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#1 2009-06-18 9:34 pm

chuckbo
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Registered: 2005-11-27
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What webhosts do you recommend?

Anyone have a good host that they can recommend?

I'm using FatCow, and they have good service, but they hit me with a $15/quarter surcharge for a subdomain (and didn't tell me about it until I'd signed up and cancelled my old host). But now a year's gone by, and I'm thinking of moving.

Some requirements:
1) At least 5 email accounts
2) This is not a large site at all and not a lot of traffic. Right now, it has about 200MB on it, and maybe it'll grow by another 50MB this year. My total amount of website traffic for the month of May was 700MB. Most days average 20-25MB of traffic.
3) Don't need any database (at least not this year).
4) Would like email accounts to be able to store at least 20MB each.
5) Looking to pay $8-10/month if possible.

What other information should I include?
(I wonder what hunch.com will recommend.)

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#2 2009-06-19 7:45 am

mrreet2001
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Re: What webhosts do you recommend?

powweb.com ... although their mysql databases are slow


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#3 2009-06-19 4:11 pm

b_dubb
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From: chapel hill, nc
Registered: 2002-11-19
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Re: What webhosts do you recommend?

godaddy.  only their commercials suck.  inexpensive.  always someone available to help when you call.


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#4 2009-06-19 6:47 pm

arkayn
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From: Golden Valley
Registered: 2000-03-02
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Re: What webhosts do you recommend?

1&1, I pay $24 for 6 months for the 1&1 Beginner package.

1) At least 5 email accounts
E-mail Accounts: 600

2) This is not a large site at all and not a lot of traffic. Right now, it has about 200MB on it, and maybe it'll grow by another 50MB this year. My total amount of website traffic for the month of May was 700MB. Most days average 20-25MB of traffic.
Web Space    : 10 GB
Monthly Transfer Volume: 300 GB

3) Don't need any database (at least not this year).
MySQL Database (100 MB): 10

4) Would like email accounts to be able to store at least 20MB each.
Mailbox Space: 2 GB

5) Looking to pay $8-10/month if possible.
$3.99/month, billed in 6 month increments.


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#5 2009-06-21 8:16 pm

Basseq
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From: D.C.
Registered: 2002-12-18
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Re: What webhosts do you recommend?

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD READ THE ONE STICKY IN THIS FORUM.


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(Finishing the remainder of the thought expressed in the post has been left as an exercise for the reader.)

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#6 2009-06-21 9:27 pm

sturner
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From: Carrollton, TX USA
Registered: 2000-01-31
Posts: 13696

Re: What webhosts do you recommend?

b_dubb wrote:

godaddy.  only their commercials suck.  inexpensive.  always someone available to help when you call.

I got off of Godaddy because I could never log into the admin and administer my sites. Slow server response when I did get in. So I voted with my wallet and went to 1and1.

Besides, I hated the way that Godaddy wasted my bandwidth with all the freaking adds when I logged on to do admin. Their site navigation is oriented mainly toward selling you more, not in assisting your administration.


Oh and to make Basseq happy, go to the sticky thread here, and look at "What's a good hosting service?".


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