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0xyGen
07-15-2008, 10:46 AM
Hi everyone,
I am sorry for possible offtopic, but I need your help in find new web hosting provider as soon as possible, because my current host (bluehost.com) is kicking me off, they say 'your account is using a lot server resources', but my website gets only about 200 visitors per day and my disk usage is 1500 MB (maybe they do not like that?)

Anyway, what would be your recommendations for getting reliable web hosting? Where are you hosting your websites? Are you happy with your providers?

I am now checking SPAM URL REMOVED - offer looks very nice, but is it real that they can provide unlimited disk space?
I have contacted them about this question and they say something that "These days 500GB disk drive costs only $30 per month, so if some day we will run out of disk space we will simply add new 500GB disk drive with almost zero costs and you can continue uploading without any problems".

What do you think about it? Maybe things have changed in last 4 years? With my current provider I get only 2GB of disk space for $10 per month..
Any ideas and suggestions are much appreciated.

Patonb
07-15-2008, 11:56 AM
Then buy a static ip and serve yourself, no worries no troubles.

trainman
07-15-2008, 02:47 PM
I do web sites for several clients and have worked with a number of hosts. Are you SCI and running your own site?

Patonb
07-15-2008, 03:03 PM
Its spam i think, so watch out.

Neo
07-15-2008, 07:40 PM
If you got kicked off shared hosting you should consider a VPS, I have been with JaguarPC for some time and their hosting is great and affordable, Another great alternative although a bit pricey is Liquidweb, its very good and reliable.

Check them both out.

A.J.

mingo
07-17-2008, 09:27 AM
I use BestLittleHost.com (http://www.bestlittlehost.com) and have had great service. I use the deluxe plan and alias several domain names under the same hosting plan which currently is $10.95 on a montly basis...discounted for a year of more:
Plan Features
• 150 GB Space
• 1,500 GB Transfer
• 500 Email Accounts
• Unlimited Web sites
• FREE! Software
• 25 MySQL Databases
• Unlimited Email Forwards
• Forums, Blogging, Photo Galleries

The basic shared hosting is less than (but right at 6 bucks)

You can get a dedicated IP address for $3.75 a month:
Since the majority of sites on the Web are hosted via shared IP, most Best Little Host hosting customers don’t need a Dedicated Hosting IP. However, you might consider paying the small additional cost for Dedicated Hosting IP if:
You want to access your accounts by FTP as well as the Web when the domain name is otherwise inaccessible, such as domain name propagation periods.
You want your site to be backwards-compatible with older browsers.
You want to create a corporate intranet.
You need a faster response with high traffic loads.I've tried unlimited plans in the past and never reached anything close to a large even 1 GB hosted, but the connection was always slow.

1010011010
07-21-2008, 08:46 AM
i agree with PatonB.
while i dont know if your ISP allows port 80 [port used for http requests]
to be open, and my isp providers all charge alot for a "static IP" you can easily get a free DNS server with zonedit.com and download
an apache server. i run my own domain and moms domain on the computer.
i use just that.
you'd need to leave ur pc on however, otherwise ur "site" wouldnt show up.
i pay nothing outside my ISP bill.
and my domain registrar.
it also depends on what ISP you are using, and how many visitors you recieve.
i host images for myspace and myyear book which get dozens of hits outside the
usual spam. i highly recommend that however. mom got ripped off by a "web host" till i started hosting her on our own computers.
any ?'s im sure many others here know alot more about that than i do =)
Good luck!

Patonb
07-27-2008, 01:20 PM
Gotta love a spammer spaming a spammer!