feedback wanted for a free or $2/mo wireguard 'static ip' service
I have run a small US-based ISP for more than 15 years. It has extra bandwidth/servers/IPv4 addresses I want to make use of (monetize). But I also like donating / helping communities / builders / tinkerers too.
In the past I have often given away servers and vps service to people running all sorts of projects (mostly non-profits - under different Reddit accounts, not this one). I like building things too, so this has been fun to leverage infra I work with daily and learn new AI tools to build out the service. I actually built another project during the time I worked on the vpn service - a web interface for Claude Code - because nothing else was reliable enough for me or lacked the features I wanted).
Obviously there are lots of companies selling wireguard VPN, so why another one? Because I want to offer it cheaper and easier, and actually quite different. I don't need to really make a profit since other than my time and opportunity cost, my costs are almost non-existent. Also, I have some networks of IPv4 addresses that I can use to give each user their own static ipv4 address - most VPNs use shared addresses which means they end up banned all over the place and try to offer anonymity. This service is very different from a standard VPN because
- each user gets permanent IPs
- can have a vanity reverse dns hostname, and since the address wont change
- it's really good if you are behind cgnat (you get a real ipv4 address) or that * need incoming accesse via the internet.
I've been working on it for 3 months now. It's not 'polished' and I'm sure it has issues, but I tried to build it in a reliable and secure manner. I would appreciate any feedback (pos or neg) and can give out paid accounts to anyone here, just reply or reach out with whatever you want. The site already offers a 100% free account with 100GB of bw per month but what I'm saying is I'll give you credit for up to 6 months of service. At some point I will have to give the free accounts an expiration date, but at this rate I should be able to keep them free for another year or two, or possibly longer?
Currently:
- 75 accounts
- a couple paying clients
- <10 simultaneous sessions.
I wont post the url here but if anyones interested I can post it in a comment reply.