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Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233/month With Zero Downtime (isayeter.com)
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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day 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?

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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).

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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.

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 4 points 23 hours ago

Let's see! 🤞

Your order will be checked by one of our employees shortly. You will then receive further information on the status of your order by e-mail.