Hot? $10 for 1 year of hosting. 2 Free Domains! 20 GB space, 750 GB BW

[scootermaster]

Originally posted by: XNice
I was with dreamhost for a year or two and when I saw this deal I emailed dreamhost's sales team to see if they cold offer me any discount. I wasn't asking for the same deal $10/year deal but even just a half off coupon would have sufficed. Here's the email:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, you wrote:

> I have researched options for my hosting and I would like to stay with

> dreamhost but there are other very competive hosting packages from other

> companies. I realized I cannot use the 777 promo code either for my renewal

> and my question is this:

> Is there anything that you could do for me as far as a discount so I don't

> have to go through the trouble of moving everything to a different server.

> I have enjoyed the level of service you have provided me so far and always

> refer people to dreamhost when asked about hosting.


Hey Xenio,


As much as I'd love to let you use the promo code or give you a discount
on another year, that's not something that I can do. I'm terribly sorry
about that. I understand if you need to go somewhere else too. Whatever
you feel you need to do to get the most bang for your buck, right?


If you happen to have any other questions, let me know and I'll be happy
to answer them for you.


Thanks,

Jason



So, I now have a new account with netfirms, its just gonna be a bitch to move over my databases and sites that i had hosted on there.

Anyone know how to move databases from host to host or any linkage to info on that?

I did almost exactly the same thing. I didn't figure I could get $10 or whatever, but you'd figure they'd offer something in the $60 range. But just like you, no dice. I think Dreamhost is going to lose a lot of customers like this.

If only I could find a decent host that offers SSH access.

 

[Glavinsolo]

Just signed up. This will be excellent for my wedding website.
Edit:
How long did everyone wait for propagation?

 

[MegaVovaN]

topping off my 6 mbit AT&T DSL at average speed of 585 kb/s:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7859/speedyj1.jpg

 

[jinglingxl]

what happens after 1yr? Price likely to change?

 

[resinboy]

did anyone else notice that in the basic term of service, they reserve the right to install POP UPS or POP UNDERS at their discretion?

 

[zimu]

have not seen any popups or unders on my site. check my sig links (not the bored one, the others)- all hosted by netfirms and deal with a hell of a lot of traffic during top gear/ fifth gear season...

too good to be true, but it really is true

 

[waitman]

I have a site hosted with them and it is just SLOW. No pictures or flash or anything and not much text. I am not too impressed with them. The customer service was good, I like that you can actually talk to someone on the phone.

 

[zimu]

let me mention this:

speed wise- latency is HORRIBLE, it takes ages to establish a connectoin and start transferring.

however, sustainable data transfer SPEED is awesome. my top gear episodes transfer over 2mbytes/second at times and really pump an incredible amount of data out.

i also use it for a few backups from my server and typically get between 1.5mbytes/sec - 2mbytes/sec via ftp.

bottom line- good for bulky media, bad for websites.

HORRIBLE for databases, i tried putting up a forum and got mysql errors non stop.

 

[AliasX]

I know many domain hosts provide a "private" feature, which blocks all of your personal information from WHOIS, etc. Does netfirms do this automatically?

for a basic website, would this host be good?

 

[jaarjaar]

Do they support IMAP? Does not say anything about IMAP anywhere on their website. If yes, do they support secure IMAP?

 

[Kenny]

Originally posted by: AliasX
I know many domain hosts provide a "private" feature, which blocks all of your personal information from WHOIS, etc. Does netfirms do this automatically?

for a basic website, would this host be good?

They don't do it automatically, you have to enable the feature. I wouldn't recommend these guys for any website, unless you plan on hosting some videos for friends and family. I have a text based site setup and it's ridiculously slow as zimu stated.

I'd probably stick with dreamhost, even though they also oversell, they seem to be much faster than netfirms.

 

[AliasX]

I missed out on the dreamhost 888 and 777 deals, so I am afraid this might be my only option. I think I might just do it for only 10 dollars, unless I come across any better deals.

After checking, dreamhost has some great coupons still available. Their maximum discount is 97 dollars off a one year or greater plan. Unfortunately, their smallest plan is still going to be $2 a month, they dont have any Level -3 plans available.

But for my use, hosting a website, I think dreamhost might be my best option.

 

[kmac1914]

This is only semi-related, but wasn't there another hosting deal posted like yesterday with the company that AT is hosted with? I can't seem to find it anymore...

 

[waitman]

Yeah there was. I was the last to post in it and I had a slightly negative comment. When I went back to look again the thread was gone.

 

[asm0deus]

speeds are fine for me .. i already have an account with them and i might sign up for this.

 

[benplaut]

I think i'm just going to stick with dreamhost... too much hassle to transfer my stuff over

 

[dbarton]

im a bit confused by the terms in this plan.

i just renewed my domain using name cheap, if i transfer my site now to these guys for hosting now they take over as my domain provider?

 

[raincityboy]

Bump for a good deal.
My nephews wrestling team was thinking about putting up a site, and this will be perfect for them to try out.

The deal is supposed to be good through the end of the month.

 

[Dealbuyer]

I Am Definitely Signing Up For This Deal...

Great Price & Tons Of Features.

 

[hofan41]

damn, its almost been 10 months and this deal is still goin strong =)

 

[Kur]

I'm in, was looking for a domain and web hosting. Problem solved thanks!

 

[SVOMaster]

Originally posted by: zimu
just signed up successfully.

test the servers speed by downloading this from my newly created site:

http://anonhost.netfirms.com/10mb.bin
http://anonhost.netfirms.com/100mb.bin

if this deal is legit, i'm in awe....

I'm averaging 260KB on the 100 meg file. Not bad at all.

 

[Dealbuyer]

Just Found Out This Offer Is Good For Mac Addict Readers Also:
http://netfirms.com/mac

Also, Still Good For Maximum PC Users, As Originally Posted:
http://netfirms.com/max

Still Good Thru 12-31-2006.

Thanks OP For Posting This Back in FEB 2006 - It's Been a Good One!

 

[RaGe420]

Just signed up

Thanks OP

 

[AdyG]

Me too.

Its too soon to ask, any tips for renewal(both domain and hosting)? Dont wanna shell out 100+ bucks for this.

Thanks OP!