>Edit: wow, thats a lot of hostility... didn't realize linode reached fandom status. I guess I should keep my opinions to myself then?
Sometimes, yes. In this particular case you were comparing apples to oranges.
Take for example your opening line: "I never quite understood the love for premium vps like linode".
The statement is absurd -- even if one includes the part about low cost VPS being faster.
The idea behind "premium VPS" (or premium whatever) has to do with support, reliability, them being around a while, etc.
Some cheaper VPS offering "more bandwidth" or "faster cpus" is not the same thing at all.
Now, if you had said "there are cheaper VPS just as reliable and with good support as Linode, and on top of it, faster also, so why _pay_ a premium", that would make sense. If you could also support it.
But a statement like: "I don't understand premium X" in general?
Sometimes, yes. In this particular case you were comparing apples to oranges.
Take for example your opening line: "I never quite understood the love for premium vps like linode".
The statement is absurd -- even if one includes the part about low cost VPS being faster.
The idea behind "premium VPS" (or premium whatever) has to do with support, reliability, them being around a while, etc.
Some cheaper VPS offering "more bandwidth" or "faster cpus" is not the same thing at all.
Now, if you had said "there are cheaper VPS just as reliable and with good support as Linode, and on top of it, faster also, so why _pay_ a premium", that would make sense. If you could also support it.
But a statement like: "I don't understand premium X" in general?