What host(s) do you use?

I'm looking into godaddy.com for hosting. I'm still a bit unsure, considering they made it quite hard to find their contact information, and they have no toll free number, etc. There is a free host I've gone with which made me consider using their paid service as well (741.com). Their pretty good if just getting started, and wanna get your domain name hosted for free. All the other ones I've run by aren't that great. As for paid hosts, I sort of like ipower.com. Right now I'm trying to save money, and yet still get a good host, hopefully one within the US, rather than australia.

>ANYHOW - What host(s) do you guys use for your sites?

Really wouldn't mind finding a site that gave free domain transfers, when you choose to host with them.

I'd love to get a dedicated ip, the lowest price I've found per month was $24 USD. That might help a little down the road. Anyone know a good site for that?

Lastly, I'm also looking for a good "hosting service allowing me to fully (maybe even easily) ecommerce a site," at a great price, that ones a tough one. I've run into problems before, almost ended up spending $600 per month. Wasn't a good idea, glad I got outta it. Though, I do need one adventually.

 

do a search there are other threads on here discussing hosting

I use TCH (totalchoicehosting) from starter to dedicated servers
great value and service for money

cheers
Expat

PS I run a 5k uniques day site on one of their 5$ accounts

 

There are like 50 threads about this already...

Use micfo.com

 

I use Futurequest. It offers free transfer and dedicated IP and I think the smallest package comes in at about $8. I´ve been with them for about 3 years now and never had a problem. Customer Service is great too. Even chatty - which is a first

 

You might check out CrystalTech (crystaltech dot com).

 

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I have been using asmallorange right now for about 4 months now. Weekly uptime 98 %( Server check each 5 minutes) . I have around 10 k visitors daily on a shared hosting account. I'm probalby switching to a virtual private server. Great fast support 24/7.

 

yep i would recommend asmallorange aswell.

 

I've been with PowerVPS.com for the last few months. So far so good.

 

98% uptime is IMHO, not all that great. It means that your site is down for 3.5 hours every week.
Is 98% considered generally good uptime for a site? (Ive had much worse on some of my sites..)

 

The uptime is higher. It's 99,7%. Yesterday when i posted the email I couldnt look it up specifically. And don't forget that i just pay $20 dollars per month , unlimited use of everything.

 

dedicated ip at godaddy costs 3$ a month, thats slightly less than what you mentioned - 24$

 

We are "our own host".
After trying several reputable hosts, I got tired of no SSH access, or no available upgrade, or fees to do a very simple CHOWN... We decided to lease root servers and to admin them ourselves.

And we are quite very happy with them. First we don't have to share resources with 5,934 other sites, we don't get s#$%^&d when a guru uses a cron every second or with open SMTP or...

To make you dream, we have 2 Fedora boxes each are dual 3GHz with 1Gb memory, 140Gb HD (not SCSI - too expensive) and 1,500Gb of monthly BW not including FTP Backup.

 

zonerhosting.com and logical-host.com

why? because i picked up great packages they were offering on eBay - hosting is reliable so far!

 

This is very interesting I'll keep note of this for further use. Thanks =D ( BTW, on an unrelated topic, has anyone seen that new tv show called: "over there"? I rate it a 10 out of 10. It is niiice, thats all I can say since their not paying me to. lmao)

 

oh yeah, hey I ran by a very nice hosting service just today. I'm really considering doing with them, just gotta make sure all ends meet up: http://dot5hosting.com/index.php
The price is right, here is their specs:
• FREE $50 overture credit
• Full hardware support
• Advanced server monitoring
• 24/7 system reboots
• Real-time reporting
• 2GB-DDR RAM
• Marketing Centre
• Web Site Creator
• 99.9% Uptime
• 24/7 Phone Support
• CGI-BIN
• Perl Support
• MySQL
• PHP Support
• Server Side Includes
• Frontpage 2000/2002 Extensions
• Website Statistics
• Website Backup Software
• Web Hosting Control Panel
• Shopping Carts
• Formail Script
• Guestbook
• Bulletin Board
• PHP Nuke
• Chat
• Blogger
• Search Engine Submitter
• Search Engine Position Report
• Gif Optimizer & Banner Creator
• Keyword & Meta-Tag Generator
• Website Link Checker

Any opinion on this host would be greatly appreciated. I also just saw the ones you guys mentioned, I'm gonna visit them in the mourning since its like 1 am here.

 

if you want your own dedicated box i like theplanet.com

I have many servers with them and they are very cool to work with.

 

I use midphase.com (Dan is easy to work with and a phone call away) for two of my accounts, then I have some other sites on a reseller account with dathorn.com...they have been good hosts, but a little common courtesy goes a long ways

you can also try thrillhost.com for reseller packages, they are owned by midphase.

 

I vote for asmallorange.com too! I have two plans with them and I'm very happy.

 

Varhosting.net

Great guys over there. Customer service is awesome. They will transfer all your sites to them, and with there reseller account you can have many many sites and domains. Had alot of bad hosts in the past but varhosting.net really seems to be high class.