From: Gary Britt 

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

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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