Free Windows based hosting

[lurker2001]

dotnetcentral is offering 12 months free hosting.


Sign up was quick.

12 months free, seems to be pretty hot to me.

You will need a domain name. I registered at Registerfly. They are a little bit more than Godaddy but registerfly offers whois privacy for .99/domain (which I think is relatively HOT), whereas the same service is 9.95 at godaddy.



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5 MB Disk Space
1 GB/month Bandwidth
1 Free domain




ASP.NET included
SQL Database (1 data source)
2 MB SQL Database
FrontPage Extensions included
1 FTP account
SSI included
CGI-bin included
ActivePerl included
PHP included
Custom error pages included
File Manager included
MS Access (1 Data Source)
Daily Back Ups
Optional Restore
Customer Support - Free Email support
Hassle-free cancellation within 12 months




12 months free
Introductory Offer ?0.00
Regular Monthly Fee ?2.99
Setup Fee ?0.00

(excluding VAT 19%)
:thumbsup:😛:thumbsup:

 

[RossMAN]

5MB disk space?

20MB or 50MB would have been better.

At least it's free.

 

[TheToOTaLL]

It appears as though nothing but a blank screen is appearing when I go to that site.... could it be dead?

 

[chiragp]

Fixed link to dotnetcentral

 

[ETan]

site must be down or getting hammered.

 

[chuck2002]

What's *All prices exclude 19% VAT?

 

[c627627]

Why is it a good idea to have 'whois privacy' (just asking)?

 

[nathansut]

All .net is evil. Beware! Go with a linux host and stay away from that .net crap!

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: nathansut
All .net is evil. Beware! Go with a linux host and stay away from that .net crap!

All linux hosts are evil! Beware! Go with a .net host and stay away from that linux crap!

 

[DarphB]

"And best of all, it's FREE for the first 3 months!"

According to there site.. I am guessing 3 months free with one year purchase

 

[JackMDS]

Free for a year and you have to leave credit card info?????????????:shocked:

LOL even AOL does Not ask for Credit Card anymore when you get Free!:thumbsup:

:sun:

 

[simo]

Ouch, Windows hosting, sounds like asking for trouble.

Stick with Linux and kiss goodbye to the viruses, trojans, spyware, compromises......

 

[TheToOTaLL]

Originally posted by: simo
Ouch, Windows hosting, sounds like asking for trouble.

Stick with Linux and kiss goodbye to the viruses, trojans, spyware, compromises......

Give me a break....

I've been running my own 2000/2003 web hosting servers for over 4 years, and have never had 1 problem just by keeping them behind a firewall and installing the critical updates.

Still can't access that site...

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Free for a year and you have to leave credit card info?????????????:shocked:

LOL even AOL does Not ask for Credit Card anymore when you get Free!:thumbsup:

:sun:

really? when did aol stop asking for cc? i thought that was the basis on if u could get that free trial or not. if u've used the cc before, u were not eligible for another free trial.

but then again 1and1.com didnt ask me for a cc when i signed up for their 3yr freebie.

i've personally used both linux and windows 2k server for my host and i've gotta say for php users and perl and mysql and all the other open source services, linux is the way to go. much more compatibility and free. if you use asp, or .net or any other microsoft based products, then a windows server is much more useful in your case.

direct linky to 1 yr free:
http://www.dotnetcentral.com/windows_shared_hosting_starter.aspx

when it says 1 free domain? does that mean they'll pay for the domain fees? or do i have to?

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: chuck2002
What's *All prices exclude 19% VAT?

from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=VAT

value-added tax
n. Abbr. VAT

A tax on the estimated market value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution, ultimately passed on to the consumer.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[Gnurb]

Good place to do some ASP and .Net development, thanks.