[Chester LUG] Ordering from OVH.co.uk

[Dave Hicks]

Guys, sorry to ask what maybe a very stupid question. But unless you're a business, what are VPS's actually useful for? I've heard organisations like DO mentioned a few times at group and I'm just trying to figure out what I'd use one for.

Dave

> On 21 Mar 2015, at 11:43 am, Ben Arnold <benarnold at fsfe.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks all. It seems a newly-introduced policy; I've read posts from
> people registering as an organisation and having to provide proof that
> it's a real registered company (I assume for tax reasons). The address
> bit I'm okay with as long as it's on my terms; official ID is a too much
> and I think needless if they have t'other. I'll see what they say, I
> thikn it does indeed hold up the process as I've heard nothing from them
> since.
> 
> I'd had a look at DigitalOcean; their offering of basic plus a bit more
> (the 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM area) is double OVH's price. Though, you get what
> you pay for.
> 
> 
> Ben
> 
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