hosting company
Can anyone recommend a good hosting company for $10/month? I've been dissatisfied with customer service at phpwebhosting.com for a long time. Anytime you can't get on the phone and yell at the incompetents, it's not worth being there. Hell, I can't even get them to answer emails most of the time. My only justification for staying is the fact that they are cheap and offer unrestricted bandwidth and space, mySQL, php, a cgi-bin directory, and multiple email addresses.
My problem is, they seem to schedule maintenance during normal hours. Or something else is going on but they arent telling what.
I have a community forum with about 50 users. That will continue to expand, since there are at least 500 alumni, and those numbers will grow.
We do SOME small image galleries. News and updates. An events calendar. Some of this stuff is prohibited on most hosting companies' TOS pages.
Since I pay for this out of my own pocket, I need it to stay cheap. $20/month (what I pay for gigamatic.com) is too much for the other site, without someone else helping pay for it.
Comments
Perhaps people should Paypal you a bit to help defray costs.
Ya think?
Posted by: Your shadow | August 14, 2003 9:18 AM
You know, that's fine and dandy, but it doesnt find me a new hosting company. And, I dont want to risk more service disruptions till I'm sure the plance is where we're gonna stay.
Hosting for a community site isnt cheap. Period. Most places will not host it at all. And, if you do it without checking, they can kick you off.
So, your solution of "let someone else pay" doesnt fix the "I need a new host" issue.
Posted by: gigamatt | August 14, 2003 9:50 AM
Have you tried Dreamhost? I've had a love/hate relationship with them regarding my websites for years but the past few years they've been pretty reliable. I'm on the 3-domain plan for $19.95 but I have 9 domains hosted with it by creating sub-domains (unlimited are free) that the additional domains mirror.
I've heard good things about Pair, too.
Posted by: Sooz | August 14, 2003 2:09 PM
Get this here bad boy on a G5 over at xrackhosting.com. They're pretty damn good!
Posted by: Michael | August 14, 2003 2:28 PM
we recently switched to bitstreamhosting.com, and so far, wonderful! coming from a horrible host, they're a breath of fresh air.
Posted by: kimmie | August 17, 2003 2:13 AM