CHEAP Windows 2000 Hosting

[shad0wmaster]

I found really cheap Windows 2000 hosting for only 50.00 per year at www.4ahost.com. 100 mb of space, 20 emails, ASP and FrontPage support. They're setup to take paypal too

 

[jimmyhaha]

not to thread cr@p

there is cheaper and better hosting plan out there..

 

[shad0wmaster]

maybe hosted on Linux, but not 2000 or NT

 

[technogeeky]

I'm going to take a shot and say your name is John McGlathery. Correct?

 

[beer]

For NT support this is FLAMING.

And I mean FLAMING.

The only thing that it is missing is MS-SQL server support. ASP is absolutely no good without a decent backend (and Access via ODBC does NOT count).

ASP.NET might as well be useless on anything other than SQL server, OLE DB for Access is MUCH harder to code for.

Damn this is tempting. It really, really is...

 

[shad0wmaster]

who?

 

[MontyBurns]

I'd avoid this. Site looks fairly unprofessional. Accepts paypal only, so if you get in trouble you're probably going to be screwed. No contact information or information about the company.

 

[technogeeky]

I was just willing to bet that shad0wmaster is the owner of this place.


*shrug*

-tg

 

[netbull]

Geez, this looks so unprofessional. If you are looking for cheap NT/2000 hosting, look at ReadyHosting - http://www.readyhosting.com/hosting.cfm I have a few clients on it for a couple of years and runs great. Even SQL server support for $25/year. It's not as cheap as this one at $99/year, but definitely worth the money, not to mention your second domain is 50% off.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[beer]

Correct.

The site may look unprofessional but in about 75% of your hosting sites, they are just sub-leasing from a larger host. The number of qualified technicians that can manage a server, even NT, are lower than you'd think. The number of sysadmins that can actually administer a web data center, with routers, backup power supplies, rack-mounted and load-balanced servers securely are basically impossible to find.

 

[MontyBurns]

Originally posted by: shad0wmaster
who?

LOL

So, Mr. Master, how exactly did you "stumble on" this hot deal?

 

[shad0wmaster]

Friend of a friend pointed it out to me. I guess he knows the owner and they are just putting the server up. Parent company has been around for a while I guess and they use all of their own equipment. They don't sublease. I thought they were going to support SQL Server, but I don't see it anywhere.

I know they aren't done with everything though. I signed up for one with them. We'll see how it goes.

 

[slycat]

give the dood a break

 

[MontyBurns]

Ah, ok, that makes more sense. A friend of a friend mentioned a Web site to you that you had never heard of, and you thought it was such an overwhelmingly hot deal that it prompted you to register at AnandTech for the first time and post your first message ever on the message boards.

Why didn't you just say so?

 

[beer]

In all honesty, so what if it is his web site. It still is a good deal, most NT Hosting starts at $20 a month. SQL Server support does run more though but with MS software as much as it is....you need business to be productive. This site just leases from a larger host, so you're probably pretty safe.

However after playing with ASP.NET I just decided that I was going to go PHP. So I built a Mandrake box and have PHP, mySQL and Apache running on it. But if I had found this last week ago, I would have jumped on it. It really is a good deal; whether it's his or not.

If you don't mind the occasional database crash from cocurrent access that ODBC via Access will generate for you...you should be OK

 

[technogeeky]

Well, good luck to the company. Anyone that can offer good services for cheap is worth working on.


I just call em' like I see em'.

 

[chuck2002]

Shopping cart is not secure. be careful!

 

[rugger29]

geez, I wish sometimes people would stop being so damn suspicious of everyone else. Makes you not want to post a deal if all of a sudden you have to defend yourself for trying to help out others.

And if the deal ain't good, don't bump it by replying with all this cr@p. (and yes, I do understand the inherent hypocracy in my message )

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: shad0wmaster
maybe hosted on Linux, but not 2000 or NT

...and why on God's green earth would you want your website hosted on an OS that gets 0wn3d on a regular basis?

 

[Bonerrrrrrr]

Off the subject.....looking at this thread

Are we not allowed to use the word cr@p with its real spelling anymore??????

Sheesh!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DanFungus]

Just curious, but why would you even *care* which OS it's hosted on..FrontPage Extensions, or something??
:Q

 

[bit]

what's good about win 2000 or NT hosting? more stable? sounds unlikely.

 

[xirtam]

I'm looking for a stable ASP host because I have an application already coded in ASP. If I was going to do it all over again, I'd do it in JSP/Java. But that's not a super-valid option for me, so that's why I'd take Win2K hosting over linux for this particular application.

By the way, if you jump on people every time they post just because their postcount is less than 10, their postcount will stay less than 10 and they'll pack up and leave.

Thanks, shad0wmaster. I don't know if I'll take advantage of this, but thanks for pointing it out anyway.

And for the rest of you, why don't you threadcrap next to someone your own size.

 

[MrLeo]

Definitely try out Sharp Web Services at SWS

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: MontyBurns
Ah, ok, that makes more sense. A friend of a friend mentioned a Web site to you that you had never heard of, and you thought it was such an overwhelmingly hot deal that it prompted you to register at AnandTech for the first time and post your first message ever on the message boards.

Why didn't you just say so?

ROTFLMAO

Subtle ain't he?