What Happened To Affordability
You remember the days when Bandwagon Host was one of the most affordable VPS providers, ever. One way or the other you want those days to come back. We all do—those were great times!Things have changed and we have grown a lot. We stopped focusing on price and instead focused on Value.
This change reshaped us entirely, and we have:
- moved away from OpenVZ (which used to allow for much higher VM density per physical server)
- stopped deploying cheap second hand hardware (new hardware costs 6x–10x in upfront costs)
- switched to datacenter grade SSD storage and got rid of all hard drives
- stopped using single power feed servers and colocation facilities (nearly 2x increase in costs)
- upgraded our IP transit to introduce redundancy, more capacity, and better options like CN2 GIA
- expanded to 18 locations
All of this increased our costs by… A LOT.
Our decisions to go with more expensive options were intentional, with the sole goal of improving the service quality.
For the sake of transparency, our other costs also went up and we had no control over these:
- IPv4 addresses now cost more than $40 per single IP
- CN2 GIA IP transit costs more than doubled
- electricity, shipping, and other costs went way up
The main point is: becoming a rock-solid provider means the old days of dirt-cheap VPS are, unfortunately, gone.
Time Travel
The task of providing an affordable service of decent quality in a sustainable manner is a complex one. So we have been quietly working on this promotion since Q3 2022, squeezing every last bit of savings into it, and are finally ready to present it to you.
For a very limited time, you can travel back into the past and get a decent service at a lower-than-usual cost.
We call it…
The Chicken
The Good: This service still comes with redundant uplinks, and servers are powered via dual diverse power feeds. There is a direct connection with China Unicom, which also peers directly with China Telecom and China Mobile ISPs.
The Bad: There is no migration between datacenters (only one available location), no upgrades are possible, and no CN2 connectivity.
We have also enabled the following features on this service:
- + Free automated backups
- + Free snapshots
- + No contract, anytime cancellation
- + Instant RDNS update, OS reloads, Console access from the control panel
- + 99.9% uptime guarantee
- + Rewards program — get 1–10% cash back!
- + 30–day money back guarantee
The Chicken Specs
- SSD: 20 GB
- RAM: 1 GB
- CPU: 1 core
- Double Monthly Transfer:
500 GB1000 GB - Datacenter: Fremont, USA/ China Unicom: 2.5 Gbps
How Much Does It Cost?
Today, you can get The Chicken for only $39.99/yr.
And, thanks to our Rewards program, it gets cheaper every year!
Do not miss out, Get The Chicken Now
Limited Time Offer
This page will be taken down as soon as The Chicken is sold out.
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