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[http://www.stardothosting.com/ Stardot hosting] $22/m
 
[http://www.stardothosting.com/ Stardot hosting] $22/m
 
[http://superbytes.net/ SuperBytes] Nanaimo, BC $6-60/m
 
  
 
[http://tinyvps.ca/ TinyVPS] $5/m
 
[http://tinyvps.ca/ TinyVPS] $5/m

Revision as of 02:50, 2 January 2013

A VPS is an acronym for Virtual Private Server. It's virtual meaning it's an instance of an operating system within an operating system. There can be tens or hundreds of VPS's on one physical host.

Also see vmware, jails

Canadian

Canadian hosting providers are becoming increasingly more popular over American as they must comply with privacy legislation (PIPEDA) whereas America is widely known for the US Patriot Act which is essentially the opposite of privacy.

Prices mentioned were as of Jan 4, 2011, based on annual:

247-Host $36-$119/m

Cirrus hosting $19.99-$129.99

GoTekky in Montreal, PQ $19.95-$159.99/m - 12%

SevenL $29-294/m

Stardot hosting $22/m

TinyVPS $5/m

VPSVille Toronto, ON $10-50/m

Webserve web hosting $20.49-42.99/m

PerfoHost $19.95-$79.55/m

German

Hetzner Online Nuremberg? €7.90+

Server4YOU Strasbourg, France €8.85+

Strato Berlin, Germany €7.90+

Panamanian

Hub.org Inc. Panama + Canada $60US/y?+

USA

VPSlink $14/m