I think where they win is when somebody buys a $5/mo server and uses $0.50/mo worth of capacity. They shut down all the hardware they don't need and save the electricity costs.
We're growing so fast that shutting down hardware is the last thing we would ever do. We have the opposite problem -- it's quite challenging to provision hardware fast enough to keep up with demand. :)
Haha, that's surprising. I've heard lots of stories about load balancing VMs to certain corners of the datacenter so the rest can be shut down that I figured everybody had unused metal at least at some point during the day.
Any plans to offer VPSs on Brazil?
you guys rock. simple pricing, great UI, quick console access in the browser and my resizes take seconds instead of minutes.