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Is there any good hosting service out there anymore?

13Gigatons

13Gigatons

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Seems to be a litany of lousy hosting sites. Over shared or they pull the plug without warning. Mondays suck...
 
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Get a basic Virtual Server and run things yourself. VM's are typically hosted on higher quality servers with more redunancy (aka cloud).

Check out www.vServerCenter.com

You can get a basic VM for $40 per month. 1GB Ram, 20GB hdd, and 10Mbps un-metered bandwidth. VM's are hosted on high speed storage arrays. Raid-6 with 15K 600GB SAS drives..

Hit me up if you want a $1 trial. $1 for the first month, no strings.

Company is legit. Been in business for over 14 years, over 1,000 customers, 20,000 Sq Ft of datacenter space, SAS70II Certified, etc.
 
I'm currently hosting 3 domains at FatCow and I haven't had a problem yet. Nice CP interface too.

According to their website it's $78/year (a little over $6/month). Not too bad.
 
hostpc has been great for me for almost 2 years now. They raised their plans a bit this year, but are still a solid deal for what you get.
 
xanis said:
I'm currently hosting 3 domains at FatCow and I haven't had a problem yet. Nice CP interface too.

According to their website it's $78/year (a little over $6/month). Not too bad.
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That's actually pretty decent.

I'm on a host right now that is kind of flaking out. Their site is down, they're moving and making changes, put a freeze on new accounts etc. I don't know what is going on with them.

They're much better than my previous host though. My site was down every few days with them.
 
esun said:
Good and cheap do not mix when it comes to hosting. It's not that there aren't good hosting services out there, it's that you're too cheap to pay for them.
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This.

Hosting costs:

Hardware - Server-quality hardware is expensive, although this can be lessened by using consumer-grade hardware and redundancy--still requiring thousands and thousands of dollars.
Data Center Space - Is expensive because it needs to be cooled 24/7, have connections to multiple major internet backbones, be staffed 24/7 with CCTV and onsite security as well competent on-site technitions.
Power
Software - Although most server OS' are free, if you want a web hosting panel that is extra cost incurred by your host.
Support - Think of your expectations concerning 24/7 support and response times and think about how much you get paid.

This is why web hosts have to put hundreds of people on each shared web hosting server. The economics do not work otherwise unless you actually pay more than a cup of coffee a month for the service.
 
13Gigatons said:
Looks nice a bit more then I wanted to spend though.
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Futurehosting specializes in Virtual private servers and dedicated servers, which will cost more then a shared host.

I have been using hostgator for probably 4 years now, and have no complaints.

My main forum is hosted a Futurehosting, and runs a dual quad core Xeon dedicated server.

My blog and smaller forums run on a shared server at hostgator.
 
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