Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD
Posts: 6,912
pogoplugs should not be out of stock anywhere, you might have been checking on an older stock number. There are about three models at the moment, all of which should be available from about 45-100$ depending on features. You could probbably get a V1 version for about 30-35$ on ebay or craigslist, does everything the other versions do other than built IN multiple USB ports (which can be added with a 5$ dongle)
Ultimately, a VPN or NAS with server might be a better more robust solution but the pogoplug really does work quite well and offers more features than a NAS server or VPN can.