Any good deals on web hosting before I buy one tommorow morning

[r3lic77]

www.ratemyhost.com

$199/yr gets you a server on www.theplanet.com with 2 terabytes of transfer a month

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: r3lic77
www.ratemyhost.com

$199/yr gets you a server on www.theplanet.com with 2 terabytes of transfer a month

Sorry to disappoint you, but thats $199 a month.

 

[Marthisdil]

www.powweb.com

2GB storage, 5GB bandwidth per day, all the bells and whistles....$7.77 a month.

 

[dartworth]

http://www.site5.com/

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: meices
http://www.globat.com is having a deal. For like $2 a month you can get 2.5gigs of space and 75gigs of transfers

how can anyone stay in business with those crazy rates?

 

[ResearchEverything]

Were you doing windows or Linux hosting? When they are planning outages or expect issues did they tell you beforehand? I appreciate the input.

 

[ttown]

Go to 1and1.com and sign up for their free 6 month trial.

You can see for yourself how terrible their interface is and how long it takes to accomplish the simplest of things.
For maximum frustration: set yourself up a web-based email and send yourself an email. Then open a new browser and go check your email. After about 10 clicks/screens you'll be saying to yourself "why do I have to go through this...?" Now imagine having to do that, just to find out you have no new mail.

I signed up a while back for their 3-years free deal -- but I can say it's hardly worth what I paid.
(On a positive note, I rave about their bundled software that you can get for the cost of shipping. Netobjects Fusion and PhotoImpact and misc. stuff for ~$8)

On the otherhand.... <sigh> if you MUST have windows based hosting, their price is hard to beat -- so you may just have to live with their crappy interface.

 

[onelove]

mods slow on the wrongforum lock - turned into a nice collection thread, hehe

 

[virtuamike]

Used 1and1 for a site a couple months ago. Interface is horrible to work with. Hell I can't even create my own account names, plus the site itself is slow. Stay away.

Used Glob@t about a year ago. Unless they've changed, your biggest worries will be speed, uptime, and support. Cheap but not reliable.

Currently using Lunarpages. Love the speed and support, have no complaints. Used to be a big CredibleHost customer but they're slow with account activation. Respond to support very quickly though. Also using Pair for another customer but they're expensive.

I say Pair if you have the money and Lunarpages if you don't.

 

[JJHayesIII]

Originally posted by: crimson117
Dreamhost is excellent if you need 120gb/month bandwidth and 2.4gb storage for about $120 / year ($10/month), but if you need much less than that then there are cheaper alternatives. Compared to 1and1, I feel more in control with dreamhost - being able to specify my own usernames is a big plus. Also, dreamhost upgrades their plan features about twice a year. They've also dropped bandwidth overage fees down to $1 per gb extra per month, so if you go over a little it won't break the bank.

I agree, i've been with them for almost 2yrs now, and whenever they have specials and whatnot, they let you modify your plan to take advantage of any new deals they offer....so you end up getting multiple times the service you sign up for, for the same price you've always paid

+1 dreamhost! (insert referral link here

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: dc
go find rossman or devioustrap

I am hosted by devioustrap, and I love it.

http://www.telnap.com

 

[Jadow]

avoid ripplehost, lousy service, they basically charged me for nothing and my account was never set up correctly, had to dispute the charge with citibank.