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Server locations and end dates are always on our website at https://fossvps.org' [re-read 2026-10-22]"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/214669/important-buc1-hosteroid-server-termination","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the pattern holding: a sponsor node announced termination on 17th April 2026, described as the end of a generous free donation period rather than a failure of the project [re-read 2026-10-22]"}],"verdict":"fails-identity","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Two corrections to batch 1. First, the identity cost is not merely an open-source track record: it is a reputation on one of two forums, which is an institutional standing for a user does not hold, so the verdict moves from qualifies-with-caveat to fails-identity. Second, the node list carries printed end dates and the nearest ones are in the past or within weeks: buc2 ended 2026-10-17 and buc1 ended 2026-04-17, which is why the 64 GiB machine is a recurring rebuild rather than an allocation. The country exclusions are recorded here as a reachability fact about who the operator serves, not as a judgement. qualifies-with-caveat via a07-regional. 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