[COLUG] [OT] Anyone know of cheap Xen/Virtual hosting in South American?

[Richard Holbert]

Duane wrote:
> Richard Holbert wrote:
>> Duane wrote:
>>> I've been trying to find somewhere that does cheap Xen hosting, or would
>>> be willing to sponsor e164.org (non-profit) in South America to reduce
>>> latency for DNS lookups, however I don't know much about the way optic
>>> fibre is laid in South America to work out which country would be best
>>> suited to have minimal latency to reach most South American countries.
>>>
>> Duane,
>>
>> Don't know much about the backbone in South America, but I found a site
>> called VPS Choice that says there's a Xen hosting provider
>> <sitioshispanos.com> in Argentina:
>>
>> http://vpschoice.com/supplier.php?sup=74&plan=637
>>
>> Hope this helps.
> 
> I came across that site as well, but when you do a trace route, it
> terminates on US IPs...
>

OK, so far Rob has the best suggestion.  You might also try to contact 
John "Mad Dog" Hall <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hall_(programmer)> 
as he has some good contacts south of the border.

Rick