cakey

Well, the aeon page doesnt really have any detailed information.
Do the shared aeon accounts allow ssh, wget, and other actions which are disabled from the regular shared accounts without the extra payment?

meephead

I have the aeon shared package, and no those things are not enabled by default. Although I did get wget access by simply asking for it, and as far as I know you can get ssh access through a one time payment of 20 bucks.

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GamingHybrid

The aeon packages have all the same features as the services it is based on (shared or reseller). The only difference is the specifications listed, any that are not listed on the aeon pages means it is defaulted from their root services (shared or reseller).

SSH is only available on demand/request for $20 on time fee, and then it lasts for the rest of the package's lifespan. You can learn more here: https://www.surpasshosting.com/servi...n_select=shell

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GamingHybrid

Also, if the replies where to slow, this is because we are not Surpass staff, but their community. The community staff come around everyday (not a full 24 hours though) to check things, but your best response times would be at http://desk.surpasshosting.com

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markscns

For more control you may want to look at a VPS plan. However as mentioned I can do what I need to do by paying the one time fee for SSH, and using PHP fopen tid with the curl command if needed instead of using wget.

GamingHybrid

The thing is, not everyone is ready for the higher end stuff. I should know... but yeah, until one is ready/needs it, tis best to stay one a more shared environment.

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markscns

You may be correct that not every needs a VPS, but when they start needing things enabled that are disabled under shared plans, the next step is VPS to get control of those items. Unless support will enable the items they need under shared.

I use a shared plan myself. Even though I have had dedicated and VPS in the past, my current site does not need the power of it currently.

cakey

My reasoning is, you will hardly notice the difference of resources between a shared and vps plan, and pay a fraction of the cost. Hell, look at aeon. The cheapest shared plan has 5Gb more, 4 times the bandwidth, and costs lower than 1/4th

GamingHybrid

Your misguided on the point of VPS.

As wikipedia tells it:
As such, you will then have many server admin controls such as rebooting, task manager, full SSH, full WHM/cPanel, able to add reseller plans to your VPS, a GUARENTEED ram quota (shared services share the ram/cpu, which means there are higher restrictions and suspension on those services, not VPS), more speed reliability, etc. You can also have your own chosen OS and server software (php, etc configuration access) on your VPS account! Aka, full root access.

Basically, having a VPS is like cutting a server into slices, everyone is guarenteed their slice and all access to their slice. The only difference to a dedicated plateform is the upgrading possibilities/cost and the fact your are still on a server shared with others (but with better management ot guarentee quotas).

Aeon packages have more space and bandwidth, sure, but they are weaker in server admin access and use the resource policy to full extent.

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