From: RobertB 

In article ,
 Gary Britt  wrote:

> I've been pleased with Bluehost.com for my web hosting and email.  They've
> got 24/7 support and on the couple of occasions that either I or my wife had
> to call them, the wait time wasn't very long (just a 3 to 7 minutes tops,
> knock wood) and you get a real live english speaking based in the USA person
> on the phone who doesn't just have a script in front of them to follow.
>
> GoDaddy is OK I think for many things, but if you ever need to talk to a
> real live person, forget it you are screwed.  You get what you pay for.  If
> you don't ever need to talk to anyone GoDaddy seems to have really good
> uptime performance on their servers and email and their prices are pretty
> good.  Bluehost isn't much more in terms of price, has real live people to
> talk to, but their uptime performance would be a few percentage points less
> than GoDaddy.  They have been doing a lot of upgrading of equipment and
> server farms, etc and have taken everything 100% in-house over the past 6
> months or so in an effort to reach 99% uptime.
>
> I've seen several interesting ads from a company called 1 and 1 web hosting
> with pricing and features that are as good as they get, but I have no idea
> how good the company is or isn't.
>
> Gary

OK. Thanks. There's an outfit in TX that's supposed to be pretty good and
has competitive rates. Not sure about support. Personally, I would prefer
some support in the event I need it one day. The site is not going to get a
lot of traffic and 100% uptime is not a requirement.

I'll have a look at Bluehost.com. Thanks.


>
> mike wrote:
> > On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:06:43 -0400, RobertB 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In article ,
> >> mike  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:33:44 -0400, RobertB

> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In article ,
> >>>> mike  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:27:53 -0400, RobertB

> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am again thinking of getting my (small) Web
site up (once I build
> >>>>>> it).
> >>>>>> There are lots and lots of inexpensive
hosting services available,
> >>>>>> scattered around the country.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does anyone have recommendations? I don't
want to use a free service.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - Does it matter if they are local or not?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - I could use my ISP for hosting, but they
cost more than the discount
> >>>>>> places. My ISP charges $25/month for basic
services, which would be
> >>>>>> enough for my needs, but there are cheaper
alternatives. However, I
> >>>>>> would get support and a live person.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - How important is support? I'm not going to
be running any java or
> >>>>>> scripting on the site. It will be pretty
static, just mostly a way for
> >>>>>> people to contact me, put up a CV, stuff like that.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - Do they all allow you to FTP files and
create subdirectories, change
> >>>>>> permissions on those directories, etc.? It
seems some try to
> >>>>>> "simplify"
> >>>>>> life by providing a Web interface and site builder.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - Is there anything other than price that I
need to consider? I'd
> >>>>>> prefer
> >>>>>> to use a host that does not get regularly blacklisted.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> While I don't use Geo., I would think he'd do a
great job for you.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you want a comparison, the data center I use
for my colocated server
> >>>>> is very good.  I used their shared hosting for a
while, and it was also
> >>>>> very good.  it is a real data center with 24/7
on-site technicians,
> >>>>> real
> >>>>> people who answer the phone in the middle of the night....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>                 www.tera-byte.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  /m
> >>>> Yes, they have some inexpensive plans. Run on Linux.
I like the live
> >>>> chat feature. They actually respond!
> >>> They've been good to me.
> >>>
> >>>  /m
> >> Do they deliver on the bandwidth they promise?
> >
> > I typically run only 3 to 4GB per month, so I don't even think I'm above
> > their noise level.
> >
> > Their network response is good.  The one thing is their location adds a
> > 40 or so milliseconds of latency.  There are a bit off the main
> > backbones.  Do a traceroute and see.
> >
> >
> >  /m

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