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On 11/9/18 5:01 PM, Ron Garret wrote: > Does anyone here have a provider they can recommend? For many years I've been using: https://arpnetworks.com/ On the two or three occasions over the years when I had questions or suggestions, I got prompt competent answers and cooperation. Many years ago I selected these guys because at the time they were almost the only provider with decent IPv6. You can take that as a sign of of being forward-leaning, as opposed to just letting a sleeping cash-cow lie. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

On 9 Nov 2018 16:01 -0800, from ron@flownet.com (Ron Garret): > Subject line says it all. My server provider, which I have been > happily using for fifteen years (Zerolag), was recently acquired by > a Big Faceless Corporation whose people seem to be only marginally > competent, so I am on the prowl for an alternative. My baseline plan > is to just use AWS because, although Amazon is the paragon of the > Big Faceless Corporation, they are competent and their products Just > Work the vast majority of the time. But I’m willing to pay a > considerable premium to be able to call a tech support line and have > a competent human pick up the phone. Does anyone here have a > provider they can recommend? You might want to have a look at Hetzner. https://www.hetzner.com/ I have two VPSes with them and although I haven't talked to them on the phone (the service tier I selected does not include telephone support), their services have been just about rock solid for me since I signed up with them about a year and a half ago. The few times I've had reason to submit support tickets they have always been dealt with promptly and professionally. The VPSes I have, despite them being the cheapest VPS tier available at the time, are also plenty fast. If a VPS isn't your cup of tea, they also offer various options for managed or colocated physical servers at reasonable price points. Their datacenters are located in Germany and Finland. No affiliation whatsoever; just a happy customer. -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@kjorling.se “The most dangerous thought that you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing.” (Bret Victor) _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

In article <20181110110839.5qz2o3s4cqktp33o@h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se> you write: >You might want to have a look at Hetzner. https://www.hetzner.com/ Hetzner certainly has happy customers, but they do an unusually poor job of managing the mail that their customers send, so if you expect to send mail from your VPS you may be disappointed. If the mail's just being submitted to another mail service for relay it should be fine. OVH in France has similar problems. I've been using a smallish provider in Pennsylvania called Tektonic. https://www.tekconic.net My interaction with them has all been via support tickets, but they reliably respond promptly and competently. If you want IPv6, they have it. R's, John _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography