Super cheap web hosting - www.bsdwebhosting.net

[athakur999]

I saw this site mentioned here a few months ago. There's been a couple of web hosting deals posted recently so I thought it'd throw this one out again in case anyone missed it.

www.bsdwebhosting.net

Basically, there's no monthly fee, you only pay for what you use. Pricing is $2.00 per gb of traffic, $0.05/day per 100MB of data, and $0.15 per 1 minute of CPU time. Everything is prorated.

I've had a tiny personal site up for about 3 months (just a couple of pictures), and it's costed me less than $0.05 total (yes, 5 CENTS)

No database access (AFAIK) unfortunately, but there is CGI, PHP, PERL, etc. available. If you don't need database access this a hot hosting deal

 

[explorer2k]

The bandwidth and storage seem ok.
I dont know about CPU time.
What all do you get with it?

 

[athakur999]

This is the list straight from the website:

Unlimited user accounts
Unlimited virtual domains
Unlimited email aliases
Server-side includes
Full CGI access, with CGI scripts running with your user priviledges (suEXEC)
Apache .htaccess access controls
Access to C, Perl, and PHP
Telnet, SSH, FTP, SCP, and POP3 access to your account
Everything else which normally comes with BSD UNIX

and here's the bit on CPU time:
CPU time applies to shell access and CGI scripts only; cpu time used serving static files is not charged.

I think that's a fair deal.

 

[tsee]

One thing that does concern me is the site doesn't show anything about the company, nor any phone numbers. And since it only accepts Paypal, this is not credible enough for me to take advantage of it right now.

 

[takhyon]

Seems like a good idea to me.

 

[tweakmm]

thanks! I am signing up now!

 

[cbpzep]

hello

Can I still get a web site for free for a e business ??? I dont care about the adds on the sight just I have needed a site to sell some stuff before I would take it to e gay thanks guys

 

[AvantG]

Linkefied

 

[mp3turbo]

hello athakur999,

how could you pay only $0.05 for three months when just storage costs you $0.05/day/100MB? If you have only 1MB page there, it would cost you almost those $0.05 (3 months = 90 days, 1MB/day * 90 days...), not to speak about traffic charge and CPU time charge. And... how long will they last?

?

bye, mp3turbo.

 

[brianboru]

I've had a few sites stored here for a while now. One thing I noticed is that, while it is relatively cheap, the speed of my sites are slower than on any "normal" hosts. Web pages take a while to pop up, and so I definately wouldn't consider posting any type of large site, like with a lot of pictures or anything. Could be only my experience though.

One other thing, read through the faq before you sign up. This is not an account for the tech newbie. Basically it's self-service. They don't want your business if you're going to need newbie help. You don't use ftp or telnet, you have to use secure versions. (ssh tool like putty, scp instead of ftp). All configuration, adding emails or domains, etc is done by you through the web.

From the site:
"If you need handholding, BSDwebhosting is not for you. If you have an @aol.com email address, BSDwebhosting is not for you. If you don't know what RTFM means, BSDwebhosting is not for you."

Please don't think I'm complaining about them in any way... it's cheap decent service. Just know what you're getting for the money. In a lot of ways, you do get what you pay for.

 

[athakur999]

<< If you have only 1MB page there, it would cost you almost those $0.05 (3 months = 90 days, 1MB/day * 90 days...), not to speak about traffic charge and CPU time charge. And... how long will they last? >>



I have about 1MB of images there now, but for most of the time it's been pretty bare (just an html page or two). No CPU time charges since everything is static. I did incur a little CPU time charges for SSH'ing in and fiddling with some pages, but nothing remarkable. Remember 1 min. of being logged in may only = a few milliseconds of CPU time if you're doing normal shell stuff and pico.

If you're interesting in building a high content, high traffic web site, you'd probably get a better deal with a traditional-style host. But if you're like me and just want a simple web page for friends and family and don't want to deal with GeoCities/etc. this is unbeatable

 

[mdplayer00]

sounds good. It's a good way to learn how to setup a web site, not like those bs site like geocities that don't support anything beyond javascript. It's almost a must in order to learn CGI, Perl, and PHP. Too bad they don't support jsp (most inexpensive hosting service don't) though or else I really would get in on this deal.

 

[Sestar]

its a wonder they DONT support servlets and jsp, seeing how much cpu time those would run

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I've been with this host for a little over 3 months. Although I don't have jack up yet, my total bill has been less than a penny in those three months. Transfered 3 domains to the site, and uploaded a few .html pages and graphics. But it's definately inexpensive.



<< And since it only accepts Paypal, this is not credible enough for me to take advantage of it right now. >>



Heh... you only have to spend $5, it's not such a burden. That $5 will more than likely last you all year.

 

[athakur999]

If you just want to learn CGI/Perl/PHP/etc., the best way to is just set up a web server on your own machine. Xitami is a small, free one I usually use that takes about 5 minutes to set up. Then download Perl from ActiveState and PHP and get started

 

[mdplayer00]

Of course you can learn them just by setting up a web server on your machine. But you just won't be as motivated as seeing the results on a real web page. Also, if you are taking a class in any of those scripting languages, wouldn't it be easier to give the prof. the link to your site instead of handing in your work via a floppy disk?

 

[FPSguy]

This service looks interesting. One other "catch" I noticed in their FAQ is that you can receive mail there but they will not let you send mail from your domain. Of course there are ways around that, but the few people who care to read your mail headers and understand what they mean will know that you are not really sending mail from your domain.

 

[fastz28]

So, if I understand correctly, this is perfect if I just want to park my domain there and use it primarily for mail forwarding? It would cost pennies a month, right?

 

[ChrisIsBored]

If that's all your doing, parking your domain, it should cost you less than pennies per month. My first two months all I had were two index.html pages and my two parked domains. My total bill was less than 1/8 of a penny.

 

[FPSguy]

<< So, if I understand correctly, this is perfect if I just want to park my domain there and use it primarily for mail forwarding? It would cost pennies a month, right? >>

You don't need this at all if all you want to do is park your domain and forward mail. Register with Stargate and get your mail forwarded for free, or register with the cheapest registrar you can find (Reg2C?) and point your DNS to MyDomain.com and use MyDomain.com to forward your e-mail for free.

 

[krakken]

Wow, that's cool. I think it's a great idea. if anything, you might lose what, five bucks. But really, has anyone had a bad experience w/ them? That's the main reason I'd not risk it. But if you just want a small site, sheesh seems like a steal.

 

[wedi42]

i'm gonna revive this thread from the dead to ask if anyone has used the service?
i just tried to paypal them, paypal said


<< This recipient is currently unable to receive money >>



i wonder whats going on?

 

[moonsee]

<< This service looks interesting. One other "catch" I noticed in their FAQ is that you can receive mail there but they will not let you send mail from your domain. Of course there are ways around that, but the few people who care to read your mail headers and understand what they mean will know that you are not really sending mail from your domain. >>


this is not uncommon

 

[MontyBurns]

Many of us here have signed up with dixiesys.com. The owner, Gary, participates in Anandtech forums often, and is incredibly responsive to support issues. You'll find a lengthy thread on this in hot deals. The basic package is only $3.95 a month for 200 megs of space.

I don't like the idea of giving a web host my credit card # and then having them bill me for whatever services they decide I've used. With reliable service so cheap, why even risk it?

By the way, dixiesys.com offers both incoming AND outgoing mail service. Check it out.

 

[Jugernot]

Heh, It has only cost me 3.7817 cents for hosting two sites for the last 2 months! They are really small and never get any viewers, only because they are personal sites that I use. If anything, this place is great for parking domains as it doesn't cost a thing if you don't put anything on the server... I have several parked that haven't cost me a fraction of a penny over the last few months.

MontyBurns, Obiviously you didn't read how they work. You don't give them your CC number and they can't just charge whatever they feel like it, you prepay with Paypal so they can only charge you what you have credit. To sign up you must deposit $5, but at the rate I'm using bandwidth and storage It'll be years before I use that up.

Great DEAL!