb $12/yr – 2days old (Looking forward to see how it goes)
Just bought the Chicago $12 128mb VPS, then this came along. lol
Yes.. This is exactly what happened to me haha.
so good… must resist… i am strong…
This is too much to resist. (>_<)
are you ordering? let’s do it together?
Let’s do it then. 😀
So are these VPS, a perfect match 😉
Any idea when IPv6 would be available? vSwap possible?
Also, do you support OpenVPN-AS?
These VPS are self managed, OpenVPN-AS as you know is compatible with Ubuntu, CentOS & much more, the good news we have those available to you within reach (SolusVM control panel)
IPv6 is on its way, no strong ETA ATM though, as for vSwap, get in touch with our sales team, we’ll make something happen.
Yes, HostDime had me waiting on the IPv6 too. Its been months, initially they said it may be in Jan 2012
How much is the extra diskspace? thanks
Hello,
Great question, this will depend on how much you need, get in touch with our sales team before/after ordering and we’ll put together something special for you!
sales@semoweb.com
Needs burst.
Not much, maybe 64 megs or so, just in case.
OpenVZ without burst = core files in your home dir.
Hi John,
We can do something for you! Just open a sales ticket.
Your support is FAST!
Good job mate.
Hi John,
We’re here for you! Please feel free to get in touch with us at anytime.
I want my VPS! 🙂
Added server 9 to the pool. LEB and SemoWeb FTW!
Hi John!
I know you will enjoy our services, hopefully you get server10 soon 😉
Signed up an hour or so ago, no sign of the setup yet, but looking forward to it …
My bad, email with info was in Spam folder !
Hi NikC!
Glad to hear this is resolved, please let us know if you have any questions!
Hello Doel!
How is your VPS? Is everything setup? If this is still pending open a billing ticket and we can review the status.
Thank you!
I got my VPS. Thank you, sir 🙂
Hello Doel!
Excellent, very happy to hear and most importantly thank you for the opportunity.
Do you offer IPv6?
Is it possible to get a /120 assigned to a box if I order one?
Hello John Doe,
IPv6 is on its way, no strong ETA ATM though
Dear SemoWeb-Dustin,
You are just awesome and so are your service. m glad to be under your service. Thanks:-p
Hi AgeeL,
Thank you so much for those kind comments, its really a pleasure to have you with us!
money back guarantee?
sorry because some problem in the past,
Hello Tinyray,
I will approve this for you! Go ahead and sign up with your existing account, if your unhappy within 30 days get in touch with me directly and I will refund you, I am so confident you will enjoy our highly improved services.
My e-mail is dustin@semoweb.com should you ever need to get a hold of me, thank you again!
thanks for this great offer, i want to apply but I can’t figure out how could I select the operating system, say i want ubuntu 10.04 or 12.04 LTS, best regards.
Just choose whatever, after activation, go to control panel and re-install with whatever you want.
do you have the central backup/quick backup feature enabled in solusvm?
Hello Phoebe,
Good news, we can enable this for you, just open a ticket and we’ll enable this feature for you.
just order one and paid via 2checkout, [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2ez5opi.jpg[/IMG]
but invoice status still unpaid, and now even i can’t login.
Order Number: 26876233xx
give my money back !!!
Hi Dustin,
Does this VM support pptp/l2tp/openvpn? Thanks.
Will
Do these OpenVZ support vSwap? Are there plans for IPv6?
Had one of your other yearly specials before and it performed well, may get one now too!
Hi Paul!
Very glad to hear, I know you will enjoy this one as well, please reach out to me any time dustin@semoweb.com
Thank you!
Just bought 🙂 waiting to confirm and setup…
Hi Kurinia!
I hope you’re doing well, I wanted to see if you were all squared away? Did your order process? If you need my assistance my direct e-mail is dustin@semoweb.com
Thank you!
Yes, I ordered yesterday and pay using Paypal and my invoice status is paid now but until now my vps still pending status…
This is my invoice number: 932989
Hello,
I am showing your VPS is active, please check your spam folder for the VPS information e-mail.
Hello Dustin,
It seems that I didn’t find the link to SolusVM but only the Client Area.
Where can I reinstall OS?
This is what I have so far. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
You forgot to link a picture. Also, the link to SolusVM is in your setup email.
Hello Link,
Averell is correct, the SolusVM credentials are inside of the New VPS information e-mail, if you still have issues just open a support ticket while logged into the secure client portal https://www.semoweb.com/billing and we can help supply the needed information.
Thank you.
Hello Dustin,
I found it in the email in Spam folder. Thank you for your support.
I’m receiving the following error message in both Chrome and Firefox when I attempt to check out:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /billing/cart.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Hello Xur17
Can you please try again if you have not already done so? For some reason Mod Sec was being triggered.
If for some reason you still get this error e-mail me directly, dustin@semoweb.com and I can help.
Thank you!
Hi Dustin, can I have one in LA? 😀
Hi NanoG6,
We can make something happen, LA would be a slight price increase how ever nothing enormous, just open a sales ticket and we’ll work something out for you 😉
Ticket sent! (#205837)
Waiting on reply back from ‘Supervisor’ before buying one. Hope he replies soon so I can find out and purchase!
Hi Liam,
I wanted to see if you are all squared away? If you need my assistance please reference a ticket number, my direct e-mail is dustin@semoweb.com
Thank you!
Hello,
Amazingly fast replies from Taylor. +1 to him.
He set me up with a deal that I emailed sales about and dealt with it all quickly.
Once he replied, from setting the account up to payment to getting on the server was all less than 5 minutes. Brilliant.
Hi Liam,
Very happy to hear that! Please feel free to get in touch with us anytime.
just order one and paid via 2checkout, [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2ez5opi.jpg[/IMG]
but invoice status still unpaid, and now even i can’t login.
Order Number: 26876233xx
give my money back !!!
Hello,
The only way your order/payment is still pending even though it shows that it was sent (from your end) to us via PayPal is because our payment processor 2CheckOut found discrepancies in the information you provided and now needs to manually review it and give the final yay or nay..
We have sold over 270 of these packages already and I can assure you we run a ethical business, please allow me to remind you if you cannot wait I either suggest opening a ticket with 2Checkout requesting an update or even with us requesting a refund.
Bottom line we want you happy, just open a billing ticket letting us know how you wish to proceed.
if just because the wrong information i provided i can fix it. how and what information you need to update?, even now i can’t login to client area (it say : Login Details Incorrect. Please try again. )
Riza,
Send me a direct e-mail with the e-mail you signed up with and I can find out where your order is stuck at, also you should of received an e-mail from 2CheckOut with a sale number and you can always check the status here – https://www.2checkout.com/va/sales/customer/detail_sale
Looks like they face some issues there. Ordered one yesterday, invioce status paid instantly after CC checkout, service still “pending” after 18 hours and since 3 hours no reaction to my ticket except “forwarding to supervisor”.
Well, let’s see what happens.
Hi Bernd,
Please see above, you may also be facing the same issue, please open a billing ticket with us and we can help review where your order is stuck at.
Thank you.
Thanks for the tip, Dustin.
I don’t think I’m facing the same issue as riza does. My CC (not Paypal, too expensive for foreign curreny) payment was successful and payment status on your system is “paid” since short after ordering. Only the service is in “pending” state, that’s why I opened the ticket. But I will give it a try and open a billing ticket as well. Maybe I have just missed some detail on my end.
Hi Bernd,
No worries, I’m sure we will be able to sort this out! Once the ticket is submitted we’ll assist right away, Thank you so much for your patience.
Update: VPS up and running now. Thanks.
Bernd,
Sounds great 😀 Please let us know if we can assist with anything else.
We appreciate your business.
I applied for that, when I install almost every OS, sometimes it’s offline and sometimes online but not accessible even ping; using centos 5.x or ubuntu minimal it works but even apache2 could’nt start, am I missing something ?
PS: when apache couldn’t start RAM used = 2…3 % it is not a RAM issue.
— Internet speed is so great.
Thank you.
Hello,
It’s possible that its a template issue, please report it and we will look into it!
Also a few customers have requested some template additions and updates and we should have that done very soon, thank you!
this provider has many bad reviews in their web hosting services, i wish that the vps service will be better.
Hi willpeters,
Like any large provider you will always get a mix of bad/good reviews, and to be honest it will be more bad than good its the nature of any business (people tend to say the bad and rarely respond with the good things).
Bottom line we’re still here for you 24/7 and our primary goal is to have you happy! Please let me know directly if we ever fail to meet your standards and I will help. My direct e-mail is dustin@semoweb.com
Thank you!
I really appreciated your assistance and help, and fast responses honestly
Hi Ridams,
Very happy to hear, we’re here 24/7 for you! Please let us know if we can assist at anytime.
Thank you!
There is always a disguised jealous competitor trying to poke a hole, aren’t they, dustin?
Hello John,
Not exactly sure how to take this question, however what I can say is I don’t let others stop our goals or drive to help and satisfy our clients 🙂
Hi Dustin, I’m interested in this plan but would like to be in your LA location. Can you tell me the price difference? Thanks!
hi Gene,
Just open a sales ticket and we’ll put together pricing for you, thank you!
Hello Dustin, there are some people that have requested some features and you tell them to email you to see “what can we do for you®” like burstable memory, etc. Can I have the same features requested by others?
Thank You,
Julio Rodriguez from Dominican Republic
(not related to Alex Rodriguez or Robert Rodriguez)
Hi Julio,
Sure, these additions are not free how ever we are offering very very aggressive pricing for those upgrades just send a sales ticket.
Thank you.