On 28/11/2012, at 11:31, "C. Bensend" <be...@bennyvision.com> wrote: > Small price to pay, though - ARP is fantastic and I've had nothing > but good experiences with them.
+1. Also, a suggestion: if a VPS provider doesn't explicitly offer the OS you want, ask - even if they don't list the OS at all. When I setup my VPS with ARP last year they listed OpenBSD 4.7 or some similarly old release, but were more than happy to organise a newer ISO. Also before you sign up, ask how you get access to the console. One provider I tried was evidently using VMware, and no amount of dicking about in Linux or even OSX would give me a working console. Gave up and switched to ARP. ARP provide serial console emulation, which is MUCH nicer for out-of-band admin than VGA emulation (they do this too, of course) if your internets have high RTT. Not all providers do this John
