Time4VPS

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  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "none; it is a VPS that bills whether it runs or not"
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 "english": "yes",
 "payment_methods": "not read"
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  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Tops out at 1 TB — cannot reach 10 TiB or 20 TiB without stacking many units. 'No backups'.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 },
 "price_verbatim": "Promotional: €4.17/TB/mo (24-mo term). Steady state: €8.35/TB/mo monthly; €9.28/TB/mo annual; €11.99/TB list. Record the steady-state €8.35, not the €4.17."
}

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• $.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
• $.retention.notes not-extracted
• $.retention.stated not-extracted

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  {
   "plan": "Linux 4 (2 vCPU / 4 GiB)",
   "cpu_model": "Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)",
   "dedicated_or_shared": "not stated",
   "gb6_single": 300,
   "gb6_multi": 547,
   "gb5_single": 353,
   "gb5_multi": 703,
   "source_url": "https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/time4vps-2c-4gb-8eb1cd",
   "source_date": "2024-02-13",
   "rung": "reported",
   "note": "Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge). Slowest single core in the whole table by a factor of 8.7 against Aeza, on the same nominal standard of 2 vCPU."
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}

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 "term": "1 month for the displayed price",
 "m10h_usd": 9.8,
 "m24h_usd": 9.8,
 "price_arithmetic": "promo EUR 4.38 x 1.1193 = USD 4.90; renewal EUR 8.76 x 1.1193 = USD 9.80. The recurring price is the renewal.",
 "out_of_pocket_usd": 4.9,
 "renewal_usd": 9.8,
 "renewal_note": "quoted by the vendor: 'EUR 8.76 / month when you renew'",
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  "rate": 1.1193,
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
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  "ram_gib": 16,
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 "list_eur": 66.99,
 "promo_eur": 23.62,
 "promo_percent": 65,
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 "promo_usd": 26.44,
 "fx": {
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  "rate": 1.1193,
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
 },
 "windows_licence": "included free, printed",
 "ipv4": "not stated on the plan table; inferred from a Windows VPS with RDP",
 "port_mbps": null,
 "traffic": "32 TB/month",
 "stock": "listed; no stock counter",
 "cart_url": "https://www.time4vps.com/windows-vps/"
}

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{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "0.25 TB (256 GB) / 0.5 TB / 1 TB / 8 TB. Lithuania, Vilnius. SATA HDD.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 },
 "price_verbatim": "$4.68/TB/mo on the promo (€4.17), **$9.38/TB/mo at renewal (€8.35)**. At 5 TB: five 1 TB plans at renewal = €41.75 = $46.90/mo = $9.38/TB. At 20 TB: €167 = $187.58/mo = $9.38/TB. This is the cleanest example of the trial-vs-steady-state trap: the advertised €4.17 is a first-term rate against a published 11.99 € list, and the renewal is exactly 2.0x."
}

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• $.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
• $.retention.notes not-extracted
• $.retention.stated not-extracted