Web Hosting Renewal
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
You can go to Web Hosting Talk[^] for some ideas...pretty overwhelming place though. Cool thing is a lot of ISP's go in there and offer deals. I've been using cPanel plans at a couple of places for some years...I'm in Canada and want to keep my sites here if possible because the digital rights issues are getting kinda murky and I want to host in a place where my rights are predictable. Having said that, places like Digital Ocean[^] in New York are mighty tempting...I'm ready to graduate from cPanel plans to VPS...might take some struggle at the beginning but it'd be nice to have some guaranteed resources.
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
I have been with the same host for some 7 years who just so happen to have some rather awful write-ups out there. However in those 7 years there have only been a handful of down half-days. My attitude is "better the devil you know". So if you can afford the cost I would recommend staying with them if they are reliable for you.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
I like Arvixe: http://www.arvixe.com/[^] I have my personal web site there. I moved a client's system to a sub-directory on my site so they could keep running while I updated their site (asp.net, SQL Server). The performance was so much better, they moved to Arvixe permanently. (Note: I do not work for Arvixe).
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
Hi C-P-User-3 I've been using ASPNIX [^] for the last 4 years and they are really good. Their support is very quick to help and they resolve any issues within minutes. I've also tried Arvixe which did not give the the support which I needed as quick as ASPNIX. Email me if you are interested in moving. Cheers
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
Hi C-P-User-3, You don't mention what you require, php, asp.net, mvc or something else? Do you need a database back-end MSSQL or MySQL? Also how much space you need? Yes super cheap/free hosts are available but they have to cram 1000's of sites onto a server to make the figures stack up. We use a Windows Web Hosting provider, which has it's servers in the UK, as we are also in the UK - Nutty About Hosting. They provide dedicated UK based developer support too. Pick a hosting provider in your country if that is where your audience is.
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
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I like Arvixe: http://www.arvixe.com/[^] I have my personal web site there. I moved a client's system to a sub-directory on my site so they could keep running while I updated their site (asp.net, SQL Server). The performance was so much better, they moved to Arvixe permanently. (Note: I do not work for Arvixe).
I agree. I have been hosting several sites with Arvixe for several years and I have no complaints. There are less expensive sites and have been tempted to give Mochahost a try for my new clients but so far, Arvixe has won my business. In the last case, the deciding factor was that they have a data center in Amsterdam and my newest client is in Europe... Mochahost is strictly US. Arvixe support is first rate, very responsive.
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
I have been with two hosting providers, both were free. Most of my traffic comes from Google crawling the site. 000webhost[^] I tried to log in one day and found that my account was locked because I exceeded their limits. I don't have a problem with that, what bugged me was that they didn't notify me that I was even getting close, they just locked the account. I tried to talk to them and they would only unlock my account if I paid them. I didn't have a recent back up or anything so I lost most of my posts. I was here about a year. byethost[^] I am currently with byethost. They have been fine so far. I did get an email from them in March that I had hit the 50% mark on my daily allotment of traffic. I have been here 6 or 8 months or so. I am thinking about DigitalOcean[^] at the moment and thinking that paying a few bucks a year would be worth the switch.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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Hi C-P-User-3, You don't mention what you require, php, asp.net, mvc or something else? Do you need a database back-end MSSQL or MySQL? Also how much space you need? Yes super cheap/free hosts are available but they have to cram 1000's of sites onto a server to make the figures stack up. We use a Windows Web Hosting provider, which has it's servers in the UK, as we are also in the UK - Nutty About Hosting. They provide dedicated UK based developer support too. Pick a hosting provider in your country if that is where your audience is.
Good points, good observation. I have just edited the original post with an update.
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It may be time to change to a new host. It may be time to renew with my existing host. If I change, I can save significantly. (75%) If I stay, I will... -- remain with a host with which I am familiar -- pay about twice what I paid for the signup deal -- pay about four times what the EL-Cheap-O places are offering I changed to this host due to various reasons, and I'm glad I did. I learned about lower costs, and I like them Now their costs are going up as high as the previous host, which makes the advantage approximately gone. So far, my website(s) have been super low traffic and almost zero upkeep. Question One: What do the experts here think ? Question Two: There are one zillion hosting companies; where do I read the opinions of those who use them ? (preferably, those who are currently using multiple hosts for multiple sites) Question Three: is there a better place than the lounge to have this discussion ? ----EDIT----UPDATE---- Responses have indicated that my original post lacked needed info. I have... About 50 domain names; maybe 75; haven't counted. About 100 or 200 E-mail addresses; again, haven't counted. The vast majority (90% easily) of those are just E-mail forwarding addresses; I use them for spam paranoia. As time progresses, I want to host two or three small focused forums. These forums will grow to millions of users and make me rich without any work (oh yeah)
Update: Saturday Night Tried Servage. Couldn't figure out their website. I clicked on "Order" or whatever it was, and I got stuck in an eternal hysteresis loop. Trying MochaHost, this is creepy, no human with a voice. Okay, okay, I have limited needs, and I'm going cheap. Some of you guys who were blabbing at me about the financial and psychological aspect are starting to make sense. There is still a place in the world for humans in business who speak with their voice.