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The port is ten times what the allowance can carry in a day of sustained use, so the monthly byte count is the binding constraint rather than the link speed.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"not stated","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://vpsdime.com/linux-vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"first row of the Linux VPS table, under the columns 'CPU / Core / RAM / Storage / Transfer / Uplink / Price': 'Intel Xeon Gold / 2 CPU / 4GB ECC / 20GB SSD / 1TB / 10Gbps / $5.00/mo'"},{"url":"https://vpsdime.com/linux-vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"second row: 'Intel Xeon Gold / 4 CPU / 6GB ECC / 30GB SSD / 2TB / 10Gbps / $7.00/mo'"},{"url":"https://vpspricetracker.com/provider/VPSDime/vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"tracker agrees: '$5.00 / month 2 Intel Cores (shared) 4,096 MB RAM 20 GB SSD 1,000 GB/month bandwidth 10 Gbps port speed IPv4 + IPv6' in Dallas, Los Angeles and Amsterdam"},{"url":"https://vpsdime.com/storage-vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"plan table quoted: 'Intel Xeon Gold | 4 CPU | 2GB ECC | 1000GB | 8TB | 10Gbps | $14.00/mo' and '4000GB | 32TB | $56.00/mo'; also '100GB | 1TB | $40.00/yr' and '250GB | 2TB | $60.00/yr'"},{"url":"https://vpsdime.com/storage-vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the page states 'Built with HGST Enterprise-grade HDDs in RAID10 configuration' and lists six locations: Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Piscataway, Maidenhead, Amsterdam"},{"url":"https://vpsdime.com/storage-vps/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the trailing-slash path returned 404 from the origin before any extractor ran; the path without the slash answered 403 and was extracted"}],"verdict":"paid-only","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Tracker and vendor agree on every number for the entry plan, which is unusual and worth recording as a positive cross-check. The provider's own pages also sell a Storage VPS and a Windows VPS line that were not read, so the USD 5.00 row is the cheapest Linux plan, not the cheapest product on the site. Not in dossier/compute (searched: vpsdime, no record).","extras":{"wave2":{"class":null,"free_tier_kind":"none","shape":{"vcpu":2,"ram_gib":4,"disk_gib":20,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"merged_agents":["storage-us-eu"],"merged_evidence_rows":3,"merged_note":"Storage VPS on HGST enterprise HDD in RAID10, 10 Gbps uplink, six locations. Printed in two units: 100 GB for USD 40.00/year, 250 GB for USD 60.00/year, then monthly - 500 GB USD 7.00, 750 GB USD 11.00, 1 TB USD 14.00, 2 TB USD 28.00, 3 TB USD 42.00, 4 TB USD 56.00. 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