Web hosting

[andrewducker]

Can anyone recommend a decent comain hosting company? I'm beginning to feel the need for more space, and more control over the domain, and I'm wondering if the prices I'm paying are reasonable. They were two/three years ago, but they don't seem to have got significantly cheaper since, despite hard drives getting much cheaper.

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[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

I use Nebularis , but only chose them because they're one of the few hosts anywhere that mention they support REBOL. I've found them very good though. Prompt replies to any queries and always helpful. They're a Canadian company, hence the two sets of dollars for their plans.

Oh, and while I'm at it, I might as well plug some friends' hosting on the off chance you're doing charity work...

http://charityhost.theluckyones.org/

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

Easyspace I had domains with were amazingly cheap a year ago..

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

If it's price you're after, talk to Nathan
I'm still waiting to be invoiced for purelyskindeep.com

[diffrentcolours]

Have you considered virtual hosting? Pretty much ultimate control over everything and fairly reasonably priced these days. My boss uses Bytemark who are supposed to be pretty good.

[andrewducker]

Unfortunately I haven't touched Unix since 1991 and I wasn't much of a power user even then.

All I really want is somewhere I can stick websites, host email, etc. Nothing even slightly complicated.

Cheers tho.

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

WestHost has been rock-solid. As has Atjeu, if you need more firepower. I don't know how much you're willing to spend, but both are on the spendy side.

[andrewducker]

That looks rather good. They offer the large amounts of disk space I'm after. I'll look into the possibility of moving.

Hey, I host too

[seabat.livejournal.com]

We run linux and windows 2000 server. MY price is 9.95 US for simple, but have lots of room for friends. What are you wanting and we can discuss.

Re: Hey, I host too

[andrewducker]

I'm looking for something nice and simple - for instance my current hosting place has a control panel that I can use for adding email accounts, checking disk space, etc. On the other hand, I've got a few programs installed that use PHP and Perl (a Wiki and a webmail program). Oh, and I want a couple of hundred MB of disk space.

How does that sound?

Re: Hey, I host too

[seabat.livejournal.com]

we use ipswitch Imail, the interface thing is no problem. We have a secondary server that can easily be configured to handle php and perl. I have yet to set limits on space, and only occasionally (sp?) on bandwidth usage.
How's that sound?

Re: Hey, I host too

[andrewducker]

Sounds great - bit busy right now, but when i get back from the fols place next week then I'll email you and see what we can sort out, ok?

Re: Hey, I host too

[seabat.livejournal.com]

enjoy the trip. dance on the hill for me and wish I could join the picnic.