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Melbicom Mumbai, India Review after 300+ days of usage

niranjanniranjan Member
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Hello All,

This is a review for Melbicom Mumbai, India location. This is a Sponsored VPS, and this review is part of the deal in return for sponsoring a VPS. But this is a genuine review, as Melbicom has no say in this review, and all I say are my own words.

I was provisioned this VPS on March 5th, 2025 after a few emails with Vincent, he was genuinely interested in sponsoring a VPS for my Arch Linux Mirror project in India. You can check out the specs of the VPS in the Yabs below.

root@992443:~# curl -sL https://yabs.sh | bash
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#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2025-04-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Sun Jan 11 12:42:55 PM IST 2026

Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 295 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8160 CPU @ 2.10GHz
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2095.076 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 1.9 GiB
Swap       : 1024.0 MiB
Disk       : 147.5 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-31-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Melbikomas UAB
ASN        : AS8849 Melbikomas UAB
Host       : Melbicom
Location   : Mumbai, Maharashtra (MH)
Country    : India

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 105.76 MB/s  (26.4k) | 1.55 GB/s    (24.3k)
Write      | 106.04 MB/s  (26.5k) | 1.56 GB/s    (24.4k)
Total      | 211.81 MB/s  (52.9k) | 3.12 GB/s    (48.8k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 2.36 GB/s     (4.6k) | 2.45 GB/s     (2.3k)
Write      | 2.49 GB/s     (4.8k) | 2.61 GB/s     (2.5k)
Total      | 4.86 GB/s     (9.4k) | 5.07 GB/s     (4.9k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | busy            | 291 Mbits/sec   | 125 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 791 Mbits/sec   | 866 Mbits/sec   | 134 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 463 Mbits/sec   | 248 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 954 Mbits/sec   | 744 Mbits/sec   | 189 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 590 Mbits/sec   | 310 Mbits/sec   | 229 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 769 Mbits/sec   | 679 Mbits/sec   | 243 ms         
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 169 Mbits/sec   | 269 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | busy            | 749 Mbits/sec   | 125 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 842 Mbits/sec   | 828 Mbits/sec   | 134 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 764 Mbits/sec   | 286 Mbits/sec   | 248 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 796 Mbits/sec   | 744 Mbits/sec   | 189 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 603 Mbits/sec   | 246 Mbits/sec   | 229 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 605 Mbits/sec   | 670 Mbits/sec   | --             
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 438 Mbits/sec   | 269 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 651                           
Multi Core      | 1025                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/16031305

YABS completed in 23 min 39 sec

I want to specifically talk about the uptime of this VPS, ever since this VPS was provisioned it has never been down for a second. This is my main India mirror along with DigiRDP and Oracle Cloud, I switched from this only when I hit the 30TB bandwidth cap.

I did not notice any CPU steal whenever I was logged into this. I personally use this mirror as it is closest to me and I have never faced any bandwidth issues, I always max out my home bandwidth whenever I'm updating or installing something.

Network connectivity has also been solid. Arch Linux regularly checks mirror connectivity and assigns a score, where lower is better, and this mirror has consistently scored below 1. Mirror details : https://archlinux.org/mirrors/niranjan.co/2091/

Below is a network usage screenshot, from 5 March 2025 to 31 December 2025. This mirror has constantly served minimum 500+gb/day for the last 300+ days.

You can always check the live bandwidth usage by simply making a curl request to https://in.arch.niranjan.co/stats. This data is updated every 5 minutes. The December data is missing due to some issue with vnstat, most probably due to storage as Arch Repos have significantly grown in the previous year. But you can check the December data in the screenshot which was directly downloaded from virtualizer.

Overall, the stability, uptime, and network performance are excellent, especially for an India location. Based on long-term usage, I would confidently recommend this VPS for bandwidth-heavy and always-on workloads. You can check Melbicom's VPS plans on https://www.melbicom.net/virtualserver/ .

If you have any questions regarding this review or anything related to Arch Linux mirrors feel free to drop a comment.

Here is a link to my blog which lists all public mirrors maintained by me, https://niranjan.co/blog/list-of-public-mirrors .

If you're a provider and are interested in sponsoring a mirror feel free to reach out!

Thanked by 4zGato nullnothere oloke buggedout

Comments

  • forestforest Member

    Effectively unmetered bandwidth at 100 Mbps in Singapore for only €5,70 EUR/month? Is it really in Singapore, or is it physically in Malaysia like many "Singapore" locations? That's the question I have about them.

    Thanked by 1oloke
  • zGatozGato Member

    @forest said:
    Effectively unmetered bandwidth at 100 Mbps in Singapore for only €5,70 EUR/month? Is it really in Singapore, or is it physically in Malaysia like many "Singapore" locations? That's the question I have about them.

    Their "unmetered bandwidth" is just a scam

    It is real Singapore though.

  • forestforest Member
    edited January 11

    @zGato said:

    show previous quotes

    Their "unmetered bandwidth" is just a scam

    It is real Singapore though.

    Note that I said effectively unmetered at 100 Mbps. They throttle you from 1 Gbps to 100 Mbps after 5 TB in a month.

    Many providers will throttle you to something ridiculous like 1 Mbps or will even suspend the server when the bandwidth cap is exceeded. If they "only" throttle to 100 Mbps, it might as well be unmetered.

  • zGatozGato Member

    @forest said:

    show previous quotes

    Note that I said effectively unmetered at 100 Mbps. They throttle you from 1 Gbps to 100 Mbps after 5 TB in a month.

    Many providers will throttle you to something ridiculous like 1 Mbps or will even suspend the server when the bandwidth cap is exceeded. If they "only" throttle to 100 Mbps, it might as well be unmetered.

    mmm maybe considering their upstreams there, but I highly doubt they will be fine with over 30TB both ways in their cheapest plan.

  • forestforest Member

    I'll ask them in a ticket. I use my servers for Tor relays, and the distance between Singapore and the Tor bandwidth authorities means that it'll never have a large enough consensus weight to truly saturate the link, but it may end up using more than 5 TB/month, at least.

    They have even cheaper locations in Europe, and I'm eyeing their Latvia location, although that is a location where 30 TB both ways is realistic...

  • forestforest Member
    edited January 11

    II already asked if they can exempt VAT from non-EU customers, and they replied in the affirmative, so that is nice. I've had a few providers that straight-up refused to remove VAT for anyone (cough C1V cough), and others that said they couldn't unless I did KYC to prove I'm outside of the EU, but did helpfully offer a "custom loyalty discount" that just happened to match the VAT fee.

  • ArirangArirang Member

    I would try them if they offer private networking free of charge as other providers do.

  • winerwiner Member

    I want to buy their BGP SESSIONS VPS. How can I get a free installation fee or a discounted price?

  • niranjanniranjan Member

    @winer said:
    I want to buy their BGP SESSIONS VPS. How can I get a free installation fee or a discounted price?

    I think @NexOasis can help you in this

  • sh97sh97 Member, Host Rep

    @niranjan said:

    show previous quotes

    I think @NexOasis can help you in this

    I've asked before but gotten ddr ignor 'd
    Do you chat on let or via email?

    Thanked by 2oloke forest
  • winerwiner Member

    @sh97 said:

    show previous quotes

    I've asked before but gotten ddr ignor 'd
    Do you chat on let or via email?

    yeah, I hope know this as well.

  • niranjanniranjan Member

    @sh97 said:

    show previous quotes

    I've asked before but gotten ddr ignor 'd
    Do you chat on let or via email?

    I've communicated only with Vincent via email, I recently saw NexOasis comment on a post somewhere and his profile says HostRep for Mebicom,

    Thanked by 1sh97
  • raviravi Member

    I will love to try Mebicom if they have some crazy deals.

  • winerwiner Member

    @ravi said:
    I will love to try Mebicom if they have some crazy deals.

    me too.

  • dosaidosai Member

    Can you post nws result?

    wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r india

  • niranjanniranjan Member

    @dosai said:
    Can you post nws result?

    wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r india

    Here you go,

    ---------------------------------- nws.sh ---------------------------------
      A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version            : v2025.11.07
 Global Speedtest   : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
 Region Speedtest   : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
 Ping & Routing     : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -rt <region>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic System Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CPU Model          : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8160 CPU @ 2.10GHz
 CPU Cores          : 2 @ 2095.076 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 33792 KB
 AES-NI             : ✔ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✔ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 147.5 GB (124.8 GB Used)
 Total RAM          : 1.9 GB (260.1 MB Used)
 Total Swap         : 1024.0 MB (21.2 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 296 days, 13 hour 14 min
 Load average       : 0.41, 0.14, 0.10
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 12
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 6.1.0-31-amd64
 Virtualization     : KVM
 TCP Control        : bbr
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic Network Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Primary Network    : IPv6
 IPv6 Access        : ✔ Online
 IPv4 Access        : ✔ Online
 ISP                : Melbikomas UAB
 ASN                : AS8849 Melbikomas UAB
 Host               : Melbicom
 Location           : Mumbai, Maharashtra-MH, India
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Speedtest.net (Region: INDIA | भारत)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Location         Latency     Loss    DL Speed       UP Speed       Server
 ISP: Melbikomas UAB
 Nearest          0.36 ms     N/A     878.01 Mbps    905.78 Mbps    BIGVENTURES
- Mumbai
 Mumbai, MH       1.77 ms     N/A     947.29 Mbps    1017.91 Mbps   Jio - Mumbai
 Mumbai, MH       1.60 ms     0.0%    952.34 Mbps    996.98 Mbps    Airtel Broadband - Mumbai
 Pune, MH         4.82 ms     0.0%    925.10 Mbps    1014.69 Mbps   Tata Play Fiber - Pune
 Hyderabad, AP/TL 36.40 ms    N/A     806.53 Mbps    862.22 Mbps    BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD - Hyderabad
 Bangalore, KA    19.60 ms    0.0%    873.07 Mbps    1016.11 Mbps   Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore
 Bangalore, KA    14.07 ms    0.0%    932.52 Mbps    1018.11 Mbps   ACT FIBERNET - Bangalore
 Mangalore, KA    20.60 ms    0.0%    893.29 Mbps    956.49 Mbps    BBNL - Mangalore
 Chennai, TN      FAILED
 Coimbatore, TN   26.88 ms    0.0%    807.20 Mbps    992.61 Mbps    Airconnect Fiber - Coimbatore
 Madurai, TN      FAILED
 Kochi, KL        32.60 ms    0.0%    788.38 Mbps    1009.72 Mbps   Jio - Kochi
 Kochi, KL        28.53 ms    0.0%    735.29 Mbps    1001.64 Mbps   Asianet Broadband - Cochin
 Trivandrum, KL   26.59 ms    0.0%    900.59 Mbps    1002.37 Mbps   Keralavision Broadband Ltd - Trivandrum
 Kolkata, WB      52.01 ms    0.0%    779.48 Mbps    855.14 Mbps    Alliance Broadband Services Pvt Ltd - Kolkata
 Ahmedabad, GJ    10.88 ms    0.0%    952.70 Mbps    1021.12 Mbps   GTPL Broadband Pvt Ltd - Ahmedabad
 Jaipur, RJ       41.19 ms    0.0%    723.04 Mbps    982.18 Mbps    RailTel Corporation of India Ltd - Jaipur
 Lucknow, UP      31.51 ms    0.0%    837.22 Mbps    991.44 Mbps    Excitel - Lucknow
 Delhi, DL        23.38 ms    0.0%    755.09 Mbps    1011.30 Mbps   Tata Play Fiber - New Delhi
 Gurgaon, HR      24.22 ms    0.0%    129.26 Mbps    1014.16 Mbps   Powernet - Gurgaon
 Patna, BH        35.40 ms    0.0%    760.09 Mbps    242.02 Mbps    Excitel - Patna
 Aizawl, MZ       69.08 ms    0.0%    807.61 Mbps    759.25 Mbps    BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD - Aizawl
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Avg DL Speed       : 809.21 Mbps
 Avg UL Speed       : 933.56 Mbps
 Total DL Data      : 16.49 GB
 Total UL Data      : 19.40 GB
 Total Data         : 35.89 GB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Duration           : 6 min 48 sec
 System Time        : 12/01/2026 - 11:13:14 IST
 Total Script Runs  : 515957
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Result             : https://result.nws.sh/r/1768196515_VLC5UC_INDIA.txt
    Thanked by 2sh97 dosai
  • NexOasisNexOasis Member, Host Rep

    @winer said:
    I want to buy their BGP SESSIONS VPS. How can I get a free installation fee or a discounted price?

    Hi,

    Thank you for your interest!
    Currently there are no ongoing discounts on any of the plans, but you can try contacting their team via the Contact form as they might be able to come up with something for you: https://www.melbicom.net/bgp-session/

    And you can take a look at the plans here, as already mentioned in the OP: https://www.melbicom.net/virtualserver/?utm_id=2025_BSTForum100

  • sh97sh97 Member, Host Rep

    @forest said:
    I'll ask them in a ticket. I use my servers for Tor relays, and the distance between Singapore and the Tor bandwidth authorities means that it'll never have a large enough consensus weight to truly saturate the link, but it may end up using more than 5 TB/month, at least.

    They have even cheaper locations in Europe, and I'm eyeing their Latvia location, although that is a location where 30 TB both ways is realistic...

    Let us know if you are able to get a deal from them!

  • AstroAstro Member

    Anyone know good providers with loc as Delhi? Not vultr. I've got mumbai bangalore covered. Need delhi.

  • forestforest Member
    edited January 12

    The following errors occurred:

    • Captcha verification failed. Contact support for more information.

    And yet I wasn't even presented with a captcha. Guess I can't buy from Melbicom.

  • RackoonaRackoona Member, Patron Provider

    Bandwidth up to 1 Gbps. If the monthly quota 5TB is exceeded, the throughput is reduced to 10 Mbps.
    Data transfer Unmetered

  • buggedoutbuggedout Member

    Start a mirror for Fedora in India. I always get connected to China with speeds hovering between 300 to 400Kbps sometimes they peak at 80, 90kbps.

    Thanked by 1oloke
  • niranjanniranjan Member
    edited January 12

    @buggedout said:
    Start a mirror for Fedora in India. I always get connected to China with speeds hovering between 300 to 400Kbps sometimes they peak at 80, 90kbps.

    I would love to start a Fedora mirror but, the storage requirements for a mirror are very very high, I don't think any sponsor would sponsor a 4TB VPS :'(

    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Mirroring#Storage_space
    https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/DIRECTORY_SIZES.txt

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