Text 18533, 94 rader
Skriven 2007-06-07 20:22:38 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 18528 av mike (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Web host recommendations
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From: Gary Britt <garynospamplease@nls.net>

I've been pleased with Bluehost.com for my web hosting and email.  They've got
24/7 support and on the couple of occasions that either I or my wife had to
call them, the wait time wasn't very long (just a 3 to 7 minutes tops, knock
wood) and you get a real live english speaking based in the USA person on the
phone who doesn't just have a script in front of them to follow.

GoDaddy is OK I think for many things, but if you ever need to talk to a real
live person, forget it you are screwed.  You get what you pay for.  If you
don't ever need to talk to anyone GoDaddy seems to have really good uptime
performance on their servers and email and their prices are pretty good. 
Bluehost isn't much more in terms of price, has real live people to talk to,
but their uptime performance would be a few percentage points less than
GoDaddy.  They have been doing a lot of upgrading of equipment and server
farms, etc and have taken everything 100% in-house over the past 6 months or so
in an effort to reach 99% uptime.

I've seen several interesting ads from a company called 1 and 1 web hosting
with pricing and features that are as good as they get, but I have no idea how
good the company is or isn't.

Gary

mike wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:06:43 -0400, RobertB <missinglink@cloud9.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <uobe6357ic7rvaju8gvk4rgsv8bb45hbf8@4ax.com>,
>> mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:33:44 -0400, RobertB <missinglink@cloud9.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <4kkb639crueoo2a54t3ntbj16e1q3qq1pd@4ax.com>,
>>>> mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:27:53 -0400, RobertB <missinglink@cloud9.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am again thinking of getting my (small) Web site up (once I build it).
>>>>>> There are lots and lots of inexpensive hosting services available,
>>>>>> scattered around the country.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have recommendations? I don't want to use a free service.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Does it matter if they are local or not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - I could use my ISP for hosting, but they cost more than the discount
>>>>>> places. My ISP charges $25/month for basic services, which would be
>>>>>> enough for my needs, but there are cheaper alternatives. However, I
>>>>>> would get support and a live person.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - How important is support? I'm not going to be running any java or
>>>>>> scripting on the site. It will be pretty static, just mostly a way for
>>>>>> people to contact me, put up a CV, stuff like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Do they all allow you to FTP files and create subdirectories, change
>>>>>> permissions on those directories, etc.? It seems some try to "simplify"
>>>>>> life by providing a Web interface and site builder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Is there anything other than price that I need to consider? I'd prefer
>>>>>> to use a host that does not get regularly blacklisted.
>>>>>
>>>>> While I don't use Geo., I would think he'd do a great job for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want a comparison, the data center I use for my colocated server
>>>>> is very good.  I used their shared hosting for a while, and it was also
>>>>> very good.  it is a real data center with 24/7 on-site technicians, real
>>>>> people who answer the phone in the middle of the night....
>>>>>
>>>>>           www.tera-byte.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  /m
>>>> Yes, they have some inexpensive plans. Run on Linux. I like the live
>>>> chat feature. They actually respond!
>>> They've been good to me.
>>>
>>>  /m
>> Do they deliver on the bandwidth they promise?
>
> I typically run only 3 to 4GB per month, so I don't even think I'm above
> their noise level.
>
> Their network response is good.  The one thing is their location adds a
> 40 or so milliseconds of latency.  There are a bit off the main
> backbones.  Do a traceroute and see.
>
>
>  /m

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