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SuTech
Starting Member
USA
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 Posted - 30 October 2002 : 11:41:05
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I've been looking for a new host with a bit of bandwidth and space. I love my current host Crystaltech.com, their support and uptime is second to none, but I either need to consolidate some of my domains into a single account with a lot of space, or find a new host for a growing community site.
Here are some things I'm looking at. I'm hoping some others have heard some sort of news about these hosts, reviews, or whatnot. Things I need, good control panel, stats log, Static IP and/or multiple domain names, e-mail. I use Snitz for nearly anything forum related (i even have used Huw's portal and Serverhackers Portal), so ASP is definatly the way to go, but I also want to play with PHP some. Here's some hosts I found
http://www.webworkzcentral.com/index.php/page/gold_hosting_account
http://www.datastreamusa.com/CompareHosting.html
http://www.eznetideas.com/services/hosting/nt_standard.asp
I'm also thinking about ReadyHost.com, simply because they are so darn cheap. But I don't want cheapness to frustrate me later on with no support and constatn problems. I hear alot about slowdowns.
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seven
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 12:12:43
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eznetideas is hosted by CIhost (look at their whois record) anytime you see "NS.PROPAGATION.NET" beware!
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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bjlt
Senior Member
1144 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 12:38:51
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Originally posted by airilm
eznetideas is hosted by CIhost (look at their whois record) anytime you see "NS.PROPAGATION.NET" beware!
anything wrong with cihost? |
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@tomic
Senior Member
USA
1790 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 12:54:07
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I have an account with CI Host and at one point I had a lot of troubles. Things have been running smoothly for a few months now and one thing you can say about them is that they are dirt cheap. But customer service is not their priority.
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SportsBettingAcumen.com |
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bjlt
Senior Member
1144 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 13:01:45
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I also have an account with them. so far so good. problem is that they seems bo be more expert in unix based system but not nt ones. My impression of them is that their nt support staff are not so happy.
Do they actually have a bad reputation or in any other troubles? |
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@tomic
Senior Member
USA
1790 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 13:11:19
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Back when Code Red was an issue their servers were an excellent breeding ground for the worm.
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SportsBettingAcumen.com |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 14:27:38
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Originally posted by SuTech
I'm also thinking about ReadyHost.com, simply because they are so darn cheap. But I don't want cheapness to frustrate me later on with no support and constatn problems. I hear alot about slowdowns.
If you need a fast site at all times, skip ReadyHosting.
Try http://www.frutzle.com and http://www.rakkoon.com which are my two sites. They're hosted at ReadyHosting, simply because I don't want to spend more money than what I'm paying now. I'll change to another host that won't cost a lot more some time in the future, because 99% of the time I can't up- or download a file decently (have you ever tried downloading a 1MB database at 0.25 kb/s?). It only works halfway decent when everyone in the US sleeps. |
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GauravBhabu
Advanced Member
4288 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 15:11:35
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Originally posted by FrutZle
...It only works halfway decent when everyone in the US sleeps.
Is this an understatement   |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 15:19:10
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No, it's something I've noticed. I can up- and download files just fine during the mornings here in Holland (when it's night in the US), but once people in the US start waking up, I can't do much of anything with FTP on my sites anymore.
The sites themselves are slow almost 24/7 (their own site is usually a lot slower than mine), so you're right if you meant that, but not when it comes to FTP  |
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SuTech
Starting Member
USA
23 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 16:14:37
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| Well if you need me to kick readyhost in the pants, let me know. They are only a 20 - 30 min drive from me. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 16:38:58
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| Good luck on finding a CT replacement (from a CT user) :) I don't think they exist. |
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kwhipp
Junior Member
United States
407 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 16:39:46
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| I can backup FrutZle's comments. I do most, if not all, of my uploading late at night. It is faster at that time with a dialup connection, then it is a my office during the daytime via our T1. |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 16:40:47
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lol... I bet they'd cancel my account if you'd do that 
They have a policy that says that they offer unmetered bandwidth. That's cool (I know, there's nothing like "unmetered" or "unlimited"), but with the small amount of bandwidth they provide, you can't ever go over 3 GB/month.
Readyhosting isn't a bad host in general. They just have some flaws that make them unsuitable for hosting a site that needs to be speedy and online all the time. I think I've said enough now |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
7528 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2002 : 18:03:52
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My impression of them is that their nt support staff are not so happy.
After being with 5 different hosts this year before deciding just to get into it myself I can tell you that 4 out of the 5 I've been with could harldy spell NT none the less use it ! :) |
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Podge
Support Moderator
Ireland
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