Hey all

I have been thinking about changing my web host as they are very annoying now. Can anyone suggest a good host?

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www.jooney.co.uk - the online portfolio

I can give you some hosting, just PM me.

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Same here - contact me via PM.
If not - I can suggest HostGator/Site5/UbiquityHosting - had good expiriences with them.

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shadyHost | shadyDeer

I'm currently on a slice from slicehost.com (VPS..) I am loving it so far. I may stick with them in the future and get larger slices rather than splitting off to a dedicated. o_O

For only $20/mo you can't beat it for a VPS, you do however have to prepay first 3 months, then monthly afterwards >.>

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stewart::howe
Web Developer & Programmer
CelerMedia.Com | iAmStewart.com | CelerLabs.com

Liquid Web. They aren't the cheapest, but their service is amazing. If you have a problem, an admin can generally come out if needed in a half hour and fix the problem. I've never been disappointed yet.

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I have a VPS with them - support is fantastic, really quick response time - ~5 mins, sometimes less.
Real recommendation!

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shadyHost | shadyDeer

I don't see a point in a vps, so I stick with a shared :) with hostevery

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PHP/XHTML Freelancer:
Cleanscript.com v3 - Programming starting at just $5 act now!

You could have told us you where looking for the lowest bidder. I gaurentee you wont find quality for $2 a month.

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Thats true - mostly cheap web hosts run on cheap servers (as in Celerons, not 4-8 core Xenons),probably overselling, servers are located god knows where, and uptime - a big question mark.

I choose quality over budget - if everything is top-notch then your site will be too.

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shadyHost | shadyDeer

It's quality enough, thats like when people said hostgator will fail with its overselling.

But good for you to think that.

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PHP/XHTML Freelancer:
Cleanscript.com v3 - Programming starting at just $5 act now!

I use dreamhost to host my portfolio and my dev zone - it does perfectly fine and any support ticket I might ever have is answer in 5 mins or less and fixed in 10 mins or less.

You'll certainly get more power out of the more expensive shared host though.

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"What everyone seems to forget is that while knowledge certainly is something - it's the implementation of knowledge that brings power" - Andres Galindo.

Personally I need a VPS because I need to be able to edit and execute applications and different servers for my web apps easily... shared hosting I can't do that o_O.

How is that so? Seeing as though it relies on if someone else is using up cpu power, ram, etc.. or not...

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stewart::howe
Web Developer & Programmer
CelerMedia.Com | iAmStewart.com | CelerLabs.com

Better host have less people on each server or they have better ones.

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"What everyone seems to forget is that while knowledge certainly is something - it's the implementation of knowledge that brings power" - Andres Galindo.

What kind of shared hosting would you actually use?

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Any host will be good at their best. The measure of a hosts quality is not how they preform at their best, its how they preform at their worst. If something happens to the server, will/can they go to their data center and fix it? A $2/month host probably doesn't even have their own datacenter. They more likely resell form another host. Hostevery appears to resell www.xo.net.

As for your hostgator argument, many non-serious websites are fine with low quality for the price. Most don't even know there is better.

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So in your 0pinion, how should a host start? Buy an entire data center and risk a lot of money right off the bat? If their quality doesn't improve, then they suck, but I thought hostgator, dreamhost, and lunarpages were supposed to all be reliable shared hosts...

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They are, but they're damned finicky about resources and Dreamhost will just shut you down if you come anywhere close to using the resources they supposedly give you access to (Honestly if your gonna be using 2TB of bandwith you should be on a dedicated anyways)

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"What everyone seems to forget is that while knowledge certainly is something - it's the implementation of knowledge that brings power" - Andres Galindo.

I'm looking for a host where I can host lots of domains, PHP 5, lots of MySQL databases, decent service and for about $10 / Month. Any suggestions?

I was looking at this one because someone recommended it:
toastedpenguin.com - Business Starter

What do you think? (it's PHP 5)

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My Website > http://www.evanbot.com

It's an impossible thing to tell. There may be a handful of newer hosting businesses who indeed have good support. However, the massive majority are cheap hosts who only want your money. I cant count the number of no name hosts who have all these bright claims on their sight and even some fans on forums. Almost all of them that I knew of 3 years ago don't exist anymore. While it is possible hostevery is quality, the vast probability is they are not. It also comes down to cost, you cant pay for 10gb of HD space, 50gb of BW, and good support staff for $2 a month (aprox 6 cents a day). The facrors simply add up against new/cheap hosts.

As for the hosts you named, I can tell you as a former client of lunarpages, they do not have good support or servers. They did more than a year ago, but they dont any more. I know someone who was with dreamhost, they hardly have support at all the way he put it. Now webhostingunleashed has great reviews for LP, but it ends up the owner is affiliated with them. He did not accept my review of them because 8 hours minimum per response with useless techs was not grounds for a bad host.

To answer your question, how should a host start. Answer is, I don't care. I am not going to risk my time with a host that will probably end up be terrible. If you feel charitable enough to help a new host who doesn't have the money for good quality along, do so. But I will not do it nor will I recommend doing it. I am not in business with X host, I am in business with me.

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I have multiple sites on Dreamhost servers. Very satisfied so far.