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Originally Posted by jimb
That statement is incorrect. Roll over to WHT or another large hosting community and nearly all "managed dedicated server providers" do not give root access on the machines. Reason being is that too many people screw up their machines when given root access. If your only paying $99/month for a "managed server" that pricing doesn't leave too much room for a system admin to spend the time fixing your broken server.
Most people who buy dedicated servers these days get Cpanel or DirectAdmin thrown onto a server and never use anything more than that. So I could see how some people would buy an unbelievable dedicated server deal for only $49.99/mo and never find out they just got a WHM/CPanel account on a shared virtual host box!
Jim
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Precisely why some hosts can afford to sell so cheaply. Hell, we give root to all of our dedicated customers and I bet less than 5% even know how to use it.