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Why not recommend a VPS provider with unmetered bandwidth? #388
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Originally created by @kzshantonu on GitHub (May 29, 2025).
The current recommendation only comes with 1 TB of bandwidth per month, which IMHO is peanuts when sharing immich, jellyfin, navidrome, etc with 2 family members.
I personally trust frantech/buyvm and pushed ~40 TB before without any issue (example only, not shilling). They also have an affiliate program.
Newbies trust this project and I feel like they shouldn't have to even worry about bandwidth limitations.
@pducharme commented on GitHub (May 29, 2025):
Which BuyVM Plan you think is the right one? The lowest is enough?
@kmanwar89 commented on GitHub (May 29, 2025):
Respectfully speaking, but why is this a Pangolin problem to solve? You can do your own research (or ask Google, or YouTube, or your favorite LLM) for recommendations that fit your use case.
Not everyone is streaming media, or fits into the high consumption bucket. I think Pangolin's recommendation is more than reasonable and, thanks to them, I found a fantastic deal w/ RackNerd that could not be met anywhere.
Do you want them to create a list of 100's of different providers and options, or empower you, as a self-hoster/techie user, to do your own research? The latter seems much more appropriate.
@kzshantonu commented on GitHub (May 30, 2025):
All KVM slices come with unmetered bandwidth.
@kzshantonu commented on GitHub (May 30, 2025):
@kmanwar89 that's okay but then IMHO the bandwidth limitation should be explicitly mentioned. Obviously any newbie will read the recommendation and immediately be stuck with 1 TB/mo.
@kmanwar89 commented on GitHub (May 30, 2025):
Again, why is that a "problem" for the documentation to fix? Are you blindly following the recommendation without any critical thought? Are you doing any of your own research, or just clicking the first link offered?
I've really enjoyed using this product and the developers have been helpful. These kinds of complaints distract them from quality work and actually fixing issues or addressing bugs. You should reconsider the value of your request or, if it bothers you enough, compile your own list, raise a PR, and request the changes you want to see. The beauty of FOSS is you are empowered to contribute back to the community, and those contributions can happen in any number of ways.
@oschwartz10612 commented on GitHub (May 30, 2025):
Hi thanks for this. It is a valid point that 1TB can be low. Racknerd has other tiers you can explore or as pointed out you can look at other providers. There are actually other providers listed in the docs and you can add more in a PR if you have some you like!
Racknerd seems to be pretty good for most use cases for the price and they have a generous affiliate program that helps support the project when people sign up. I think we will keep them for now.