Which location do you prefer for a VPS in USA?

Ive used a few over the years, and LA has been good, and a few i think in texas but the LA ones had good peering, so LA +1 from me.
 
Most customers would prefer the hosting provider closest to where they are and with the best offers. So if you are from US then you would definitely need a US Host. :)
 
Actually location doesn't matter that much but if I would have to choose then I would choose:
Dallas and Los Angeles
 
EdgeVM offers VPS services from East and West Coast ( San Jose and New York). Customers choose both locations who are looking for DR/Backup VPS. It totally depends on which location suits you better.
 
It all depends on your location.. as the server near you give the better connectivity and better speed using it..

Also using a CDN will help you to reach your audience the more..
 
Any geolocation will do, but I will consider less natural disaster prone area and good uptime.

I think totally differs with use, high latency can mean an issue for somebody while others not.
 
As some stated above, in the US or EU or any other place over the world, it depends on which customer market you want to serve. If most of your customers in US East coast, of course, East coast based servers will give them better performance.
 
We have started using ovh.ca, with their CDN service for US sites.
We've had nothing but good experiences.
 
We have had VPS in Seattle, Los Angles, and Dallas. They were all temporary services, no more than a month, for special events.

What we didn't like about VPS was the performance hit that occurred when there was suddenly a large load. Seams to be a consistent issue with VPS. To resolve this we would replicate services and create a load balanced environment over the VPS.

Or just put the service on a dedicated server. Problem solved.
 
If you choose low-end system and when it has high loads, of course, you will have troubles, VPS or dedicated server no difference.
 
Patriot ACT doesn't matter anymore.

paullopez said:
Today, many people in USA and outside USA are afraid to host their data in USA-based data centers due to the Patriot Act, 2001. People have several misunderstandings about the Act and thinks that the U.S. government can view and access their data. However, its not the truth as the purpose of this act is very different. It's not the case only with USA but, since the EU Commission has announced a similar act people have started whispering about it as well.

Hence, choosing a country for hosting doesn't depends only on the price and performance factors, there are various factors which can impact a consumers decision.
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The problem I have with this argument, is that at this point, it doesn't matter what ACT / law / regulations that any country has setup. Now, the NSA has enough power, capacity, and know-how to look at whatever they want. They are actively either cracking all encryption standards, or they actively have been making companies comply with them in inserting backdoors into their software in order to get access to everything they want. This goes for TOR too, there is no such thing as anonymity in today's world if you are on the internet. It's the old saying that in order to protect yourself completely, you must fully disconnect it, so as to disallow all possible attempts at gaining access... however you'll end up locking yourself out too.

easyhostmedia said:
well when you get a server and after optimising it and it is still far too slow, and then others that keep crashing and large downtimes and then you have ones where they say they will support things like WHMCS, but then you find no way will it work on your server and the supplier support is rubbish, even if the servers were in USA i would never stay.
regarding the Patriot Act, 2001 its just paranoid people that worry, these days we are watched everywhere we go with CCTV and everything we do, so whats different with websites, if you have nothing to hide then whats the real problem ( its not nice to be spied on, but its just the way of life these days)
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As for people being paranoid about their data on the internet and on their websites, you are right... they are paranoid, but they pretty much have a right to be. But I also agree with the argument that if they have nothing to hide, then there should be no issue, no worries. But ... that's not the world we live in, sadly.


I would love for our governments to not have to spy on everyone just in order to get criminals or track terrorists, etc... I would love for everyone to just go about their business.... but that's never going to happen, unless there is WWIII and we all go back to the stone age. :sad:
 
Our data center is in Indiana, near Chicago. We own the infrastructure there. However we set up virtual instances for clients in certain states and geographic locations if they need.... usually in NYC and LA.
 
paullopez said:
Today, many people in USA and outside USA are afraid to host their data in USA-based data centers due to the Patriot Act, 2001. People have several misunderstandings about the Act and thinks that the U.S. government can view and access their data. However, its not the truth as the purpose of this act is very different. It's not the case only with USA but, since the EU Commission has announced a similar act people have started whispering about it as well.

Hence, choosing a country for hosting doesn't depends only on the price and performance factors, there are various factors which can impact a consumers decision.
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easyhostmedia said:
well when you get a server and after optimising it and it is still far too slow, and then others that keep crashing and large downtimes and then you have ones where they say they will support things like WHMCS, but then you find no way will it work on your server and the supplier support is rubbish, even if the servers were in USA i would never stay.
regarding the Patriot Act, 2001 its just paranoid people that worry, these days we are watched everywhere we go with CCTV and everything we do, so whats different with websites, if you have nothing to hide then whats the real problem ( its not nice to be spied on, but its just the way of life these days)
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Also in response to all of this, a NYT article on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/tb/1m5p3y
 
AS suggested check the latency. But I am sure, you do not want certain users to be blocked.

Do MTR, to check the packet loss and stability.
 
Chicago all the way - perfect center for east, west and mid customers. Great connectivity and great providers there!
We have moved all of our US server to Chicago at the moment and we have never been happier!
 
Well mate it completly depends on your targeted location of customers but many people prefer to choose Dallas Location.
 
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