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Old 09-25-2003, 03:21 AM   #1
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Is 2GB storage/6GB transfer for $20 a month a good deal? Just wondering...
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:39 AM   #2
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That's A LOT of storage space, enough to run a small e-commerce store (since web pictures, when optimized correctly, is only a few kb).

Try...

http://www.doteasy.com

Free hosting, no banners and allows domain forwarding (so you can link pictures, unlike geocities). The catch is you need to pay $18 to register a domain name with them each year (you'll need to do that anyway, cheaper at this site). If you already have a domain name registered, it costs $35 to transfer it over.

I don't make any money outta this, just FYI.

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Old 09-25-2003, 03:55 AM   #3
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No, what I mean is- is that good? I'm not looking to find a webhost, but I own a web design business and we will be offering plans soon.
Probably something like 10$/mo for 1gb/3gb transfer and 20$/mo for 2gb/6gb transfer. We are trying to be extremly competitive.
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Old 09-25-2003, 04:04 AM   #4
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Oops... my bad...

well, as far as pricing goes, it sounds good. But I think the most important aspect of webhosting as to be 24/7 support - LIVE. I had some issues with reaching ANY person with http://www.1dollarhosting.com and that really upsets me, because my website was down for the last 25 days.

Good luck.
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Old 09-25-2003, 05:23 AM   #5
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my webhost offers 6gb month / unlimited transfer for $10/mo, and I get a reply via email anytime in the day within 5-10 minutes.
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Old 09-25-2003, 02:39 PM   #6
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I've NEVER heard of anything like that. Who is your hosting company?
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:18 PM   #7
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:28 PM   #8
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They look like a cool place, but why can't they have anymore people? They all seem to be 0 available...
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Old 09-25-2003, 04:28 PM   #9
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They only have 7 servers?

That's a pretty small company.
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Old 09-25-2003, 05:46 PM   #10
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They only have 7 servers?

That's a pretty small company.
true, which is why their hosting kicks so much ass.
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Old 09-25-2003, 05:50 PM   #11
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true, which is why their hosting kicks so much ass.
So, uh, how's your image upload hosting working out?
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Old 09-25-2003, 06:28 PM   #12
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So, uh, how's your image upload hosting working out?
I have my server back and you guys will be able to upload your images once again. I'll post up the link tomorrow morning.
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Old 09-25-2003, 06:51 PM   #13
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Sorry Blugin

That is not such a good deal. I offer 750gb a month to all my clients that have servers with me and regular hosting clients have a max of 100gb+ i also include many more services like full featured spam filtering and virus protection for free and connectivity to 6 major backbones with 99.99% SLA or 100% SLA if you need it

For 29$ a month you can get a full unix vserver with 40GB bandwidth and 150GB of disk space. You also get root access on the server and can use it for anything except SPAM or certain types of other sites.
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Old 09-25-2003, 09:21 PM   #14
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We are doing web hosting, not dedicated.

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Old 09-25-2003, 09:49 PM   #15
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Yes i also offer standard hosting for our clients and we allow upto 100gb a month transfer rate and 150MB+ for disk space.

Standard hosting includes
Upto 5 DNS Enteries for domain aliases
20 Pop3/IMAP/Webmail Email accounts
20 email aliases
All email protocals available with encryption
Anti virus scanning
Anti spam filtering and active blocking & reasource exhaustion of spammers (over 110000 spammers have been hit to date with 17000 hours of spammer time wasted)
Web Statistics Updated nightly
Mysql / Postgres / MSSQL Support
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ftp/sftp/scp access
Support for SSL & Ecommerce sites

Where is your hosting facility located? I am in downtown Dallas near the infomart if you ever need a place to put a dedicated server. We do not really target people who are hosting a site but we do host over 400 funeral home sites and colocate many servers.
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Old 09-25-2003, 10:14 PM   #16
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I get unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth, unlimited email accounts (plus goodies) and domain parking, SSH, FTP, php, phpMyAdmin, cgi, stats, and some other crap

for $9.95/mo

My opinion. If you are going to host for people, don't go for CHEAP and COMPETITIVE. You'll slave for idiots and won't be able to make a living. Instead, charge $100 month for customers who you've built sites for, and include 2-4 hours of web development/upgrades each month (or whatever) and make yourself value added. Since you built their site you know it well and keep it safe or whatever. Then, build a control panel or WYSIWYG HTML editor or something slick for them.


I used to host for folks, and I charged $100/mo, 2 hrs of updates, and would hold their hands through anything. I only had like 5 customers, but they called me only 1-2 times a month. MAYBE.

If you have 100 customers at $10 a month, and they each call you 1-2 times a month, now you have 100-200 calls a month and are working like crazy for jack squat.

Don't do it man!
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Old 09-25-2003, 10:23 PM   #17
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^ Has a point since there is already a million and one hosting companies that are dirt cheap. You are best off finding a niche market and sticking with it and being the best in that field.

We found our niche market and leading the way in it.

Just my .02
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I use www.hostdime.com for my site www.netphetamine.com.

HostDime offers 25gb of bandwidth per month and unlimited space, domains, email addresses, and more... check them out.

I've been very happy with them.
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Yes i also offer standard hosting for our clients and we allow upto 100gb a month transfer rate and 150MB+ for disk space.

Standard hosting includes
Upto 5 DNS Enteries for domain aliases
20 Pop3/IMAP/Webmail Email accounts
20 email aliases
All email protocals available with encryption
Anti virus scanning
Anti spam filtering and active blocking & reasource exhaustion of spammers (over 110000 spammers have been hit to date with 17000 hours of spammer time wasted)
Web Statistics Updated nightly
Mysql / Postgres / MSSQL Support
PHP/JSP/HTML/CGI Support
ftp/sftp/scp access
Support for SSL & Ecommerce sites

Where is your hosting facility located? I am in downtown Dallas near the infomart if you ever need a place to put a dedicated server. We do not really target people who are hosting a site but we do host over 400 funeral home sites and colocate many servers.

Near infomart huh? The Planet? Hey, we'll probably be in the same data center then!
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Yeah i got a 12'x12' Cage there with 3 cabinates and a bread rack for now. 2mbs b/w streaming now and 200mbs-2gbs availble when i need it.

Who are you dealing with at theplanet i might be able to meet / beat thier pricing. I will warn you now if you are getting put in the server matrix area be prepared from skript kiddies galore and a 10mbs burst cap on your b/w.
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