[wplug-board] Linode cost information

Michael Loomis amsonia.ciliata at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 17:48:49 EDT 2012


I was looking over this--sadly because we had already opted to go with
Linode. I am wondering if we need all that we getting for. There are some
pay for what you use services available. Perhaps they would save us money
in 2013?

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:

> As discussed at our last meeting:
>
> We are currently subscribed to Linode's "Linode 512" plan (which gives
> us a virtual private server with 512 meg of memory, 20 gig of disk, and
> 200 gig/month of bandwidth).  This is Linode's low-end plan, but has
> been adequate for our needs for a long time, and I don't see that
> changing anytime soon.
>
> The cost of this plan is $19.95/month.  There is a prepayment discount
> of 10% if you pay for 12 months in advance, and a 15% discount if you
> pay for 24 months in advance.  At our last renewal, we paid for 24
> months in advance and took advantage of the 15% discount.  Our current
> prepaid service expires on September 30th 2012.
>
> If we again prepay for 24 months in advance, we will need to make a
> payment of $406.98 in September ($19.95 times 24, less 15%).  If we want
> to instead renew the service for only 12 months (and only get a 10%
> discount), we will need to make a payment in September of $215.46.
> Prepayment also locks in our rate and shields us from unexpected price
> increases during the period of service that we've prepaid for.  We could
> also opt to go to month-to-month service, but not only do we lose all
> discounts if we do that, we also put the service in jeopardy of
> inadvertently being suspended if something messes up with the monthly
> payments (i.e., someone forgets to make a payment, debit card expires or
> is cancelled due to reorganization of the board or board member
> responsibilities, and also subjects us to whatever rate increases Linode
> may choose to implement in the future (though in all fairness, the rate
> for the Linode 512 plan has been $19.95/month since approximately
> forever, and I've heard no rumors that they intend to increase it
> anytime soon).
>
> --Pat.
>
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