1984hosting.com Reviews 

I saw 1984hosting.com get mentioned on privacytools.io and in other tech communities, so I gave them a try. I started by registering a new domain with them and was reassured by the privacy notice they provide stating "We do not sell privacy protection as all domains are by default protected by GDPR whois masking". However, once I purchased the domain, this is where things go wrong:

1) 1984's WHOIS protection does NOT include masking or redacting of the following fields:
- Organization
- State
- Country

This is absurd given that most other domain name providers I have used redacted ALL information. If you run a legitimate company, but wish to have privacy, 1984 hosting is NOT the right provider for the job. In some cases those 3 data points are enough information to expose your real identity.

At the very minimum I would ask of 1984 hosting to be very clear on what fields will be exposed and which ones will be redacted.

2) There is NO support. This was also mentioned by another reviewer here on Trustpilot and I should've heeded the warning.

3) The domain setup is unbelievably slow in comparison to other providers.

Lastly, 1984 hosting is expensive. Namecheap, porkbun, and epik are significantly cheaper and have provided me with a much better experience, customer service, and masked all WHOIS information. Given the steep price one would expect a superior service and an excellent experience, however I experienced none of this at 1984 hosting.

After this terrible experience, I registered a new domain with another provider who masked all of my information, the setup was instant, and the customer support replied within less than 10 minutes.

Ultimately, no, I definitely do not recommend 1984 hosting and I believe they should be delisted from privacytools.io before more people fall prey to this ripoff.

I ordered a VPS server from them, for a rather large sum. The server doesn't respond in SSH, so I can't access it.

Support is completely non-existent and doesn't answer any of my e-mails.

I'd advise against it.

1984hosting.com (aka 1984 ehf or 1984.is) has proven to be an excellent VPS provider. We started with one server in April 2021 and added a second one in September. It's a great value for a VPS starting at only US$5 -- fast hardware, fast storage and a decent amount for the cost, and a decent amount of bandwidth on a 100Mbps connection. They make it really easy to upgrade your VPS to have more cores, more RAM, and/or more storage, which is awesome. Our only question sent to their support team was answered within 20 minutes.

Both times when we ordered a VPS it is ready to go within a minute. Compared to our last provider, who promised minutes but then took over 24 hours to spin up a new VPS, this is fantastic!

The control panel is not as fancy as some others, but it gives us everything we need including convenient console access without having to launch an app like some others.

Their selection of Linux distros beats everyone else hands-down. We use Arch and Gentoo, and not many places will support those.

It's a nice bonus to have servers in an unusual place like Iceland and with a hosting company that is committed to freedom of speech in an age of rampant censorship. We plan to put more servers with them.