Originally Posted by Rorschach

They wouldn't even give me ssh access unless I told them exactly what IPs I would be logging in from - pretty difficult when you're using ADSL with dynamically assigned IPs. And they wouldn't change the ssh port to 443 so I could get around the port 22 blocking on the hotel connection I was using. I ended up getting another cheap self managed server from cyberwurx in the end because there were too many hurdles to getting the job done. I would stress that it wasn't my name on the account, but I was working on a joint project, obviously with the full sanction of the server's owner, and tech support knew that; your mileage may vary.