On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Nikhil Marathe nsm.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any good provider of a shell account/VPS in india which will allow me to run a SOCKS proxy using SSH? It will be purely for personal use. That way I can pay within India.
I have been using VPS supplied by http://www.vpslink.com. Their support is excellent. They support a wide variety of GNU/Linux distributions. Also you can choose either OpenVZ or Xen. The cost is a little high, but acceptable for commercial ventures. As a very cheap alternative, you can try http://www.vpsstart.com. But I have not tried it myself yet. There are many other service providers too. Searching Linux Vps on Google will help.
For non-critical usage, going for a cheap setup on a trial basis, for a couple of months is the best approach. For any serious use, check the credibility of the service provider first. Those with computing infrastructure stationed at good data centers should be opted here. Also timely support is very important. Check various Internet forums on feedbacks from their existing customers.
For these transactions, credit card _is_ required. As one poster has suggested already, it is better to use a credit card of a friend and pay back in cash. Also remember that sometimes credit card is auto debited for renewal of the service, unless you terminate the service explicitly by giving termination instructions in time.
Raghu