Hi Guys,
I would second the cheap VPS option.
In the past I have run a relay at home and on a number of cheap VPS providers with only one having an issue with my request to run a relay. Living in the UK I found the low upload speed and dynamic IP made the home relay perform rather poorly while having a notable affect on my home web browsing. Having a cheap VPS also offers the advantage of a remote development platform, the possibility of hosting your own website (a socks proxy has been pretty handy at bypassing my works web proxy). As previously stated, lowendbox is a great place to start looking for one I would suggest going dutch as they offer great performance/bandwidth for your £.
BR, Alistair.
On 12 July 2013 14:33, mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:22:44 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net allegedly wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:43:00 +0100 Nick tor-relays@njw.me.uk allegedly wrote:
Hi there,
I have a reasonable ADSL connection, and a little always-on server. The bandwidth is in the region of 2Mib/s down, something less up (maybe 256Kib/s). Is it useful for me to run a tor relay with this bandwidth? I'd like to run one which isn't an exit, at least for now.
Nowadays you can get a useful amount of bandwidth (1-2 TiB pcm) on a reasonably specced VM (512 Mb RAM, 1 core, 20-40 GB disk) very cheaply (on the order of 5-10 UKP pcm, or much less if you shop around). Take a look at lowendbox.com for some ideas of offers on cheap VPS. Then do some research on the suppliers, contact those you shortlist and be open about what you intend to do.
Forgot to add - take a look at http://www.edis.at/en/home for example. They have reasonable offerings (but limited on the KVM option) in a variety of countries and I have already established that they would be comfortable with non-exit tor relays.
Mick
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