Web Hosting........where?

[aimn]

who do you guys/girls use to host your web sites? I have 10 mb free with AT&T but I need more room. How much does it cost to host a site? Do they provide security? I know I need a domain name, they have the one I want and its $35 a year so thats no problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[aimn]

Whats involved with hosting it yourself?

 

[gopunk]

how much does it cost? you could probably get 200+ mb for 20 or under a month. it really depends, there's no standard pricing. there's a lot of factors involved, such as features and whatnot.

hosting it yourself... well you'll need a fast connection, if you have linux or even windows, i guess apache is a good thing to start with. static ip helps...

 

[AZGamer]

I use www.PrimeNetHosting.com for my sites, good if you have low bandwidth use (can be like $6 a month).

 

[The Stigenator]

i personally like www.cihost.com they have specials running on one of the pages (check on the right side) and its like 240/yr for lots of goodies.

 

[Mungla]

I'm currently using: http://tera-byte.com

$10/month, 200MB space, 20GB transfers/month

BTW - Terabyte will register a domain for you at $10/year if you use their hosting service. $13/year otherwise.

 

[rh71]

Readyhosting

For $99/yr (comes out to less than $9/mo.)...

500MB Web Space
Free New Domain Registration
Unmetered Data Transfer
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Autoresponders
Web-Based Email
Toll-Free Technical Support
24 Hour FTP Access
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee
ASP Support
Live Statistics
FrontPage 2000 Extensions
Cold Fusion 4.5
Database Access
CGI/Perl
ASP Mail Component
ASPEmail Component
DevMailer Component
Instant Setup!
Password Protected Directories
Daily Backups
Custom 404 Error Page
Server Side Includes (.stm, .shtm, .shtml)
RealAudio/Video
PHP Server Extensions
SSL Security
E-commerce Shopping Cart by Cart32.com
Control Panel
SQL Server 2000 - ($25/Year Per Database)
ASP Simple Upload Component - NEW!

I have had them for 6 months and they have been solid... they have gotten their act together since over a year ago. One of my clients' sites are hosted by them too. Use my page (in my sig) to judge their speed. I like the fact that they throw in ColdFusion support for no extra charge. They are good for personal sites...

 

[MarkUsG3]

I'm using 3-95.com. Apache/MySql/200MB. Good service thus far. $3.95/Month.

 

[aimn]

I have (probably a dumb) question for you. All these places talk about FrontPage extentions. Do your sites have to be built with FP? I am building mine with Dreamweaver. Thanks for the help!

 

[Daniel]

If you use frontpage and use their "bots" to make things easier you need FP extensions, if you use dreamweaver you don't have to worry about it.

 

[aimn]

Thanks Daniel ! This forum is a great place to get quick info!