Need to host a site

[DamienVorlion]

I've been in the process of starting a business and need to make a decision as to buy a line myself and run my own server or get it done with one of the many web-hosting services. As far paying for a line, I could get cable with my own IP at about 2.05Mb per second (that?s the RR residential limit, might be higher for business), nothing crazy or expensive like an oc-48 or even a t1. Is cable good enough? Or would it be just so much simpler to get it done with someone that does this for a living? If the later, would you recommend a hosting service?

 

[andalas]

It probably easier to run you business by using hosting service.
If you intend to use IIS for web server and it's the best
I think for windows, it has tons of patch and MS release tons of patch for IIS
every months.

So you might be worried more about your server security than running your business.

You could try Sitelinq for hosting.
Btw I'm not affiliated with them, I'm one of their customer actually
and so far a good service.

 

[DamienVorlion]

Thanks for the input and I think your right, its much simpler to get it outsourced. But I'm looking for something with PHP support.

 

[whizbang]

Probably not a good solutions for running a business, but you can get a free hosting account at Freedom 2 Surf. They support PHP and MySQL. Are you planning to use PHP-Nuke?

 

[Paulson]

AdamDuritz of the forums here does php hosting...

(he pm'd me about it one time)

here's his site PowerHosting.net

 

[JesusCow]

www.prohosting.com

 

[Bulldog7000]

EccentricHosting.net

 

[AdamDuritz99]

thanks paulson. yah, I'm starting up a hosting company. www.powerhosting.net The site's not finish, but i'm already getting customers. you might want to check it out. Good luck on your business.

peace
sean