Joe from UNIXy emailed me about unmanaged VPS service at VPS Tree. I am not sure whether VPS Tree has even been launched yet because their VPS plans page does seem to be a little bit strange — 70GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps and calling it “Plenty of Bandwidth”? But anyway, the real deal is at their 99 cents/month VPS — and no contract! You get
- 64MB guaranteed/86MB burstable memory
- 5GB storage
- 20GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
- OpenVZ
It stated very clearly on the page that “it is very important to note that this VPS is not fit for production use. It is ideal for learning, experimenting, and hosting personal non-business low-traffic Web sites”. You also need to read VPS Tree’s ToS because you can order it. Their website is hosted in The Planet in Dallas on a cPanel box with adjacent NS, so I assume the VPS will also be hosted there confirmed by commenter “Jordan” that the servers are wth HostNOC in Scranton PA. The domain has been registered since January 2010. I am also not too sure about the relationship between VPS Tree and UNIXy. On VPS Tree it says UNIXy is their “managed server partner”, and on UNIXy it says it’s “brokering this deal” and “leading the marketing effort”. UNIXy is however more established and has been around since 2006.
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Yes, the support doesn’t exist n_n I have one too… They answered a first ticket about TUN device… later was disabled… new ticket, and no response until now. More than 1 month ago.
I am wondering if they answer the tickets for the “normal” plan customers.
What about submit a ticket in
http://www.unixy.net
That company is the “partner” (or something like that) for the 99C vps
Good suggestion. Will try unixy.net.
Let me know if they answer you n_n
The same login doesn’t work, I think they wouldn’t respond. Please beware of the company… as good as a scam (I have a working server still, but new order will probably never be setup). Don’t waste your 99 cents – these guys can make a lot of money through ppl like us who would “risk” a dollar with them.
Hmmm I don’t think this is a scam, but yes an abandoned business. I wonder what will happen if my VPS fails. I love it because the performance is incredible. I use it to sync some files between multiple VPS’s
And yes, unixy doesn’t manage the same users, but there is a BAD…BAD notice. visit them and it says, “Notice: this domain has been redirected”
OMFG OMFG!!!
http://www.unixy.net
I signed up and paid more than 3 days ago already, and I still don’t have my VPS server to log into.
Looks like this business is abandoned… 🙁 I’m pondering what to do now.
Same here. Signed and paid month ago and no response … but the billing system seems to be working and they keep sending new invoices 😛
server no longer exists. cpanel on vpstree is not accessible. no response on multiple support tickets. dead
The host node at https://chestnut.vpstree.com:5656/ has been dead for a few days, unfortunately taking my VPS with it 🙂 but another node at https://oak.vpstree.com:5656/ is still alive. And the main site is still up. I’d guess either chestnut crashed and there’s no-one around to fix it, or it was shutdown for billing reasons. Ah well, it was certainly fun while it lasted 🙂
Hey doug!!! You are in the same node! 😀
Yep, same happens to me u_u
I want my cancelled vps back xD
Yeah me too 🙂 Five months great service for 99 cents one-time. That works out to 19.8 cents/month. Best bargain on lowendbox.com so far 🙂
mine also down.. but the other one is still up however it was just a test box so i dont mind
LOL! You didn’t pay? xD
I paid like 3 months :S
i paid once then i canceled the vps but it stayed lol
My server with them also just doesn’t work. Most recently paid for the next month 🙂
Wow, I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only one in this situation. I had my machine for 3 months or so, then boom nothing. I’ve emailed all of the vpstree.com addresses and a unixy address. Today I called the number listed as the technical contact for the vpstree.com domain and got connected w/ Softlayer Inc’s tech support, who were understanding, but couldn’t do anything for me. Guess this one is a bust. Interestingly, does anyone else’s IP address go to an error page from trustedproxies.com?
My (former) IP does as well 🙂
http://64.191.34.146/
While I not really surprised VPSTree disappeared I am a bit disappointed that there’s never been a statement of any kind from Unixy [http://www.unixy.net/].
No idea why unixy teamed up with vpstree in the first place, when one is obviously targeting the upper end of the market.