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linode.com
Pre-Amazon AWS adn "the cloud" in general, Linode offered VPSes with total control for the customer for $20/mo. I wanted my students in my "Network Services with Linux" class to use them to host a VM for 2 months while we covered Internet stuff like DNS, webservers, and email. The problem is/was Linode required a credit card, and about 75% of my students are/were on financial aid, which had to be used via voucher system at the college bookstore.
One email sent, and Linode was prepared to bundle 3 months of service as a "book" (coupon code/etc) that could then be sold in teh bookstore.
Never went through with it - bookstore wanted to add 40% profit for them on teh price and financial aid switched to a credit card system - but the response time and willingness was really impressive.
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