Re: [epub] Domain hosting and hosting services??

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From: dots@dreamink.com

Debbie and Ray,

Finding reliable, value-priced webhosting can be a tricky job. With thousand
of available options, it's hard to sift out the hype. I've come to the
conclusion after three years of searching for myself, and placing clients
with a number of webhosts, that the best criteria for that decision is the
availablity of free telephone technical support.

Why? Because when my site is down, I want to know why. Now. And I don't want
to wait for the parent hosting site to come back up in order to do that. 24
hours without an explanation is my personal limit for switching webhosts,
Ray. Every webhost should have procedures in place to be able to notify
their customers of difficulties within that span of time.

Debbie, there is no such thing as "unlimited traffic". There are claims made
to that effect all the time, however, you'll find that 99% of webhosting
contracts place a price on varying degrees of "unlimited". Search for a
webhost that offers enough bandwidth for your immediate needs, and projected
needs for one year. At that point you'll probably need to re-evaluate and
perhaps upgrade hosting packages. ISP Check - http://www.ispcheck.com/ -
offers an online database for searching for web hosting.

My own recommendation for most reliable web-hosting (I've placed half-dozen
clients with them with ZERO downtime over one year) would be Jumpline. Their
$14.95/month hosting package has all the bells and whistles including 30M
and 3G/month traffic.

My own site is maintained on a different webhost. I'd be happy to provide a
reference (and detailed experience) offlist if you would like to contact me.



Laare

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Ray Whiting wrote:

> From: "Ray Whiting" <rwhiting@bellsouth.net>
>
> (These aren't strictly ezine/newsletter questions-- more of a plea for
> help/advice from other ezine publishers who may be in the same boat as
> me)  (I had to subscribe to this list with a second address because my
> main address is down and probably bouncing)
>
> Hi there... I know that most of you with newsletters and ezines use a
> virtual hosting service to create a companion Web site for your zine.
>
> I use CI Host (www.cihost.com) after disappointments with other
> services.
>
> My hosting service (not just my own server but the main hosting service
> website) has been down 24 hours, and I just got a bizarre note from a
> competitor indicating my hosting service is down and soliciting my
> business switching over to their service.  Makes it sound like the whole
> world knows the host is down, making it sound like it's not coming back
> up.
>
> My question(s)  to this group --  how long should one wait on a downed
> server before bailing out (my current host is rated #3 at the C-Net
> webhosting list of hosts, so they aren't known for flakiness) and
> looking for another service?
>
> Would it be worth it to bail at this point (2 days before Y2K... hehehe)
> and try to establish service elsewhere?
>
> Is anyone else hosting at CIhost.com, and what does anyone know about
> the problem or cause?
>
> Ray Whiting
> ray@twoscoops.com
> http://www.twoscoops.com




Debbie Adams wrote:

> From: "Debbie Adams" <hansful4@earthlink.net>
>
> My Homefires Hearth website is currently at
> http://matrix.crosswinds.net/~homefires/.  Unfortunately, to be
> taken seriously nowdays, one needs a domain name.  So I'm looking
> at webhosting services.  I can't afford much, nor do I need that
> much - maybe just a 20MB site, unlimited traffic and 3 pop3 mail
> accounts and I need it as inexpensive as possible but reliable.
>
> I've tried wading through a search, but I'm getting dizzy.  Is
> there anywhere I can go for a central search?  Does anyone have
> an inexpensive webhost that is wonderful?  I'm especially
> interested in those rare Christian webhosts.
>
> You're welcome to write me offlist if you wish.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Debbie Adams
> Homefires Hearth, the weekly ezine for Christian homemakers.  To
> subscribe,  go to http://matrix.crosswinds.net/~homefires/ or
> send an e-mail to Homefires_Hearth-subscribe@onelist.com
> ~~~~~~~~~
> Why not get paid for your time online?
> http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=HFB-606
> http://www.valuepay.com/ref.asp?re=homefires
>

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