[FOSSVPS - OnlyServers] Free London VPS with a pretty good network!
Hello!
Thanks to @dan_onlyservers' kind server donation, 
, @netixen, and @babywhale of BashVM fame, FOSSVPS is giving away six Debian 12 London IPv4/IPv6 VPSes. These VPSes share a pretty good, unmetered network. The time period is until October 25, 2025, and might be renewed.
Please check the below Yabs and NWS test results for the specs. Please note that each VPS offered here has one dedicated IPv4 address and also an IPv6/80. We expect that there soon might be a second round of NAT IPv4 VPSes on this server.
To apply for a free VPS, please post in this thread. This giveaway will be open for a day or two at least. In your post, please explain what you want to run on your VPS and why FOSSVPS should select you as a recipient of a free VPS.
Free and open source software only.
White hat only.
Not for commercial use.
No service level agreement.
Ephemeral. Could disappear at any time!
Clueless™ Administrator!
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A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli
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Version : v2025.07.08
Global Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
Region Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
Ping & Routing : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -rt <region>
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Basic System Info
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CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2394.374 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
Total Disk : 45.5 GB (1.7 GB Used)
Total RAM : 3.8 GB (355.0 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 6 hour 53 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 12
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.1.0-37-amd64
Virtualization : KVM
TCP Control : cubic
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Basic Network Info
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Primary Network : IPv6
IPv6 Access : ✔ Online
IPv4 Access : ✔ Online
ISP : Packet Star Networks UK
ASN : AS249 European Network
ASN (IPv4) : AS204044 PACKET STAR NETWORKS LIMITED
Host : Packet Star Networks Limited
Location : Fareham, England-ENG, United Kingdom
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Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
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Location Latency Loss DL Speed UP Speed Server
ISP: Packet Star Networks
Nearest 1.85 ms N/A 9276.09 Mbps 9258.19 Mbps YouFibre - London
Bangalore, IN 132.53 ms 0.0% 5636.89 Mbps 709.71 Mbps Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore
Chennai, IN 145.19 ms 0.0% 5199.33 Mbps 551.08 Mbps Jio - Chennai
Mumbai, IN 189.08 ms 0.0% 4182.30 Mbps 594.15 Mbps Melbicom - Mumbai
Seattle, US 139.44 ms N/A 4927.06 Mbps 536.21 Mbps Comcast - Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, US 127.42 ms 0.0% 5853.62 Mbps 689.56 Mbps ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, US 100.49 ms 0.0% 7697.65 Mbps 619.61 Mbps Hivelocity - Dallas, TX
Miami, US 103.44 ms 0.0% 1921.70 Mbps 686.11 Mbps Telxius - Miami, FL
New York, US 67.93 ms 0.0% 7731.64 Mbps 1565.10 Mbps GSL Networks - New York, NY
Toronto, CA 81.01 ms 0.0% 6275.83 Mbps 1146.27 Mbps Rogers - Toronto, ON
Mexico City, MX 168.53 ms N/A 3859.63 Mbps 484.91 Mbps INFINITUM - Ciudad de México
London, UK 2.17 ms 0.0% 9248.60 Mbps 7052.38 Mbps VeloxServ Communications - London
Amsterdam, NL 8.95 ms 0.0% 8954.72 Mbps 6544.17 Mbps 31173 Services AB - Amsterdam
Paris, FR 14.24 ms N/A 9105.57 Mbps 2051.73 Mbps Axione - Paris
Frankfurt, DE 27.27 ms 0.0% 7350.81 Mbps 5286.65 Mbps Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main
Warsaw, PL 28.25 ms 0.0% 9207.54 Mbps 3721.15 Mbps Play - Warszawa
Bucharest, RO 40.33 ms 0.0% 7009.43 Mbps 2577.38 Mbps Vodafone Romania Mobile - Bucharest - Bucharest
Moscow, RU FAILED
Jeddah, SA 66.09 ms 0.0% 9223.94 Mbps 791.85 Mbps Saudi Telecom Company
Dubai, AE 118.72 ms 0.0% 4740.16 Mbps 218.82 Mbps e& UAE - Dubai
Istanbul, TR 51.64 ms 0.0% 9338.75 Mbps 2046.16 Mbps Turkcell - Istanbul
Tehran, IR 93.50 ms 0.0% 1975.95 Mbps 871.98 Mbps Irancell - Tehran
Cairo, EG 66.17 ms 0.8% 3334.62 Mbps 968.28 Mbps Telecom Egypt - Cairo
Tokyo, JP 204.47 ms N/A 3491.21 Mbps 519.92 Mbps GSL Networks - Tokyo
Chengdu, CM-CN FAILED
Hong Kong, CN 191.93 ms 0.0% 4130.98 Mbps 251.85 Mbps Misaka Network, Inc. - Hong Kong
Singapore, SG FAILED
Jakarta, ID 170.16 ms 0.0% 4337.63 Mbps 551.93 Mbps PT Solnet Indonesia - Jakarta
Sydney, AU 262.41 ms 0.0% 3022.81 Mbps 411.77 Mbps Aussie Broadband - Sydney
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Avg DL Speed : 6039.81 Mbps
Avg UL Speed : 1950.27 Mbps
Total DL Data : 201.80 GB
Total UL Data : 54.15 GB
Total Data : 255.95 GB
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Duration : 12 min 6 sec
System Time : 07/08/2025 - 00:40:48 EDT
Total Script Runs : 120065
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Result : https://result.nws.sh/r/1754541060_GSQKS4_GLOBAL.txt
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Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 5 hours, 45 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 2394.374 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 45.5 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-37-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Packet Star Networks UK
ASN : AS249 European Network
Host : Packet Star Networks Limited
Location : Fareham, England (ENG)
Country : United Kingdom
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
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Read | 6.30 MB/s (1.5k) | 91.13 MB/s (1.4k)
Write | 6.30 MB/s (1.5k) | 91.61 MB/s (1.4k)
Total | 12.61 MB/s (3.1k) | 182.75 MB/s (2.8k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
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Read | 119.94 MB/s (234) | 161.05 MB/s (157)
Write | 126.31 MB/s (246) | 171.77 MB/s (167)
Total | 246.25 MB/s (480) | 332.82 MB/s (324)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
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Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 8.69 Gbits/sec | 7.46 Gbits/sec | 1.59 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 9.35 Gbits/sec | 8.15 Gbits/sec | 10.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.25 Gbits/sec | 648 Mbits/sec | 108 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 1.02 Gbits/sec | 1.11 Gbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.11 Gbits/sec | 1.23 Gbits/sec | 142 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.50 Gbits/sec | 2.66 Gbits/sec | 70.3 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 1.33 Gbits/sec | 1.12 Gbits/sec | 178 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 8.49 Gbits/sec | 6.27 Gbits/sec | 1.55 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 9.21 Gbits/sec | 8.39 Gbits/sec | 10.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.07 Gbits/sec | 1.70 Gbits/sec | 108 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 1.23 Gbits/sec | 1.11 Gbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.18 Gbits/sec | 1.27 Gbits/sec | 142 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.72 Gbits/sec | 2.66 Gbits/sec | 70.3 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 969 Mbits/sec | 978 Mbits/sec | 178 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1122
Multi Core | 2013
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13206574
YABS completed in 16 min 7 sec
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
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Comments
Thanks Tom, you know I am keen. It does seem like a lot of work (to build) if the server is going away in October, lets hope it extends. Keep up the good work.
Thanks @msatt! Sent you login credentials via PM. Please post here in this thread to let us know how it goes! Best! Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Looking good thanks Tom. Just about to try and install proxmox ......
Good luck with Proxmox! Please let us know how that goes!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Progress:
We now have an additional six Debian 12 London NAT IPv4 / IPv6 VPSes available to give away.
So, if you want one, please let us know. From now on requests should specify which type of VPS is being requested: dedicated IPv4 or NAT IPv4.
The more effort you invest in reading this thread and in writing your request, the more likely it is to be successful.
Thanks to @babywhale from BashVM for coming aboard and making these VPSes for us!
Thanks to @dan_onlyservers for the kind server donation!
Thanks to @netixen for facilitating the donation! 
Thanks to FOSSVPS' wonderful users!
Thanks to LES! 
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thank you very much for the kindness. I really appreciate your efforts(among other people) on FreeVPS.org, which helps me watch BBC videos occasionally.
I don't need this resource, hopefully kind people in need can get it, and wish everything goes well with you.
MicroLXC is lovable. Uptime of C1V
Reconfiguring Proxmox to create vmbr0 screwed up and needed @Not_Oles help (thanks Tom) to reset the interfaces file back to original. If anyone else is going to use Proxmox on the server this is what my working /etc/network/interfaces looks like.
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface enp1s0 inet manual
auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
address 45.139.197.XX/29
gateway 45.139.197.XX
dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8
bridge-ports enp1s0
bridge-stp off
bridge-fd 0
iface vmbr0 inet6 static
address 2a06:7e00:0000:1a00:XX::1/80
gateway 2a06:7e00:0000:1a00:XX::1
dns-nameservers 2001:4860:4860::8888 2606:4700:4700::1111
Set XX to value in original /etc/network/interfaces
Hope that helps someone.
Follow this guide. I follow it every time I need to setup a proxmox on 1 public IP:
https://somik.org/proxmox-with-one-public-ip/
Includes network port forwarding / ip table routing.
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
Hello friends! Happy Saturday!
As you also can see at FOSSVPS, there are three NAT VPSes still available on this nice Node with its nice network.
Please check the Yabs and NWS posted above.
Anybody want a free VPS with a nice network?
Thanks to OnlyServers for donating this server, and to @netixen for arranging the donation.
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
All the Chisinau VPSes have been assigned.
All the London VPSes have been assigned.
All the Los Angeles VPSes have been assigned.
Thanks to FOSSVPS' wonderful server Node donors: OnlyServers, Alexhost, and @fmxm.
Thanks to @babywhale for BashVM! Thanks to @AuroraZero for hosting the FOSSVPS wesite on YetiNode free! 
Thanks to our 34 wonderful users!
More soon!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!