OK, with the every increasing number of domains that live under the nelefa.org umbrella, I thought it was about time I organised a dedicated VM so they’re all in one please rather than scattered all over the internet. After looking around at many different hosting companies, I’ve gone (after a personal recommendation from The Daniels) with Xeriom Networks who, rumour has it, craft their VMs out of pure awesome.
Having looked at their network management graphs and played around with the VM for a day or two, I have to concur. The performance is excellent, the price is excellent, and the customer service is exemplary. I’ve been in this business for a very long time and have rarely come across this quality at the prices they’re asking. So they have the Nelefa seal of approval.
Easyspace, on the other hand, get a square thumbs down. Purely on the basis of customer service. Sure, they machine was set up – eventually – it took them 36 hours, compared to Xeriom’s 45 minutes; support tickets were closed without being resolved, and my requests to cancel are being soundly ignored. I look forward to them charging my card next month so I can take them to small claims court.
 While crawling about the back of a server rack connecting serial ports to a serial console server, I was asked what I was doing.