make sure you are comparing to the KVM prices; OpenVZ is cheaper because allocated ram is... not comparable to allocated ram in xen or kvm.
It is a fair criticism, though; the KVM prices are comparable to Xen prices, and in that department, they have me beat for guests smaller than 1024M.[1] And you are right that it is time for me to increase my ram per dollar (and my transit per dollar) to remain in the niche where I live. I'm working on it, and you can be sure that existing customers will get that upgrade before I offer it to new users.
[1]I price things at a flat fee per customer ($4) then a cost per unit of ram ($1 for every 64M ram) - I find that there are many providers that beat me on the low end but that I beat on the high end. This is in part an artefact of my manual processes, (or rather, an artefact of how manual per-user processes altered my pricing choices.)
My plan in the upgrade was to offer people a choice between significantly more disk and significantly faster disk, but the way things have been shaping up (we're very slowly upgrading the customers that I re-ip'd) we've only had one or the other available at a time.
Same here. I have found myself using Rackspace Cloud for my newer projects because I get more disk for my $11 and their Ubuntu provisioning is very low effort on my part. KVM offers a bit more control than I need.
I still have a soft spot for my first prgmr box though.
I was a satisfied customer of thrust too but their support staff has become really terrible. They broke my reverse DNS and it took a week to get it fixed (they kept closing my ticket saying it was fixed without verifying that it was. Turns out they had missed a period somewhere further up in the bind file.
There may be some confusion in this thread. I own prgmr.com, but not buyvm.net Also, I am not (quite? it looks like I might be by the end of tonight) out of stock.
Other than their "We've got stock" events that happen probably 3-4 times a year, the best option to get a hold of a buyvm vps is to hit up the irc channel. Often they have some available when other people cancel their accounts.
If you don't want to try this route, follow @FrantechCA on twitter and watch for announcements. Stock sells out in a matter of days, especially their smaller instances.
You can also check out www.doesbuyvmhavestock.com .
Not shilling, I just went through this to get on a $15/year OVZ and thought it may help whomever is interested.
It's kind of hard to find stock on buyvm since everytime they got something new, it's selled soooo fast. Sometimes you can find some stock on their irc channel and their mailing list.
've been a customer since about a year ago and can't be happier.
It is a fair criticism, though; the KVM prices are comparable to Xen prices, and in that department, they have me beat for guests smaller than 1024M.[1] And you are right that it is time for me to increase my ram per dollar (and my transit per dollar) to remain in the niche where I live. I'm working on it, and you can be sure that existing customers will get that upgrade before I offer it to new users.
[1]I price things at a flat fee per customer ($4) then a cost per unit of ram ($1 for every 64M ram) - I find that there are many providers that beat me on the low end but that I beat on the high end. This is in part an artefact of my manual processes, (or rather, an artefact of how manual per-user processes altered my pricing choices.)