Who's ya host?

[jrfuda]

Guys, lots of us here have our own sites.

Right now mine is being hosted from my HS machine, but I want to move all of the not HS stuff off of my machine.

So, who do each of you use to host your sites?

I'm looking for a low cost, low traffic, mid storage (no more than 15GB) host.

 

[compuguru]

Powweb (http://www.powweb.com) is pretty good. They have good support and a great community. 2 gigs of space, and 5 gigs of bandwith a day! It's about $7.77/month with free setup. PM me if you want more info.

 

[AutomatedOutlet]

Currently HostPC but in the process of moving to Verio.

 

[Squintz]

Why the move to verio?

 

[WayneW]

I have a site & lots of email based at http://www.insiderhosting.com/. It was moved over by my previous host when they sold out, so it is a small, but custom, hosting package/price of $4.95 month. It has been very reliable.

I have a site at hostpc.com when they had a $8/year sale for tiny sites. Don't do much with it, so don't know about reliability.

 

[electron]

HostPC as well, and moving soon too, after all the stuff they put us through they decided to kick me off their server.

 

[Chakara]

I've had a site on Addaction for a while. Moved there from a very bad host before. They have done me good so far.

 

[Shawn]

ReadyHosting.com

Excellent service, price plan, etc.

 

[jrfuda]

So it looks like the candidates so far are:

ReadyHosting
Addaction
Verio
InsiderHosting
PowWeb

Sounds like HostPC is bad, so I won't consider it.

I'm going to review the ones listed so far. If any of you can get an incentive for a referal, PM me and I'll be sure to get you credit if that's the host I decide to go with.

I think I'll make-up a little table with each of the candidates packages and prices and post it here, for future reference.

 

[smee]

I would keep hostpc on the list, at least provisionally. I've been using them for a while now (< 1 year) and have only had one time when I had trouble getting to my site. I don't use my site for much other than hosting some pictures when I need to reference/share them with people and for email, but it's been working fine.

The only time I needed tech support was when I first got the account and they were very responsive.

I know that CocoonTech has been having problems with them and that's why I didn't chime in earlier to recommend them. I'd still be a little wary, I guess.

By the way, I think 15GB of storage is putting you outside the really cheap accounts from any host.

 

[jrfuda]

Here's what I've got so far, still haven't made-up my mind.

 

[jrfuda]

OK, I think I'm going to go with PowWeb, since I'll get 18 months for the price of 12 (more if I go for a 2-year contract, but I need to see if they have a gaurantee, in case I end-up not liking them), it's really less expensive than it appears. They also seem to have the most options available... I'm working on a project (for a class) that will likely use 1 or 2 SQL databases, PHP and possibly a little Flash. Furthermore, I want the extra web space to host the files on my "My Downloads Page." I think the 5GB's of bandwidth should be more than enough as well.

So unless someone convinces me otherwise, that'll probably be the way I go. If any current PowWeb users can get a referal award for me signing-up, let me know by 1100 CST.

 

[patsikes]

Probably too late but...

I have been using ImpactHosting for many years. Basic account is $10 a month and includes ASP on a Windows platform. Support is awesome...any problem emails (not many) are handled promptly 24x7x365. I sent them an email at 2am on a Sunday and had a response back before I could even think about giving up and going to bed.

For ASP.NET hosting, I have been using DiscountASP.NET and have had good luck with them.

Patrick

 

[deranged]

Don't Laugh, Really.

I just switched to http://www.harelink.biz/

about a month ago, I absolutely love thier webmail.

and they give me 100 percent control over DNS. ( this way I could really muck it up )

I know they are reselling for someone, I just never bothered to find out who.

StevenE