OK - My web host sucks...

Post by **Shmee** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:43 pm

Anyone reccommend a good one? I'm using ixwebhosting right now, which I heard from many sources was great - but it's slow as hell and has actually had 2 periods of downtime (that I've noticed) > 5 minutes. This is unacceptable. I've asked them to look into it, they say everything is fine - so fuck em. I need decent responsiveness. Even when my damned host does work, simple SQL queries take ages (several seconds). Bah...

Anyone have some good experiences with hosts?

Post by **Dek** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:59 pm

O_o http://www.e-places.net/ ??

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:00 pm

http://www.1and1.com

going on 2 years no downtime and I am on their 3 years for free deal. relatively fast and their prices are pretty cheap for basic web hosting

Post by **bitWISE** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:00 pm

I've been using 1and1 for over a year but I actually pay for it. I've been pretty happy with their service. I get more space/bandwidth than I can use for $10 a month.

If you want to go with 1and1 please use my referal link and hook me up with a commission.

http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=7333379

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:05 pm

phpwebhosting has worked very well for me.

Post by **Foo** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:07 pm

qiq.cc have servers hosted in the UK and Aus, and I bought a domain name for £20 for 2 years, and 10Gb space/PHP/100Gb Transfer/MySQL from them for £10 per year.

Post by **dnoyc** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:34 pm

http://www.webhost4life.com

php/asp.net/mssql/mysql/everything
almost 100% uptime
good speed
unlitmited bandwidth
edit: also a better value (read cheaper) than any of the ones posted.

i'm not going to post a link with a referal, but if you decide to go for it and want to use my referal PM me. i'd appreciate it, and it doesn't cost you anything.

edit2: also their customer support is really good.
i use their middle service: http://www.webhost4life.com/hosting.asp

Post by **prince1000** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:06 pm

http://www.mediatemple.net/

Post by **netrex** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:20 pm

http://www.dreamhost.com is awsome. Check their offers. And they have very good customer service and seem to be cool people in general (you know they are a bit off when you read their customer update e-mails).

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:51 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:www.1and1.com

going on 2 years no downtime and I am on their 3 years for free deal. relatively fast and their prices are pretty cheap for basic web hosting

Careful with bandwidth tho.. they dont like it when you use 20 something gigs in 1 day :icon19:

Post by **bitWISE** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:53 pm

SOAPboy wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote:www.1and1.com

going on 2 years no downtime and I am on their 3 years for free deal. relatively fast and their prices are pretty cheap for basic web hosting
Careful with bandwidth tho.. they dont like it when you use 20 something gigs in 1 day :icon19:

Why did you use that much in 1 day? I only use about 400mb a day when I'm coding.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:06 pm

bitWISE wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote:www.1and1.com

going on 2 years no downtime and I am on their 3 years for free deal. relatively fast and their prices are pretty cheap for basic web hosting
Careful with bandwidth tho.. they dont like it when you use 20 something gigs in 1 day :icon19:
Why did you use that much in 1 day? I only use about 400mb a day when I'm coding.

Hotlinked on Worldofwarcraft.com Forums.. We made a video on July 4th.. spent alot of in game currency on Fireworks and shit.. was a good time

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:02 am

SOAPboy wrote:
bitWISE wrote:
SOAPboy wrote: Careful with bandwidth tho.. they dont like it when you use 20 something gigs in 1 day :icon19:
Why did you use that much in 1 day? I only use about 400mb a day when I'm coding.
Hotlinked on Worldofwarcraft.com Forums.. We made a video on July 4th.. spent alot of in game currency on Fireworks and shit.. was a good time

Cool. I usually offer to host shit for people but I'm cautious when it comes to movies for that exact reason.

Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:50 am

netrex wrote:www.dreamhost.com is awsome. Check their offers. And they have very good customer service and seem to be cool people in general (you know they are a bit off when you read their customer update e-mails).

I'll put in another recommendation for dreamhost. I like their custom control panel and they have a strong community.

Right now I'm using godaddy for a VPS, and so far so good. It's nice to have root access and be able to install things like postgresql and even a quake server (and it runs pretty well with 8 clients too). 500 GB/month is nice, as I never have to worry about bandwidth.