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> What are you doing that is different to other VPS providers?

We're trying to be the VPS provider we always wish we had.

One example is the kernel. Pretty much every other VPS provider gives you no access to the kernel. You either get the choice of running a shared kernel (OpenVZ providers) or having a 'blessed' kernel loaded by the provider on Xen. Ultimately, you are stuck with what they give you. So if you want to run a specific kernel, you're out of luck. And if your provider is running OpenVZ, good luck even loading a module.

Giving full access to the system, including the kernel is the kind of thing we thing a VPS provider should do.

> that popup on your homepage...

Thank you. I really appreciate this feedback. To be honest, I had the same reaction the first time I saw it... I've been working on everything from the order process to the hardware node, but the onvps.com home page has been taken care of by a web designer.

It wasn't just the popup for me it was the stock photos that turned me off (you have a bunch of suited guys and gals on the about page but scroll down to what looks like comments of all guys names and descriptions.

Linode and prgmr give you pretty much full access unless you are somehow offering something else?

Some tips for your homepage, get rid of that popup it is the bane of many internet users. Maybe show some pictures of your admin if it looks alright, and stay away from stock photos. State where the hell your servers are located.

> Linode and prgmr give you pretty much full access unless you are somehow offering something else?

Linode is a good example of how we're different. As per my knowledge, you can have your own kernel, that's true, but you need to make a special request to support & then wait for them to modify your server. It's not included out of the box.

We include this out of the box on every server. I know that prgmr does the same; however, they're the exception in the industry.

prgmr is the exception in many ways. Our hope is to provide the same kind of service for grown-ups while also providing a robust set of features that help make management easy and doing it for a good price. They have a very focused target market, but they don't appeal to all VPS customers (otherwise, everyone would already be a prgrmr customer).

Thanks for your feedback about the website! Very much appreciated.

> Linode is a good example of how we're different. As per my knowledge, you can have your own kernel, that's true, but you need to make a special request to support & then wait for them to modify your server. It's not included out of the box.

Nope you just compile it yourself set up grub right and choose 64bit or 32bit pv-grub for your kernel

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