Some of the guys in this thread obviously dont have the right connections or no experience at all regarding this. I have a few hosts with HUNDREDS of c-classes which I use, however, I would totally forget the idea about getting one IP from each class. It wont happen and normally I take 8-16-32 (-3 unusable) from each.
That kind of server for 175 bucks = no but maybe 4-500 or so if you find the right company.
Also, I take it you were probably lured into some deal with one of those indian or whatever, flyby ultra noob hosting companies that offer the kind of packages you are describing. Dont go that route - you have already said you considered them flakey so..
If you are really on a budget you might just aswell get 10 VPSs with different hosts which could probably render you 30-50 dffierent c-classes, though that would of course be a major pain in the ass to handle. However, on the other side you would be located in different DCs which is far more advantageous than the so called "c-classes". Spltting this on maybe 5 budget servers is what I would have done..
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