[FOSSVPS - OnlyServers] Free London VPS with a pretty good network!

Not_Oles · August 7

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!

---------------------------------- nws.sh ---------------------------------
      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 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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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#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
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Wed Aug  6 11:20:13 PM EDT 2025

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:
---------------------------------
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):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
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)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
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           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
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):
---------------------------------
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                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1122                          
Multi Core      | 2013                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13206574

YABS completed in 16 min 7 sec

msatt · August 7

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.

Not_Oles · August 7

Thanks @msatt! Sent you login credentials via PM. Please post here in this thread to let us know how it goes! Best! Tom

msatt · August 7

Looking good thanks Tom. Just about to try and install proxmox ......

Not_Oles · August 7

Good luck with Proxmox! Please let us know how that goes!

Not_Oles · August 8

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!

bliss · August 8

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.

msatt · August 9

@msatt said:
Looking good thanks Tom. Just about to try and install proxmox ......

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.

somik · August 9

@msatt said:

@msatt said:
Looking good thanks Tom. Just about to try and install proxmox ......

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.

Not_Oles · August 23

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?

@Not_Oles said: To apply for a free VPS, please post in this thread. . . . 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.

Thanks to OnlyServers for donating this server, and to @netixen for arranging the donation.

Not_Oles · August 25

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!

Not_Oles · September 11

Good morning!

OnlyServers has kindly extended their donation of the London server until January 25, 2026!

Thanks to Dan!

KevvoGeek · September 12

Ey

I would like to get a vps

Not_Oles · September 12

@KevvoGeek Congrats on joining us here at LES!

Could you tell is a little about yourself so we can get to know you?

Also (from the original post in this thread):

@Not_Oles said: 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!

somik · September 13

@Not_Oles said:
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!

So no always online closed source commercial black hat project that requires 200 pages of service agreement managed by IT expert level admins? Too bad

msatt · September 13

@Not_Oles said:
Good morning!

OnlyServers has kindly extended their donation of the London server until January 25, 2026!

Thanks to Dan!

Thank you very much to both, it is greatly appreciated.

somik · September 13

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somik · September 14

@somik said:
Deleted

Ya, sorry about that. For anyone wondering, I was testing my firefox plugin for LES that lets me upload and attach images from this comment box (textbox) and while testing, instead of clicking "preview" clicked "Post comment"... So quickly removed my message and since i couldn't keep it blank, changed it to what you see above

Anyway, good luck to FOSSVPS and ... erm... their sponsor... who I can only assume, uploads a lot of pictures of their servers...

Not_Oles · September 14

@somik

I thought your deleted post was a funny joke!

If a server expires, it gets "deleted." If the server's expiration date is pushed back, then, in a sense, the deletion gets deleted, hence "deleted."

somik · September 14

@Not_Oles said:
@somik

I thought your deleted post was a funny joke!

If a server expires, it gets "deleted." If the server's expiration date is pushed back, then, in a sense, the deletion gets deleted, hence "deleted."

Lol, no, it was much more simple, just a mistake

epoch314 · 4:21AM

Can confirm mine is still running smoothly. This is great, thanks again @Not_Oles

Not_Oles · 5:26AM

@epoch314

Delighted you are satisfied with your FOSSVPS!

I need to make some more London VPSes. These would be either NAT IPv4 or IPv6 only.

Also, one VPS was suspended for high CPU use, and, since I have no response from the client, that VPS might be re-assigned. I have to check to see whether it's dedicated IPv4.

I will post again when some more VPSes are available. Might take a couple of days.

Thanks to OnlyServers for their kind donation!

[FOSSVPS - OnlyServers] Free London VPS with a pretty good network!

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