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Web24 - 1024MB & 2048MB Windows 2012 6 Month offer in Melbourne, Australia

UPDATE: Web24 has informed us that this promotion has now been sold out.

Lincoln, from Web24, emailed us a week or so ago to tell us about the launch of their Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V servers.

Personal

  • 1024MB Dedicated RAM
  • 20GB Raid 10 Diskspace
  • 1 vCPU Core
  • 50GB Bandwidth
  • 20Mbit Port Speed
  • 1 IPv4 Address
  • Hyper-V
  • Coupon: “tryhyperv”
  • $0.50/Month – Order Link
  • Location: Melbourne, Australia.
WebApp

  • 2048MB Dedicated RAM
  • 40GB Raid 10 Diskspace
  • 1 vCPU Core
  • 100GB Bandwidth
  • 20Mbit Port Speed
  • 1 IPv4 Address
  • Hyper-V
  • Coupon: “tryhyperv”
  • $1.00/Month – Order Link
  • Location: Melbourne, Australia.

N.B The above prices are valid for the first 6 months, then they’ll revert back to the normal, non LowEnd, monthly prices of $14.95 and $29.95 respectively.

Web24 were founded in 2008 and are a registered company in Australia (Web24 Group Pty Ltd). I was in two minds about posting this one, as this offer is only within LowEndBox’s price point for 6 months. However as it’s in a rare location (Australia) and is for Windows Sever 2012; I thought we should post it. This offer is limited to 1000 users, and has been posted on other websites – so there’s about 500 left. You can get an extra 100GB bandwidth for free, when signing up, as you can get 50GB per referral (max 2 refs). Limit of 1 Per Person.

If you’re located in Australia, you will have to pay GST, so the personal plan will be $0.55 for Australian residents and for the WebApp plan it will be $1.10 for Australian residents per month. Severs have 8x 15K RPM SAS2 disks in RAID 10. Visa, MasterCard, PayPal (inc Bank deposit, Visa, MC and AMEX), AUD Cheques and direct deposit are all accepted payment methods. They offer a 30-day money back guarantee for new accounts, as per their refund policy. Gaming servers and Adult content are not permitted. More information can be found In their Terms of Service.

Network Information:

Severs are located in a Fujitsu Tier 3 Datacenter in Melbourne, Australia.

Test IPv4: 111.67.24.12

50 Comments

  1. Roph:

    Won’t be getting this (my interest in windows is for a game server, and Australia = haha no), but I’d like to see more impressively priced windows competition :)

    December 12, 2012 @ 10:12 am | Reply
  2. Smile93:

    I have ordered one from them when they posted at WHT. The server is excellent. Support is within hours but mostly minutes.

    Great network speed. Just Australia, the ping is little longer.

    December 12, 2012 @ 10:52 am | Reply
    • tested:

      Good and bad points for web24 ;

      I tried the 6 month trial and have mixed feelings about this host. The Support was not so good and if you are serious about using this VPS for business I would look elsewhere. There is no way of restarting your VPS if/when it mysteriously goes offline.If your VPS fails During the Weekend then you may/will be waiting for the next workday to resolve any issues.

      Hopefully it does not go down during long weekend. Or your services will be suspended for a long time until resolved.

      there will be times when you can’t access your remote system and will have to just try again later. If this time elapses for any long period of time then you will need to call and resolve.

      being Windows Hyper-V most of the HDD Space 30GB is already used by the OS.. the excess space (if any) slowly gets taken away by good old windows Updates.

      The VPS needs to restart almost on a weekly basis to install updates, I can’t remember if it auto starts any/all applications (startmenu) on restart or if it awaits user (admin) to login before doing so.

      May 14, 2013 @ 12:03 am | Reply
  3. Paulo:

    Hi, I know that is totally off topic but I need help: where can I buy a cheap VPS with CyberWurx (Atlanta)?

    December 12, 2012 @ 11:33 am | Reply
  4. sweet:

    20 Mbit interface.

    December 12, 2012 @ 2:35 pm | Reply
    • Qantas 94 Heavy:

      I believe that it is a “dedicated” or “average” port speed (node port speed/no. of users), not actual node speed… Even down under our internet network isn’t that slow!

      December 21, 2012 @ 7:27 am | Reply
  5. Link:

    Just order one, thrown into fraud cheking. Ticket submited, I’m dreaming of using an Windows VPS…

    December 12, 2012 @ 3:03 pm | Reply
  6. FM:

    In the past I had good experience with a VMware VPS even though Web24 didn’t provide a CP nor vShphere access at that time.

    December 12, 2012 @ 3:05 pm | Reply
  7. Ruriko:

    remember to make your Photo ID in black & white since I don’t trust hosts asking for Photo ID on registration

    December 13, 2012 @ 12:39 am | Reply
    • Bob:

      I just changed my picture to Nicolas Cage, another good option. Seems weird that I’m from Melbourne and they still ask me for ID though…

      December 13, 2012 @ 12:44 am | Reply
    • Also be sure to put a watermark saying it’s for verification of Web24 only.

      December 13, 2012 @ 1:04 am | Reply
      • andre:

        Never actually considered this, but I’ll do that now when I need to send it in.

        I’m not sure why they really do need photo ID and not just a more basic ID check.

        December 13, 2012 @ 9:27 am | Reply
  8. Wilson:

    I am also being fraud verification for using dummy details. Wanted us to submit photo id or copy of credit card.

    I would not trust this my personal information with the hosting company.

    December 13, 2012 @ 3:46 am | Reply
  9. rm:

    Should not have posted a non-recurring discount.

    December 13, 2012 @ 6:26 am | Reply
  10. LeiMing:

    Ordered 1 month. The billing system confused me, I found it hard to find where to list all my orders.
    Now waiting for its activation.

    December 13, 2012 @ 6:30 am | Reply
    • LeiMing:

      Hahaha it didn’t accept my student’s ID.
      I decided to give up the half dollar -_,-

      December 14, 2012 @ 3:15 am | Reply
      • LeiMing:

        Hi Leiming,

        Thank you for your email.

        We need a passport or drivers license to approve your account, this student ID is not sufficient.

        Yours sincerely,
        James D

        Web24 Sales

        December 14, 2012 @ 3:20 am | Reply
  11. Taz:

    This is bullshit . Why on earth would leb post non recurring offers? Are you serious?

    December 13, 2012 @ 8:20 am | Reply
    • FM:

      I disagree. LEB posted a great 6 month recurring offer from a serious company. It is a huge opportunity to learn Windows 2012.

      BTW a lot of LEB “hosting companies” disappearead few months after posting their “life” offers.

      December 13, 2012 @ 1:04 pm | Reply
  12. Bob:

    So basically these guys politely told me to get F#@$ after sending my photo ID. I offered to call and send a uncensored ID but they still refused. I can’t imagine what their tech support would be like if a problem occurred.

    December 13, 2012 @ 12:59 pm | Reply
    • Asad Haider:

      Well you did swap your face for Nicolas Cage ;d

      December 13, 2012 @ 1:09 pm | Reply
  13. Jeffrey:

    First time I’ve ever been flagged as fraud. I guess they only accept Australian customers.

    December 13, 2012 @ 1:17 pm | Reply
    • FM:

      Maybe all new customers from abroad are required to send ID but my 0,50 AUD Hyper-V Windows 2012 VPS was delivered few hours after ordered.

      December 13, 2012 @ 2:52 pm | Reply
  14. M^2:

    Yeah It was also the first time for me to b flagged as fraud. Now that I passed that stage I can not even connect to my VPS. Is this a joke?

    December 13, 2012 @ 1:21 pm | Reply
    • FM:

      From the the activation e-mail (enclosed PDF):

      Intrusion Detection and Prevention

      Your VPS is protected by the industry standard SourceFire Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS). This service runs at a
      network level inspecting each packet and identifying malicious Internet activity. Source IP addresses that are flagged as malicious are denied access to your server. Some examples of activity that will result in loss of access to your service include penetration testing, multiple failed logons (FTP , SSH, RDP etc) . Please contact Web24 support if you wish to run penetration / port scanning against your server to avoid getting locked out.

      If you feel that you have been blocked from your server please visit http://www.web24.com.au/myip for details of your IP address status.

      December 13, 2012 @ 3:20 pm | Reply
  15. john:

    a great service and fast server, learning Windows server 2012 everyday…:)

    December 13, 2012 @ 2:53 pm | Reply
    • FM:

      Same here. Moreover RDP using UDP results in a great experience if you are connecting hundreds of ms far away.

      December 13, 2012 @ 3:15 pm | Reply
  16. FM:

    From the activation e-mail:

    Intrusion Detection and Prevention

    Your VPS is protected by the industry standard SourceFire Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS).
    This service runs at a network level inspecting each packet and identifying malicious Internet activity. Source IP addresses that are flagged as malicious are denied access to your server. Some examples of activity that will result in loss of access to your service include penetration testing, multiple failed logons (FTP , SSH, RDP etc) . Please contact Web24 support if you wish to run penetration / port scanning against your server to avoid
    getting locked out.

    If you feel that you have been blocked from your server please visit http://www.web24.com.au/myip for details of your IP address status.

    December 13, 2012 @ 3:22 pm | Reply
  17. DanielM:

    VPS is quite snappy. less than 300MS ping too!.

    not done a speedtest yet though.

    December 13, 2012 @ 7:41 pm | Reply
  18. Link:

    This is what I got after provide my identity. Too bad….

    Hi Linh,

    Thank you for your document supplied.

    We have declined your application for a hosting service from us. Apologies about this.

    Yours sincerely, James D

    Web24 Sales VIC – +61 3 9005 3555

    December 13, 2012 @ 10:39 pm | Reply
  19. massgrav:

    This provider seems to be pretty bad actually. My order was put into fraud-screening as well, which i understand would be normal for an offer like this, however they have yet to answer my ticket nor charge my card. I have put in a ticket to have my order canceled and account deleted.

    Stay away!

    December 15, 2012 @ 10:32 am | Reply
    • Hi MassGrav. Sorry about the delay you’ve experienced. Our sales team operates at full rate during East Australian business hours. Orders that I have tried to search our ticket queue to find your enquiry but can’t seem to find any reference to the name “massgrav”. Can you please shoot across another response to the ticket so that I can “connect the dots”.
      Lincoln M – Web24

      December 16, 2012 @ 10:23 pm | Reply
  20. Gonzalo:

    I did put my order three days ago, and still waiting. I paid with Paypal. They asked me for the id card, and I sent it to them, but no more information till now. I opened a ticked but no answer yet.

    December 15, 2012 @ 9:00 pm | Reply
    • Hi Gonzalo,
      Please see our reply in the ticket queue – your VPS should be provisioned in the next few hours. Apologies for the delay.
      Lincoln M – Web24

      December 16, 2012 @ 10:26 pm | Reply
    • Gonzalo:

      Finally I have my VPS already, and it seems it works very well.

      December 17, 2012 @ 6:15 am | Reply
  21. massgrav:

    They have yet to reply to my tickets, i just got an email about fraud-screening again. Ugh.

    December 16, 2012 @ 10:52 pm | Reply
  22. loleslaw:

    is it still valid? I checked it 2days ago and it wants me to pay 14.95. Does it change after entering your personal information,a t the checkout?

    December 17, 2012 @ 12:12 pm | Reply
    • FM:

      Coupon: “tryhyperv”

      December 19, 2012 @ 3:01 am | Reply
  23. Order link seems to be invalid

    December 21, 2012 @ 4:07 pm | Reply
  24. i have order for WebApp plan..
    but i cant pay for it. i cant find payment button for it :(

    December 24, 2012 @ 5:07 pm | Reply
  25. i have order for 1$/m but i cant find payment button?

    December 25, 2012 @ 8:19 am | Reply
  26. Richard:

    Have just purchased 1. No activation yet.
    Submitted a ticket. hope activated soon…

    January 26, 2013 @ 6:32 am | Reply
  27. I’ve Ordered the $1 vps… Been 24 Hours.. They told me they will take 3 hours to setup the vps.. Ohwell

    February 15, 2013 @ 2:48 am | Reply
  28. Slow services, slow response dont do it.

    March 14, 2013 @ 8:08 am | Reply
  29. I’ve open order until submitt my personal data, but at left sidebar still counted Hyper-V Windows VPS – E101 – WebApp for $29.95. How much i have to pay at first month?

    I just afraid i have to pay or 7 month. $1/mo for first 6 month plus $29.95 for 7th month.

    Thank you..

    May 13, 2013 @ 5:22 am | Reply
  30. Ahmed Aja:

    I can’t apply promotion coupon code.. why ? and to get it ?

    May 13, 2013 @ 5:43 am | Reply
  31. paypal accept please….
    Since i know paypal did not accept as payment, i did not continue my order…

    May 13, 2013 @ 7:34 pm | Reply
  32. Hey there just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Opera. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with browser compatibility but I figured I’d post to let you know. The design and style look great though! Hope you get the problem fixed soon. Many thanks

    April 15, 2015 @ 10:37 pm | Reply
  33. Thank you for your document supplied.

    September 17, 2016 @ 10:50 am | Reply
  34. MJCD:

    Link is deceased RIP

    July 16, 2019 @ 6:59 am | Reply

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