good web hosting?

zo · March 4, 2002 8:26PM

I was looking around to setup a website for a customer on a low budget. The lowest prices with most features I have seen is <a href="http://www.powweb.com"; target="_blank">www.powweb.com</a>

Does anyone else have suggestions? I would really need basics: some, even 20MB, space, no fancy scripts or stuff needed, just making simple html and pictures. Also, POP and/or Web mail is necessary.

For 7$ powweb seems hard to beat, but if there were even lower, would be good to know.

Thanks

logan cale · March 4, 2002 8:57PM

What about doteasy.com? Free. No banners. I've had it for a year and a half. I am now leaving it because I need cgi and stuff, but I've had no problems.

i like macs · March 4, 2002 9:12PM

i hear <a href="http://www.geocities.com"; target="_blank">Geocities</a> is a good buy. $10/month + $25 setup fee, 25megs, .com domain name, 5 emails addresses, and Yahoo! PageBuilder. my friend owns <a href="http://www.beardedaxe.com"; target="_blank">Beardedaxe.com</a>, an Age of Empires 2 fan site, and he says it works pretty well.

foneroot · March 4, 2002 10:11PM

You could check out: <a href="http://www.webhostingtalk.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.webhostingtalk.com/</a>; you can post what you want for you server, all your specs and people will PM you with offers and what they can give you. It's a nice setup or you can just look around, you would be amazed what good deals you can find.

quobobo · March 4, 2002 10:38PM

Hmm... if you're REALLY cheap, you could always just set up an iTools account for them. 20 megs of web hosting, and a mac.com email addy....

i like macs · March 6, 2002 7:37PM

forget what i posted do not choose geocities this is why:<a href="http://publishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa070199.htm?IAM=sherlock_abc&terms=web+hosting"; target="_blank">article</a>

choose <a href="http://www.ispeed.com"; target="_blank">iSpeed</a> instead

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zo · March 6, 2002 8:32PM

[quote]Originally posted by I like Macs:

<strong>forget what i posted do not choose geocities this is why:<a href="http://publishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa070199.htm?IAM=sherlock_abc&terms=web+hosting"; target="_blank">article</a>

choose <a href="http://www.ispeed.com"; target="_blank">iSpeed</a> instead

[ 03-06-2002: Message edited by: I like Macs ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

Holy crap! 3.95$/month!!! Thats frikken awesome! Thanks! Crazy stats! Too bad there isnt Web Mail, but I guess I can my client to just use a service like Web2Mail or something like that...

Thanks again... dont think it gets much better than that

burningwheel · February 11, 2003 9:47AM

i need a new webhost, possbily. i currently use hostway.com, i love them but they don't have spam filters, well they they do but but you have to install it yourself. i think a comany this size should do it for you. i want UNIX server

any suggestions?

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leonis · February 13, 2003 12:56AM

Try <a href="http://www.ntchosting.com"; target="_blank">www.ntchosting.com</a>

I recently moved my comic site to there and their connection is FAST

For 5US you can get 99 emails and 400MB of storage.

It's not the cheapest but for the speed you can't complain

i-bent-my-wookie · February 13, 2003 9:33AM

Wisesource is an excellent UNIX host. I use them exclusively for my clientelle. The sysadmin is awesome, I talk to him daily when I am doing web stuff. He is super helpfull.

If you are interested go to <a href="http://www.wisesource.com."; target="_blank">www.wisesource.com.</a> I think its $12US a month for PHP/SQL site with 250MB of space. If you sign on for a six month deal you get the first month free and you dont have to pay for a month, so its risk free really.

If you do try wisesource please mention <a href="http://www.interslicesolutions.com"; target="_blank">www.interslicesolutions.com</a> in your application as they are starting a referral system and it will save me a few buck$.

If you need more details send me a private message and I can help you out.

hope thiss helps

ast3r3x · February 13, 2003 2:56PM

<a href="http://www.servercentral.net/"; target="_blank">http://www.servercentral.net/</a>;

i recommend this to anyone, its always up and has never given me a problem

ijerry · February 13, 2003 4:32PM

I like <a href="http://www.xrackhosting.com/machine.php?pid=home"; target="_blank">Xrackhosting</a> myself. But to each their own.

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 12:39PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Logan Cale

What about doteasy.com? Free. No banners. I've had it for a year and a half. I am now leaving it because I need cgi and stuff, but I've had no problems.

i was just going to ask about these guys. is this a unix host?. is your website ever down?. are there servers fast?

i was thinking of getting a few domains. i'd probably upgrade to the $7.95 accounts for each domain

do you get much spam through them?

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 12:43PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Leonis

Try <a href="http://www.ntchosting.com"; target="_blank">www.ntchosting.com</a>

I recently moved my comic site to there and their connection is FAST

For 5US you can get 99 emails and 400MB of storage.

It's not the cheapest but for the speed you can't complain

it's not the cheapest??? for what they offer it seems to be

do you get much spam?

drumbug1 · June 11, 2003 12:58PM

warped.net

$5/month on Solaris/Apache (if I remember right)

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 1:18PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drumbug1

warped.net

$5/month on Solaris/Apache (if I remember right)

how many email accounts do you get? you only get 50mb of disk space

drumbug1 · June 11, 2003 1:55PM

Quote:

Originally posted by burningwheel

how many email accounts do you get? you only get 50mb of disk space

I wish I could tell you, but I don't use any and I don't remember how many are allowed. I only use e-mail forwarding. I would e-mail them and ask. I'm sure they would be helpful. I'm happy with them and their service.

This is the site I have hosted with them:

http://www.cozydogdrivein.com/

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 3:30PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Leonis

Try <a href="http://www.ntchosting.com"; target="_blank">www.ntchosting.com</a>

I recently moved my comic site to there and their connection is FAST

For 5US you can get 99 emails and 400MB of storage.

It's not the cheapest but for the speed you can't complain

oh yeah how is customer support? do they know their stuff. i currently use hostway but their people don't really know how to answer questions correctly

rok · June 11, 2003 4:12PM

maybe this is my "you get what you pay for" side coming out, but why is everyone focused on the absolute cheapest solution? i gotta think there's a severe downside to any $3.95 per month plan...

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 8:33PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rok

maybe this is my "you get what you pay for" side coming out, but why is everyone focused on the absolute cheapest solution? i gotta think there's a severe downside to any $3.95 per month plan...

i don't want the absolute cheapest but cheap. i'm buying several more domains and i can't afford $14.95 at hostway.com

burningwheel · June 11, 2003 9:11PM

i just noticed that www.ntchosting.com , you don't get your own FIXED IP address. is this a bad thing?

edit; er i guess it's called a STATIC IP address

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