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Neowin's Top Hosts


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I've created this sticky thread for members to post their hosts that they use for their website. Clearly, we arent really looking here for the free hosts- geocities, lycos etc - rather the ones you pay for. We want to know about your good and bad expierences, how reliable they have been, how flexable on bandwidth, and overall feature wise. Do it in this format :

host name :

Notable Features :

Pros:

Problems:

Overall:

Link:

So - i'll start of for my website Zeebit :)

host name : OLM

Notable Features : PHP /Mysql, lots of free cgi scripts, PuTTY access, Password protect directories, FTP access

Pros: Excellent tech support- like 5 min replies - and useful ones at that, gives basic stats, Always fast and i've never had the website down - good VFM in general.

Problems: Only 1 FTP account on my setup, No PHPMyAdmin for DB stuff, Have a few probs everynow and again accessing the control panel - which is fairly limited if i'm honest- i'd prefer Cpanel - but for the price- its ok.

Overall: Mainly good- but a few downsides.

Link: http://www.olm.net

I will edit this thread to keep it clean and to the point :)

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Found this host

http://110mb.com

pros: cost:FREE

Support Tickets

Live Support

space: unlimited (sortof)

Ruby on Rails

RAID backup daily

PHP 4

SSI (Server Side Includes)

Live Upgrades

Control Panel

SSL

Bandwith:unlimited

NO popups NO spam

FTP

Apache Server

Ruby on Rails

cons: site fails to work in firefox/opera well

basic panel

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host name : 878 Studios

Notable Features : Cpanel, Fantastico, all the other bells and whistles.

Pros: Many years of experiance. Help with getting a blog setup via Wordpress.

Problems: ---

Overall: 10/10, Customers have been happy since day one.

Link: http://www.878studios.com

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Host Name: Frihost

Notable Features: Free, 250mb space,10gb bandwidth,NO forced ads, php+mysql+perl,unlimited email accounts,addon domains,parked domains and subdomains.

Pros: Free, yet provides good uptime. Online for more than a year

Problems: None. However it requires forum posting (thats job of about 10mins a week though) and has direct admin controll panel.

Overall: I am very satisfied.

Link: http://www.frihost.com/

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host name : 878 Studios

Notable Features : Cpanel, Fantastico, all the other bells and whistles.

Pros: Many years of experiance. Help with getting a blog setup via Wordpress.

Problems: ---

Overall: 10/10, Customers have been happy since day one.

Link: http://www.878studios.com

The best way to lose potential customers is to use sloppy language... spellcheck that site, y0.

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Name: Site5 Internet Solutions Inc.

Price: I use the $7.77 per month package (it was a special offer, dont know if it is available now)

Webspace: 11GB

Bandwidth: 400GB

Features:

Linux Based Hosting

99.9% Uptime Guaranteed

IP Address for each site

Unlimited MySQL DBs

Unlimited Domain Forwarders

Unlimited Email Accs

Unlimited Other Stuff (Its actually a very long list)

Ruby On Rails

PHP4, Perl, CGI, Python etc etc etc

Host Multiple sites on one Account

Site5 Backstage - Luxury Site Control Panel(Trademark)

NetAdmin - Site5's own version of CPanel (Trademark)

TrueMulti Site Hosting (Trademark)

Flashback - allows you to go back in time...literally(Trademark)

Fantastico (The scripts are actually upto date when compared to other hosts)

Lots Of Other scripts

AWStats preinstalled

Typo Blog Ready

More..........(can't type all of them)

Pros: Minimal Downtime. I took the webhosting bout 4 months ago and it has only been down twice.(atleast to my knowledge) .even then it was only for bout 10mins or so. Support staff are excellent and they usually reply within an hour of sending the support ticket. Servers are fast and powerful with the ability to look up any of the server's real-time status on-line.

Cons: I couldn't find a way in NetAdmin to remove the Anonymous FTP login. It has to be done by staff only but thats not such a big deal

Remarks: Great host! I have signed up for a 2 year package with them now. For my next site I might also check out GoDaddy. Their new packages are kind of oversell but they are reliable.

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^ Not really what this thread was designed for. This thread is more about payed plans as they tend to cater to professionals and have higher uptime, no ads, and better bandwidth/space. Not to say that free hosts can't have some of those things too. P.S. That site doesn't even have plans up yet. ;)

I am looking into getting A Small Orange Account or perhaps DreamHost. I need to host a business website and I want to pay yearly. ASO looks good but their plans arn't all that competitive. :(

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^ Not really what this thread was designed for. This thread is more about payed plans as they tend to cater to professionals and have higher uptime, no ads, and better bandwidth/space. Not to say that free hosts can't have some of those things too. P.S. That site doesn't even have plans up yet. ;)

I am looking into getting A Small Orange Account or perhaps DreamHost. I need to host a business website and I want to pay yearly. ASO looks good but their plans arn't all that competitive. :(

bluehost.com

lunarpages.com

dont use dreamhost, oversell too much.

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I can host people for $5.00 a month or maybe a dollar less for a little more than 100mb of Space and 2gb of bandwidth. You would also get unlimited of everything, such as mysql, e-mail, subdomains, parking, etc. If you are interested you can PM me. Thanks!

P.S. You would get PHP, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and more.

:)

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host name : dreamhost

Notable Features : jabber/xmpp, unlimited domains, bandwidth/space increase weekly

Pros: A LOT of space, auto-install for blog/forum/etc...

Problems: None at the moment

Overall: A lot of features, a lot of space, ssh, what else ? :) SSL is missing on lower plans however.

URL : http://www.dreamhost.com

Also, with "97USD" promo code you get 97USD off on first year.

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Hey guys are there any hosting companies that give free hosting with a purchase of domain? I know GoDaddy.com does it. I want to register there and paying using Paypal but they only accept Paypal with a vertified credit card...which I don't have. :(

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I haven't found a better deal than this host :) :

Host Name: HostMonster

Notable Features: Unlimited domain names :woot: , 50GB storage :woot: , 999GB bandwidth :woot: , free domain name, unlimited email accounts, unlimited FTP accounts, online chat :yes:

Pros: cPanel, PHP 4 or 5, linux, MySQL (100), PostgreSQL (100), phpmyadmin, ssh, Perl, Ruby, cgi, Fantastico, etc.

Problems: had a little bit of downtime, but up again quickly

Overall: Excellent host so far, very fast, excellent support, no complaints! :cool:

URL: HostMonster

BTW, they have a price of only $4.95 a month if you order two years (paid all at once, about $188)

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I've got a managed VPS over at Wired Tree.

Their support is amazing, I get replies to my tickets in less than 5 - 10 minutes and issues are resolved quickly. Their network is amazing, I get low pings compared to other hosting providers and they use quality hardware as well, Dual Opterons or Woodcrest.

If you're looking for quality and reliability I highly recommend Wired Tree!

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Host Name: Dreamhost

Notable Features: Unlimited domain names , 196 GB storage (+1 weekly) , 1.96 TB (+16 weekly) bandwidth, free domain name, 3000 email accounts, 75 FTP accounts

Pros: too many to list. Check it out here.

Problems: never used it so I don't know.

Overall: Never used it but it looks really good.

URL: Dreamhost

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Host Name: Dreamhost

Notable Features: Unlimited domain names , 196 GB storage (+1 weekly) , 1.96 TB (+16 weekly) bandwidth, free domain name, 3000 email accounts, 75 FTP accounts

Pros: too many to list. Check it out here.

Problems: never used it so I don't know.

Overall: Never used it but it looks really good.

URL: Dreamhost

Why would you even bother posting this if you say you've never used it? :blink:

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If any of you are looking for a webhost, I've been with these guys for 11 months. Best host I've ever had (and I've been through lotttttttts.)

Host name: Jaguar PC

Notable Features: Pay by Paypal, CPanel, AW Stats, Fantastico, allow legal adult sites, (you get the point..)

Pros: EXCELLENT pricing, FAST support, everything a webhost should be.

Problems: In the last 11 months since I've been with them, I've had downtime on two occasions. Each time it was only for a few minutes - so not a big issue whatsoever!

Overall: I'm not switching hosts until Jaguar PC closes down, they're unbeatable.

Link: http://www.JaguarPC.net

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Host name: OpenHost

Notable Features: Cheap Linux hosting ($10NZD = Very good for a NZ host).

Pros: Great price, Plesk CP, Big Application vault, Proxy support.

Problems: Sometimes FTP stops working and I have to retry, If paying by DC then you have to pay in 3 month blocks

Overall: Moved here from Kiwihost and so far so good _b.

Link: http://www.openhost.co.nz

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I have been using A Small Orange for over 3 years now. I have only had 2 small outages for a few hours each in that time. The help desk is top notch. I will say that the major CON of this host is the size for a basic plan ($5) is 400MB. That is way to small in today's market where Lunarpages, Bluehost, Dot5 are giving out 200Gig plans for around $7 with free domain name.

I will keep with ASO for now but I am near my size cap and may move to another company.

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Host name: Yea-Baby.com

Notable Features: 30 Day Money Back Guarantee, PHP Version Switcher, CPanel, Free Domain Name, Great Speed and Uptime.

Pros: Free Domain Name, Fast Server, Great price, CPanel CP, PHP4 and PHP5 both :).

Problems: You have to wait about 6 hours to receive feedback on your questions. Depends on what time of the day you are asking though.

Overall: Moved here from Bluehost.com. So far one of the best.

Link: http://yea-baby.com/

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Host name: Yea-Baby.com

Notable Features: 30 Day Money Back Guarantee, PHP Version Switcher, CPanel, Free Domain Name, Great Speed and Uptime.

Pros: Free Domain Name, Fast Server, Great price, CPanel CP, PHP4 and PHP5 both :).

Problems: You have to wait about 6 hours to receive feedback on your questions. Depends on what time of the day you are asking though.

Overall: Moved here from Bluehost.com. So far one of the best.

Link: http://yea-baby.com/

I think you're supposed to disclose the fact that you have a vested interest in the company. Like that you own it. In fact, your "Overall" comment looks like it's downright lies.

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