Warm: Very cheap/un-metered web hosting!!

[Placer14]

phpwebhosting.com

Very cheap webhosting here with very reasonable rates.

No hard limits set on anything, howerver they ask that you maintain HD space lower than ~150Mb, bandwidth around 5Gb and between 10-15 mailboxes....and for how much? A low 9.99/mo. These guys are great at what they do. I highly recommended them. Been using them for over 4 years now. And just started using dnbuy.com for registering my domain names. Only 8.89/yr. So for a year with your domain/name and hosting (8.89 + (12 * 9.99)) = 128.77. This setup is perfect for any small business but for heavy duty webhosting, you'd probably want to look elsewhere.

Pretty good if you ask me considering prices. And the host supports practually all openSource solutions (PHP, mySQL, Linux, etc.) So not too helpful for the MS developers out there. Sorry if this sounds too much like an ad, but I think this is a deal. Lock if you like. And obviously (or maybe not so obviously), all this unlimited stuff is within reason. No abuse would be tolerated. (ie. pr0n, warez, l337 type activites). I saw the Win2K hosting for $2/mo. This isn't quite as good, but still worth mentioning. This saved me loads! First deal that I've posted on here. Hope you like.

 

[MontyBurns]

Wow, what an awesome deal!

Too bad unlimited hard drives and unlimited processing power and unlimited bandwidth don't exist in the real world.

Run very fast in the other direction from any Web host that offers these things. It's an irresponsible thing to offer, and it's inherently a lie. Try uploading 150 gigs and see what they do.

 

[drti]

i don't believe in unlimited stuff, unless they operate like the cw model.

want a cheap and reliable hosting, then you best bet is come here WebHostingTalk Forums > Advertising Forums > Shared Webhosting Special Offers

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4

you might want the check here first WebHostingTalk Forums > Main Forums > Web Hosting Forum

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1

enjoy.

 

[amdskip]

Nice but there is no such thing as unlimited webhosting. Someone would not be allowed to start a website like download.com and store everyone of those files there and let people download all of them, they would shut the site off immediately.

 

[radioactiveman]

<sarcasm>Finally! A place to store my 350gig of completely legal DivX rips</sarcasm>

No really - it makes me wonder where they're getting their money from... it says you can't use it as a file store, so download.com isn't an option, but other than that, there aren't many restrictions...
Do they have any kind of uptime guarantee? How has their uptime been over the last four years that you've been with them?

 

[Placer14]

I figured i'd get a few responses along the lines of "Nothing is unlimited".

Basically, they don't monitor (meter) your bandwidth. It IS really unlimited. However, they ask that you don't run "download.com" off their servers. And obviously, they wouldn't aprpecaite 150Gb of files uploaded to their servers. They ask that you use it their service within reason. I don't think they'd mind if you serve a few files as long as it doesn't take excessive bandwidth. And also, i'm sure if you approached them with how much bandwidth you'd like to use, they would accomidate you with a reasonable cost increase.

Over the past 4 years of use, I don't think I've been down longer than 2 to 3/hrs max over the period of any year. And that outage was planned maintanance on their servers. They've always been very reliable and they even have a control panel. Most of their service is automated and prompt service when it's not. (I've even been late with payment on a few accts for up to 2 months and they left the service up for me with no late charge. YMMV)

I don't abuse the service with excessive downloads and my websites generally take up approx 200+ Mb per acct. No problems. They do implements an inital cap, but you can request that the cap be lifted (with decent reason to) and they will.

 

[MontyBurns]

SO, it "really is unlimited bandwidth," but I guess only so long as you don't do anything they "wouldn't appreciate?"

Unlimited is not a subjective term.

 

[Placer14]

I suppose not. From a Lawful Good point of view, unlimited is really just that. I guess a good way to measure, you could probably run AT on their servers with all their databases and traffic and the only thing they probably would complain about is the HD space. I'd imagine the AT database takes up about 6-10 Gb+ so i'm sure they would provide that at a small fee, but for a small business this ideal. I think anyone as big as AT or any comparible site owuld be able to afford more "professional" or "On location" hosting. IMHO

 

[bwb]

You guys might be interested in, http://www.unlimband.com/

 

[MontyBurns]

This site is the same as all the other sites offering "unlimited" service. They say one thing on the home page, but something very different in the fine print.

I'm not interested in doing business with a company as unprofessional as that.

Stick with companies that tell you exactly what you're getting for your money -- and then deliver exactly what they promised.

 

[jonnashville]

Actually, they're not advertising unlimited service. Title of this thread and initial posting is completely wrong.
From PhpWebwosting's Q&A section:

<<We offer "un-metered" transfer(bandwidth). Is this the same thing as "un-limited"? Not at all. Beware of anyone offering "unlimited" bandwidth. No quality webhost can offer unlimited bandwidth. >>

<<No porn
* No warez (aka pirated/cracked software)
* No file archives/download only sites (click the link for examples and faqs about this)

We are proud of both the speed of our servers and the low prices we offer our customers. However to continue offering the low prices that we do, we cannot accomodate users offering the above types of files (why? like-it-or-not, the above types of sites are popular and quickly consume lots of bandwidth!). If you begin offering any of the above on your site we reserve the right to:

* first, throttle your bandwidth and
* second, ask you to leave (and by "ask", we mean "require"). >>

 

[bleuiko]

Q. You say that transfer is unmetered, but is there any limit to the amount I can use?

A. Though we do not have any pre-set limits, you will not be allowed to and/or over five GB of bandwidth/month. If you use more than this only occasionally, then that is fine. Sites hosting illegal files, porn, warez, file archives or other "download-only" sites are not accepted.

The main point of our "un-metered" policy is to allow us to have a friendly service where you do not need to always be worried about incurring extra fees by going over pre-set limits.

Please change your post. Their site does not offer unlimited bandwidth. They are giving "un-metered" bandwidth. As stated above, you get about 5GB of bandwith a month... if you go over you won't get charged, but I'm pretty sure they'll drop your asap.

Q. You say that transfer is unmetered, but is there any limit to the amount I can use?

A. Though we do not have any pre-set limits, you will not be allowed to and/or over five GB of bandwidth/month. If you use more than this only occasionally, then that is fine. Sites hosting illegal files, porn, warez, file archives or other "download-only" sites are not accepted.

The main point of our "un-metered" policy is to allow us to have a friendly service where you do not need to always be worried about incurring extra fees by going over pre-set limits.

Reads: Limit of 125MB of space, if you want anymore, we'll be watching you very carefully and find whatever reason we can to drop you.

Q. You say "un-metered" POP3 accounts. How many can I really have?

A. A general limit would be 10 or 15. The main limits are that you can not for instance set up a service where anybody on the net can get a free POP3 through you, etc. The goal of the un-metered POP3's is to allow you to set up however many are needed for your company, group, etc. Like most of our other offerings, we do not want to place any hard limits on the number of POP3's that you may create. However we do ask that you keep your demands within reason. Also keep in mind the number of messages that each account will be receiving each day. For example, 50 POP3's that only receive a few messages a day would be acceptable while 50 POP3's that each receive hundreds of messages a day would not.

You can have as many mailboxes as you want as long as they don't get any mail. If you want mail in your mailbox, please limit yourself to 10 or 15... otherwise... yeah, we'll drop you.

Not to threadcrap but your description of this company is totally wrong.

 

[MontyBurns]

OK, I'm a little confused. They offer "unmetered" bandwidth, but not "unlimited" bandwidth, and in fact, there is a limit to how much bandwidth you can use -- 5 gigs a month.

So what exactly is "unmetered" about it? They are obviously metering the bandwidth, otherwise they'd have no way of knowing when you hit 5 gigs.

 

[olouie]

one of the ususal scam services that promise the world but only return to themselves ... blah :|

 

[cdub]

Unmetered meaning you dont pay for the amount of gigabits downloaded per month. Most places have a sliding rate scale depending on how much bandwidth your site consumes per month. This place lets you transfer as much bandwidth as you want, as long as you dont go go over the 5 GB every month.

These guys want to provide a low-powered web-hosting solution, and what they are saying is that they are willing to be flexible on what they offer. To me, for the low rate, if it's not a scam, then that is pretty decent of them. It is unfortunate that the original poster decided to make outrageous claims regarding their service.

 

[Placer14]

Ouch...the flames....

I'm sorry if I misrepresented the service. They're a good company and I've had no problems with them. I don't do heavy-duty hosting so they suit my needs. If you'd rather not deal with them, that's cool. Just wanted to let people know about them. And hey, you could try em and if you don't like them during the first month, they have a money back garauntee(sp?) for the first month.

I fixed the info at the top, better? I thought i was clear about the unlimited thing not being literal, but I suppose I should be clearer next time. Bold letters or something.

Anywho, I tried.

 

[Kara2k]

They are actually a good host. The transfer limit is 5GB, I know because I hit it. =) Beyond that fact, if you need a host with shell access, php, mysql and cronjobs, they are pretty decent. I'd suggest www.jtlnet.com (the host I moved to after), they're a bigger company with the same features, but also have a 24/7 1-800 tech support #.

 

[krazykilluh]

phpwebhosting.com is a really good company, I was with them for a few months. They definantly do not sell unlimited bandwidth, they say it's "unmetered". From what I understand that means if you go over 5gb by a little then that's ok, but if you start serving up 20gb every month then they will ask you to leave. I recently canceled my account because I didn't have the time to maintain and develop my site, but I have no complaints or anything. I recommend these guys 100%, I especially like the restriction-free shell account they give you for no extra charge.

 

[mrbass]

for those looking to host files and a small site for el cheapo...
I pay $39.95 per quarter which equates to $13/month.

only a measly 30MB webspace but 50GB/month of bandwidth.
I plan on hitting close to my bandwidth limit next month.
simplywebhosting.com