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lizknope

My VPS is $1.67 a month from buyvm.net

I run a web server with family photo albums that are all static pages.

My friends and I use it to exchange files.

I also use it as a SSH reverse tunnel relay to access my home machine from outside.

I don't really need to do anything else and it works well for that.

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ipv4 addresses are approaching $50-60 per address. The days of cheap ipv4 vpses is almost over.

I believe the price you are quoting is for buying an address. When you rent a VPS you are only renting an address.

How could a company make any money renting an IPv4 address for $1-2/month when it cost them $50 for the address.

How could a landlord make any money renting a house for $3000/month when it cost them $1000000 to buy the house.

At current interest rates they wouldn't if they had to take out a loan for the house. That's my point. It's not profitable even on a 5 year return window.

So what about cheap IPv6 only VPS?

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