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Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233/month With Zero Downtime (isayeter.com)
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[–] 46 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm in the US and when I tried migrating from DO to Hetzner, I got asked to upload my passport to prove I'm not spam or something. Same experience with OVH.

Is this a thing for all European hosting companies? I ended up finding some Canadian hosting that would just let me sign up and pay like normal.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Lots of respectable EU hosting companies, and also aparently OVH, if they think there's a chance you're taking the piss will ask for a ID so they can ban you. It's not just anti-spam, it's anti-abuse and for preventing non-payment. They think there was a risk involved in accepting your business (whatever that may be, obviously companies don't dilvulge their criteria here), and if you go elsewhere they're not upset about it for that reason.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I never had that kind of experience with Hetzner or OVH as a European. I suppose there are extra hoops to jump through for US customers for some reason?

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I’m European and had to do the same, so it’s based on something else.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    I don't like uploading IDs. But recently I block almost all datacenters across the world due to ddos attack or other malicious attacks on my websites. So I don't think it's a bad idea to keep the web better. It's a mess today due to all those cheap cloud providers

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Is this a thing for all European hosting companies?

    Absolutely not. At least not in Europe.

    Have you tried netcup as well?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Netcup was the one I had most problems years ago about uploading identify check. Last year when I signed again they actually put a system in place that it's simpler, you just show your face for some photos and show your identity card and it checks if it matches. So an external identity provider. Simpler than having to see how to upload copies by email with pgp (which they support and have documentation about).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's so weird. Where from? I never had any such requirements with any provider, even when I, from Europe, bought something from abroad.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    I'm in europe. If you put a name that may seem a bit non standard they will fire that verification immediately. I think i tried hetzner before and same thing. On ovh was no problem for the little time I tried. Anyway they all always want full physical address and name and a bunch of personal details.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Europe or EU?

    If you put a name that may seem a bit non standard they will fire that verification immediately.

    You mean you also tried with a standard name? What exactly is "non standard"? How exactly is it "fired"?
    My name isn't standard either.

    Is there anything else out of the ordinary in your application? Like, payment method, no/invalid smartphone, no/invalid email, no/invalid mailing address, etc.?

    I repeat, I had to do no identity check whatsoever. Neither with one other European provider I used.

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