[tor-relays] Any experience with Pulse Servers?

Alexey Nayden alexey.nayden at gmail.com
Sat Nov 28 10:15:21 UTC 2015


I've been running my exit node at Pulse Servers since February 2015
and the provider is very Tor-friendly indeed, but perhaps is not the
most cost effective. I'm paying to the "Two" ($18/month) plan and have
never been contacted w/r/t any traffic/bandwidth issues.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Greg <greggth at gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked about running an exit there (though I currently only run a
> non-exit), and he said that I should buy a "Two" ($18/mon) and limit it to
> 100 Mbps (compared to the 1000 Mbps they advertise). I've run my non-exit
> there on a "One", limited to 100 Mbps and had no issue. I haven't tried
> running the non-exit at 1 Gbps.
> hope that helps.
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 4:17 PM, nobody <tsiolkovsky1 at riseup.net> wrote:
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>> On 11/27/2015 06:27 PM, Jesse V wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I've been looking around for a new host for my Tor infrastructure,
>> > which includes exits, relays, and a bridge.
>> >
>> > I've been reviewing
>> > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs and
>> > ran across Pulse Servers, which seems Tor friendly. They have VPSs
>> > in Canada and the UK and have really low prices on VPSs, which I'm
>> > trying to understand. I've been trying to learn more but I think
>> > they have a pretty small setup (apparently the owner does tech
>> > support) and documentation is limited.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any experience or opinions on them?
>> >
>>
>> They are very tor friendly, and I have had an exit there for a few
>> months, but I would suggest that you look for an alternate host. The
>> owner has expressed concern over the excessive bandwidth consumption
>> versus cost of the relays and would probably not be particularly
>> excited to have a new relay running.
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