$4.95 a month hosting - too good to be true?

[trikster]

whoa. i just found an amazing deal on webhosting. this site Ehostpros.com is offering $4.95 a month web hosting including cgi, php, ssi and unlimited email accounts. check this list out here:

http://ehostpros.com/hosting/hosting.htm

i've been looking at webhosts for a very long time and noticed that they were all $10 a month or more...this one's only 5 bucks a month, which sounds too good to be true. has anyone heard bad reviews about this company or can anyone find any catches? if not, then i'm definitely signing up now!

- trik

[trikster]

these people also have no setup fee...god it's getting hard to find the catch.

[trikster]

only 100mb storage, but still that's not bad for 5 bucks a month.

and if you want more, you can get the 250mb hosting plan for only 8 bucks a month. geez, this is awesome.

[Tingle]

you got to ask yourself what would they be like for support, im guessing not great, how fast is it going to be. if you need something doing, will they do it? the only host i can recommend is www.hosttyme.com may be biased but tyme is great, gets everythiung done quickly for us, and its very cheap

tingle

[Extra Sports]

Well as anybody knows 1 gb bandwidth cannot cost $1! They give 5 gb bandwidth for 5/mo! If hosting company doesnt charge $2 or more for 1 gb of bandwidth then its probably not good quality company!

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Be sure to search www.webhostingtalk.com before you sign up. Best resource to hear if these companies are any good or not.

[Toxikk Veteran]

i get all that for cheaper than that.

[trikster]

Originally posted by Toxikk

i get all that for cheaper than that.

was that just a brag, or did u forget to tell us how we can get all that for cheaper too?

[YahoKa]

Sure, you can run all those scripts - but how many people per server? 100? 200? 300? 1000? 10000? for 5 bux i wouldn't be surprised if it was 10000. LMAO.

[Timan Veteran]

i was just ripped off at hostonce.com for 10 a month and unlimited hosting and all so u better do research!

[mr_daemon]

I get that for free :)

I have my own server :p

[Extra Sports]

I'll give you this plan:

50 mb space

2 gb bandwidth

Domain hosting or free subdomain

Cpanel

Email accounts

php/mysql

Lots more stuff

No setup fees

$5.95/mo

We put 20 people per server!

[Extra Sports]

BTw timan can I have your avatar? Thats the best avatar I have seen in my whole life. Please can i have it or can u make something like that for me too! thanks

[Timan Veteran]

sure don't care now i got a new one coming tomorrow :) *eskimo bob ;) and zombie made it www.macxp.net might** have hte psds to make ur own

[SonicYouthXY]

Originally posted by Tingle

you got to ask yourself what would they be like for support, im guessing not great, how fast is it going to be. if you need something doing, will they do it? the only host i can recommend is www.hosttyme.com may be biased but tyme is great, gets everythiung done quickly for us, and its very cheap

tingle

i take it you are a customer....

i looked up their site. i see they offer multiple domain hosting. does each domain have their own home directories, or do they all point to the same content?

sonic

[User_Deleted]

Originally posted by mr_da3m0n

I get that for free :)

I have my own server :p

SAME here :) got to love haveing your own HTTP server !!

[trikster]

stupid comcast @home had to cap my uploads to 20kb/sec. back in the day, when i could send 100kb/sec i had my own webserver, and it worked pretty darn well too! apache running on windows xp..ah that was sweet.

[Tingle]

hi, neowin uses hosttyme, i plan to. Each domain has its own directory with cgi-bin etc (including sub-domains). There are logs for each domain and all the standard fetures. Bandwidth is fast (NOC is connected by dual OC3) servers are fast and support is great. Im sure if you email tyme she will respond quickly

tingle

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

I'm using nirmani.net

800mb/10gb/10domain/16db custom plan for 19.99 month

great service and you can probably even get a test account to see their speed for yourself. I've been quite impressed.

and if you're worried about them overloading, here's the uptime stats

up 7 days, 3:00, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.10, 0.14

either good speed or low requirments of the sites on this server. I'm in here with about 30-40 other sites (lots of subdomains though...). Couldn't give you one reason not to use them...So, get on board with me :D

[trikster]

i talked to my friend who first told me about the site...here's what he said:

I know that the unlimited space is true, but who knows about the speeds. they have a 99% uptime guarantee, which is pretty bad ass... so who knows.

speeds? i know the speeds are fast, cause they have links to sample sites here.

what i think i might do is just check if they'll allow me to sign up for a monthly plan and cancel anytime. if they do, then i'll just sign up, check their service, and if i dont like it i'll quit. 5 bucks isn't that much anyways.

[Toxikk Veteran]

Originally posted by trikster

was that just a brag, or did u forget to tell us how we can get all that for cheaper too?

the site is not up right now but i will see if i can post some info about it.

http://www.zanyhosting.com

i use it and love it. virtually no down-time, i get 3gig transfer rate a month and 100 gigs diskspace for 3.75/month. ftp access also.

apache on redhat with plesk.

mail me if you want more info.

[SonicYouthXY]

IMO I like hosting with U.S.-based webhost. also hosts with real phone numbers, ansewered by real people.

dealing with foreign, non-US hosts can be a pain, too. particulary the language barrier. plus if your web audience has to travel to servers outside the US, they may encounter more traffic, or more downtime.

BEWARE. there are some hosts that are resellers of resellers of resellers. ultimately, if you need support, and you need to email or call them, you won't hear from them right away.

if the hosting company is not the owner of the NOC, or the servers, then you best be wary.

the most important factor is customer service, and that a live person answers the phone and email. that they will work with you, should you need tech support, software installation, etc.

Sonic.

[Extra Sports]

Originally posted by trikster

i talked to my friend who first told me about the site...here's what he said:

speeds? i know the speeds are fast, cause they have links to sample sites here.

what i think i might do is just check if they'll allow me to sign up for a monthly plan and cancel anytime. if they do, then i'll just sign up, check their service, and if i dont like it i'll quit. 5 bucks isn't that much anyways.

Can u please ask your friend where can I buy a hard drives that has unlimited space! NO LIMIT! Which means I can store 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 tera-bytes on it. Please tell me this! LOL. I would buy it right away!

[trikster]

what the hell are you talking about? go away you dumbass.

[Extra Sports]

I was saying its impossible to have unlimited space. Too many teens in this forum for sure. You dont just say get out of here dumbass, when you though unlimited space is possible! LOL

[trikster]

oh. you were being sarcastic. i see. :ermm: