Poll Results: Have You Been the Victim of a DDoS Attack?
Back on September 22, we asked you if you had ever been the victim of a DDoS attack. These sorts of attacks are continuing to increase - by one report, by over 500% over the last year. 57% of those responding to our poll said that they had been victimized by this type of attack. This is not surprising since LEB/LET readers are often using their VPSes for game servers (a huge magnet) and public-facing web services. Of th...
Read More about Poll Results: Have You Been the Victim of a DDoS Attack?Poll Results: Which of These Features Do You Look for When Selecting a Provider?
Back on September 14, we asked you what features you look for when selecting a VPS provider. Those who've been around for a while remember the old days when every provider slapped SolusVM on a master...
Read More about Poll Results: Which of These Features Do You Look for When Selecting a Provider?Poll: Have You Been the Victim of a DDOS Attack?
According to SANS, the first Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack was in 1999, more than 20 years ago. Since then, DDOS attacks have become bigger and more frequent. Today, a DDOS mitigation...
Read More about Poll: Have You Been the Victim of a DDOS Attack?Poll: Which of These Features Do You Look for When Selecting a Provider?
Years ago, most providers offered SolusVM and OpenVZ templates. We've come a long way! Now even small providers have custom-developed features that rival the major public clouds. From block storage to...
Read More about Poll: Which of These Features Do You Look for When Selecting a Provider?Poll: Why do you visit LowEndTalk?
And just like that Summer is nearly over and middle September is here! We hope everyone had a great Summer. If you haven't taken any of our prior Polls yet, check them out, voting remains open on all...
Read More about Poll: Why do you visit LowEndTalk?Poll Results: How many offers should we publish per month?
On August 23rd, we asked you to tell us how many offers we should publish per month. After 12 days of voting and 163 votes, the results are in: In other words, you want more offers, more options, and...
Read More about Poll Results: How many offers should we publish per month?Frequently Asked Questions: KVM VPS Explained
As part of our continued "Frequently Asked Questions" Series on Virtualization we've published a short starter's friendly FAQ On KVM based VPS plans. If you're looking to learn more beyond this articl...
Read More about Frequently Asked Questions: KVM VPS ExplainedPoll: How many offers should we publish per month?
Today we're asking our users for feedback on the amount of featured offers we should publish each month. The past few months we have been averaging 15-20 offers per month, with the balance of the days...
Read More about Poll: How many offers should we publish per month?Interview: Q&A with LowEndBox/LowEndTalk Owner Jon Biloh
Today we're continuing our LowEndBox Interview Q&A Series by sitting down with Jon Biloh, the owner of LowEndBox and LowEndTalk. In this interview, he responds to questions submitted by the LowEnd...
Read More about Interview: Q&A with LowEndBox/LowEndTalk Owner Jon BilohPoll: How many VPS containers do you have currently?
Today we're posting our fourth-ever Poll on Low End Box! In June we asked you what the max price limit should be for VPS services posted on Low End Box (please vote if you have not already done so). T...
Read More about Poll: How many VPS containers do you have currently?Have you taken our recent polls yet?
In April we started publishing polls pertaining to hosting, software and the pricing limits for VPS products to be featured on Low End Box. If you haven't had a chance to voice your opinion on these q...
Read More about Have you taken our recent polls yet?Poll Results: What do you use your VPS for?
In April we published our first poll in nearly 11 years, asking our Users "What they Use their VPS for?" and despite the early voting being broken we had over 500 votes in just a week. While voting wi...
Read More about Poll Results: What do you use your VPS for?The State of Low End Box and Low End Talk 2020 – June Update Edition
In February 2020 we asked our users what they wanted to see on LowEndBox and LowEndTalk. We got tons of feedback and we listened and then we got to work. Only weeks later, in March 2020, we shared an...
Read More about The State of Low End Box and Low End Talk 2020 – June Update EditionPoll: What should our VPS price limit be per month?
Welcome to our third-ever Poll on Low End Box! Last month we asked you which virtualization technology you prefer and this month we want to talk about money. From the very beginning days of Low End Bo...
Read More about Poll: What should our VPS price limit be per month?Top Most Commented Cheap VPS Offers/Posts in May!
May was another great month at LowEndBox and LowEndTalk! We published 31 different articles in May, a combination of news, interviews, polls and great offers on cheap VPS deals! For our May poll we as...
Read More about Top Most Commented Cheap VPS Offers/Posts in May!Poll Results: Preferred Virtualization Engine for Cheap VPS Hosting
On May 15th we asked our users to tell us which virtualization engine they most preferred as the basis of their cheap VPS hosting plans. After 9 days of voting and 327 unique votes, the answer is in,...
Read More about Poll Results: Preferred Virtualization Engine for Cheap VPS HostingPoll: OpenVZ VPS, KVM VPS, Xen VPS or Other?
Welcome to our second-ever Poll on Low End Box! Last month we asked you what you use your VPS for and this month we are back with another question. There are plenty of different VPS/Hypervisor technol...
Read More about Poll: OpenVZ VPS, KVM VPS, Xen VPS or Other?Upcoming VPS Review Series
April was a busy month for Low End Box, as we rolled out plenty of new initiatives: Tutorials are back! We'll be posting one or two each month Each month we'll be asking our users important questions...
Read More about Upcoming VPS Review SeriesPoll: What do you use your VPS for?
Welcome to our first Poll on Low End Box! The last time we asked a question similar to this was nearly 11 years ago. Time flies. Since then VPS has become common place and shared web hosting has becom...
Read More about Poll: What do you use your VPS for?Top Most Commented VPS Offers/Posts in March!
Things are really picking up at Low End Box and Low End Talk with traffic for Low End Box up 35% compared to March 2019 and up 15% for Low End Talk during the same year-over-year comparison. A few wee...
Read More about Top Most Commented VPS Offers/Posts in March!2019 Best VPS Provider – As voted by the Low End Talk Community!
Every year the Low End Talk community puts together a vote to decide on the prior year's best VPS providers. This year the effort was devoted by Low End Talk member FAT32, who deserves credit a...
Read More about 2019 Best VPS Provider – As voted by the Low End Talk Community!HostUS – New AMS Location & Exclusive KVM Promotion
Andrew from HostUS just sent over this offer and we're happy to be able to feature them once again as they were ranked #6 on the LowEndTalk Best Provider Poll in 2016! HostUS is a registered company i...
Read More about HostUS – New AMS Location & Exclusive KVM PromotionOpenVZ, Xen, and KVM – the differences, the advantages, a comparison
This overview is intended to be just that, this is just the first installment and is not intended as a fine detail technical paper simply a no nonsense overview to help in your decision making when it...
Read More about OpenVZ, Xen, and KVM – the differences, the advantages, a comparisonQ3 Top Provider Poll Results
Although actually having the poll hasn’t been consistent, we’ve had a long tradition of running (or meaning to run) a Quarterly Top Provider Poll with the community on LowEndTalk. We just wrapped up o...
Read More about Q3 Top Provider Poll ResultsSeptember Hosting & VPS Coupon Round-up
My first post on Low End Box is something a little bit different than what we've done before. But, before we get to the round-up, let's (no pun intended) talk about some of the changes we're making to...
Read More about September Hosting & VPS Coupon Round-upHostUS – OpenVZ VPS plans starting at $16/year – in US, EU, and Asia
Info: You can also use coupon code TOPPROVIDER for 20% off any unmanaged plans on their site that are not listed on this offer. Andrew from HostUS sent in an offer featuring their new Singapore locati...
Read More about HostUS – OpenVZ VPS plans starting at $16/year – in US, EU, and AsiaRamNode – 10% Off – $13.50/year 128MB OpenVZ and more in 5 locations
Nick, from RamNode, is back with a special offer for the LowEndBox community. They are giving away 10% off for life on any new order or upgrades using the promo code ANY10. This is available in all th...
Read More about RamNode – 10% Off – $13.50/year 128MB OpenVZ and more in 5 locationsINIZ – KVM in Los Angeles and OpenVZ in NY, LA and Amsterdam
Patrick, from INIZ, is back with great offers to celebrate their launch of KVM service in Los Angeles, CA, USA. They also included several OpenVZ offers in New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam. Most of...
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Top Most Commented Cheap VPS Offers/Posts in May!
May was another great month at LowEndBox and LowEndTalk! We published 31 different articles in May, a combination of news, interviews, polls and great offers on cheap VPS deals! For our May poll we as...
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