Dreamhost Sucks...

[necine]

I have about 10 websites. I need all the normal stuff + ssh access and imap e-mail. I'd like to pay under $150/year.

I don't want it to be slow (like dreamhost). All my sites crawl, and I put trouble tickets in at least once a week.

 

[purbeast0]

10 websites for under $150/yr and you want to have shell access.

that is $15/site which comes out to $1.50/mo to host each site.

if you are looking for a budget like that, you really can't be picky in the least.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
10 websites for under $150/yr and you want to have shell access.

that is $15/site which comes out to $1.50/mo to host each site.

if you are looking for a budget like that, you really can't be picky in the least.

A server can host more than one domain.

 

[Adul]

fluidhosting.com is a solid host. I been with them for 4 years now.

 

[necine]

I don't use much bandwidth... my sites total are under 100 megs. This should be fairly easy, and my sites should be served up fast.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: purbeast0
10 websites for under $150/yr and you want to have shell access.

that is $15/site which comes out to $1.50/mo to host each site.

if you are looking for a budget like that, you really can't be picky in the least.

A server can host more than one domain.

Good luck finding your own server for $12.50/month.

EDIT: and one that isn't slow either.

 

[George P Burdell]

A Small Orange

 

[purbeast0]

you could get a reseller account on hostgator or something. they are $25/mo which would be $300/year, but they are quick and reliable. i had em for quite some time.

 

[pontifex]

i use site5 but i only have 1 site that i barely touch and doesn't get much bandwidth.

never had a problem with them and can't say that i've ever seen my site down. i think i pay about $80 a year.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i use site5 but i only have 1 site that i barely touch and doesn't get much bandwidth.

never had a problem with them and can't say that i've ever seen my site down. i think i pay about $80 a year.

might wanna check webhostingtalk before signing up with site5. If you weren't satisfied with Dreamhost, Site5 won't be any better (if not worse).

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: pontifex
i use site5 but i only have 1 site that i barely touch and doesn't get much bandwidth.

never had a problem with them and can't say that i've ever seen my site down. i think i pay about $80 a year.

might wanna check webhostingtalk before signing up with site5. If you weren't satisfied with Dreamhost, Site5 won't be any better (if not worse).

i'm on my 2nd year with them and like i said, not a single problem. i've had questions about things and i most always get a response back in under an hour.

if you go to webhostingtalk, you'll see the same thing about every host, not just site5 or dreamhost. webhostingtalk is worthless.

 

[ViviTheMage]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=2020458&enterthread=y

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=2020458&enterthread=y

sheesh. thanks to that thread i wouldnt give free hosting to anyone. they bitch way to much if its down.

 

[RossMAN]

necine,

How much disk space/bandwidth are you currently USING?

 

[TheSiege]

hostmonster.com, i work for them, good prices, unlimited domains, 5 bucks a month all paid at one time, 300 gigs of disk space. 3TB of bandwidth

edit: you didnt get this from me, hostmonster.com/promo

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Good luck finding your own server for $12.50/month.

EDIT: and one that isn't slow either.

Shared hosting services often allow one to have multiple domains at no additional cost. It's not as if it really costs the host anything more.

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
necine,

How much disk space/bandwidth are you currently USING?

Ross,

I've decided to go with HostGator. They have a reseller plan that provides Cpanel, and I host a few customers websites. I'll be hosting a few more customers soon so it'll be worth it. Plus, Hostgator will invoice then, so I don't have to worry about it.

BTW, my bandwidth usage total is under 1 GB per month. But that's likely to rise dramatically once I'm done development on 2 of my sites + get those other customers on my hosting.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[yllus]

I've got a single site using MySQL/PHP currently on DreamHost, which now that I'm actually paying attention to the site more am noticing it's slow and/or down a rather lot.

Bandwidth: For May I transferred 7.03 GB, and 6.60 GB in April - so some pretty steady growth. Something around 100 GB would be nice.
Disk space: I don't need a large amount of diskspace; I doubt I'm using even 250MB right now. Maybe 5 GB?
Cost: I'd like to stay under $75 a year.
Primary Concern: Speed and reliability. No more downtime or timeouts for my visitors!

Anyone got anything?

 

[Mr Pickles]

Do your own searching at webhostingtalk.com

P.S. - Don't freaking ask for a good host in the general forum, they'll point you right to the link I gave you.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: yllus
I've got a single site using MySQL/PHP currently on DreamHost, which now that I'm actually paying attention to the site more am noticing it's slow and/or down a rather lot.

Bandwidth: For May I transferred 7.03 GB, and 6.60 GB in April - so some pretty steady growth. Something around 100 GB would be nice.
Disk space: I don't need a large amount of diskspace; I doubt I'm using even 250MB right now. Maybe 5 GB?
Cost: I'd like to stay under $75 a year.
Primary Concern: Speed and reliability. No more downtime or timeouts for my visitors!

Anyone got anything?

No reliable shared host will give you 100GB/month for your budget. Up it to at least $100-$130 a year.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
No reliable shared host will give you 100GB/month for your budget. Up it to at least $100-$130 a year.

Pretty much every webhost on this list is willing to offer it.

The irony of this is that I work for a webhosting company and we're among the world's top ten most reliable... But I can't host here because I like to keep my private work private, and we don't offer SSH access.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
No reliable shared host will give you 100GB/month for your budget. Up it to at least $100-$130 a year.

Pretty much every webhost on this list is willing to offer it.

The irony of this is that I work for a webhosting company and we're among the world's top ten most reliable... But I can't host here because I like to keep my private work private, and we don't offer SSH access.

The key word is reliable. You get what you pay for.

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
No reliable shared host will give you 100GB/month for your budget. Up it to at least $100-$130 a year.

Pretty much every webhost on this list is willing to offer it.

The irony of this is that I work for a webhosting company and we're among the world's top ten most reliable... But I can't host here because I like to keep my private work private, and we don't offer SSH access.

They wont give you SSH access and you work there... lawl.

 

[slackerinabox]

Why not just go with the big boy, Go Daddy?

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Why not just go with the big boy, Go Daddy?

I heard they suck.