Camp Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Just curious if anyone has any recommendations for web hosting companies? I'm looking for a cheap, easy to use, friendly to work with, and as much server space & bandwidth allowance as possible. Oh, and I'd like them to register my domain name for me (I'm assuming that's a standard service). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I can recommend hostforweb. I have a "basic" account with them that I pay $100/year for (you can elect to pay $10/month, but the yearly is almost $2/mo less). For that I get: 500MB space 50GB/mo. traffic Unlimited email/password accounts FTP access and accounts 3 additional domains Here's the complete list of what you get. They also have a 100MB space 5GB traffic account for $5/mo. One HUGE benefit is that they use SpamAssassin on their mail servers, which I have gushed about in the past, but it is the best anti-spam tool I've ever seen by a big margin. They also have live IM support people, which I have had good results with, quick response. I've also used their email support with similar results. My web server/email has been down for small amounts of time over the 2 years I've had an account. I would say this has happened 4 times in 2 years, usually for less than 2 hours. One time I think it was down for longer, maybe 6 hours overnight. They also have a pretty nice control panel that lets you configure your stuff, look at web logs, etc. They have a demo of it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL2CROSSFIREMOD Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I use http://www.globat.com and I can only say good things about them. 2,000 MB web server space 2,000 POP e-mail Accounts 60 GB data transfer not to mention unlimited Databases. Checkout - http://www.globat.com/packages/index.php?p...s=budgetPackage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Tyner Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I've been using Pair.com for around five years (I use their "Webmaster" grade account) and would very highly recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 A mate of mine in the UK does my hosting for me. Around ~$100 a year, inc domain reregistration etc. Linux server, mySQL, etc etc. Works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baiter Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 you should really figure out what tools you'll need in the future b4 picking your host. If it's a small html site that you plan to maintain it won't matter much, but if you want to run any software you need to realize that it's very likely server specific. How often you want/need backups, and how long it would take for a restore might also be a question you want to ask. :tu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL2CROSSFIREMOD Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 All of this Webmaster talk reminds me that crossfire needs a webmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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