My first host was Startlogic. They had good benefits for a good price. Plus all I had was a tiny static HTML site with an IPB forum.

I was with startlogic for 10 months. They were a good host if you don't mind that your host doesn't meet the 99.9% uptime guarantee and ignores you for mentioning it.

At the time I left StartLogic my site went down for about 9 hours straight because they screwed up a server upgrade that they stupidly done during primetime hours (7pm to be exact.). The only thing the startlogic customers received from them for this stupid unwarranted inconvienence was something along the lines of this "Well, I was getting ready to go home for the night when this happened and now it looks like I'll be here all night fixing it. We aim to give you guys the best support out there!".

Mentioning the 99.9% guarantee at that time got you the same response copied and pasted. Nice.


Since a new host needed to be found 2 months early I didn't have the cash set aside so a friend of mine hooked me up with an small account from his reseller account with MySiteSpace.com.

Another great host. Downtime isn't too bad here. There is some, but they've never broke the 99.9% guarantee. However, the site runs SLOW most of the time. A simple email to the host will get you back up to par for a couple weeks though. :glare:

Here recently I had some problems because they let one of the hard drives in my server fill up. They had it back down to 97% in about 15 minutes though. Right now, 3 weeks later it sits at 90% full flashing the pretty yellow light in Cpanel.


Now my site is getting larger as I devote more attention to it. I've went from the tiny static site up to full dynamic. MKportal, IPB 2.1, and coppermine all integrated. I've got 500 members. Between 40-50 members visit the site daily for roughly 5,000-7,000 page views a day. I just recently started offering premium membership and a few of my premium members are mentioning the slowness of the site.

So it's new host time.

I've heard good things about BlueHost. I signed up with them about an hour ago. I cancelled with them about 15 minutes ago.

While a link to their forum isn't on the Bluehost.com as far as I can see, it is inside the members area. Nice. After signing up I went to the forum and on the first page on their general questions section is 5 topics where people are complaining about CPU usage errors. Apparently from what I read Bluehost has set the usage limits excessively low in the past few weeks. Tons of people are being affected by it.

I even seen one guy that had a forum with 80 members who got the CPU usage error **** near everytime a thread was viewed.

This just won't work for my site. It's my no means a resource hog, but I have no doubt that I'll be getting that error constantly, and I just don't see it as fair to my members to go from the skillet to the fire.

So here's what I'm looking for, and hopefully someone can point me in a direction.

-My site currently uses 4-6 gigs of bandwidth a month. However I would like to turn on some features such as guests viewing videos that will indeniably use more bandwidth. Therefore I want a lot of overhead. Preferred would be 70-100 gigs monthly just because I enjoy knowing I have more than I will need in normal circumstances.
-The site is around 600mb right now, but will grow a lot in the coming months. So a fair amount of disk space is a must. I'd like 5 gigs at least but would probably settle for slightly less.
-Cpanel says my site is currently using .71 on 1 CPU at mysitespace. During peak hours it goes higher, sometimes showing off the cool red flashy light. I don't want to be punished for this. My site never goes down due to CPU usage at MySiteSpace. I want it to continue to be that way.

And finally, if possible I'd love to be able to run a few other, much smaller static sites from this host with addon domains.


I don't have any set price in mind that I want to pay. It all depends on the benefits offered.

If anyone has any advice, pointers, comments, etc post them up because at this point I'm looking to read more before spending again.

Hello, please see my offer at the thread listed below. I personally guarantee you 99.9% uptime and excellent speed for your website. If you are not completely happy, we offer a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee

http://www.earnersforum.com/showthread.php?p=41751

Personally, I try to stay away from the bigger well known companies. Big Hosts usually have problems that comes with the package. It might look good with the huge space/bandwidth, but you are just setting yourself up to get screwed. Personally, I sign up with the smaller, not well-known hosts. Right now I'm using ELAhost, and it's been great. No downtimes, no nothing. So good luck with your webhosting finding. Usually I look at the webhost forum in Sitepoint, and there are all sorts of offers and such. Do some research, look at the testomonies and such.

Good luck.

Overselling is a common problem in the web hosting industry. Basically you get what you pay for.

If you are running CPU intensive forum and content management system, at least get a VPS. See other thread for advices on good VPS.

Maybe i can help you. I use host4profit as my server provider for a nice price and it comes with good service. Check it out on my home page. I hope this solves your problem

kind regards,

Tom Raes

I recommend Liquid Web (link in signature).

They offer shared hosting and dediacated plans and have email and phone support!

hostgator.com - i <3 it.

I recommend www.myhomehost.com

Originally Posted by DaveTurnbull

hostgator.com - i <3 it.

Hate to sound like a fanboy (two posts in a row) but ditto!

Shared hosting I personally use. Again I think it is worth repeating here:
1. Hostgator
2. Dreamhost
3. Dathorn

in that order, where the first is best at customer support and uptime and reliability, etc....

You know my host is so good that I don't recommend it. :devil2:

They have a waiting line for their server and I don't want more people to be in the line when I need a new server :P

Currently I use ipowerweb. They seem to have a lot of bandwidth for small price.

Any one else using them??

Stan :-)

Originally Posted by DaveTurnbull

hostgator.com - i <3 it.

same here i just bought a small plan for my site on hostgator.

if you want to sign up use this LINK

if you use this coupon code on the 9.95 plan all you pay for the first month will be 1 penny. thats right. 1 penny. def a good buy.
“iceishot” - $9.94 Off

Originally Posted by TriteLife

My first host was Startlogic. They had good benefits for a good price. Plus all I had was a tiny static HTML site with an IPB forum.

I was with startlogic for 10 months. They were a good host if you don't mind that your host doesn't meet the 99.9% uptime guarantee and ignores you for mentioning it.

At the time I left StartLogic my site went down for about 9 hours straight because they screwed up a server upgrade that they stupidly done during primetime hours (7pm to be exact.). The only thing the startlogic customers received from them for this stupid unwarranted inconvienence was something along the lines of this "Well, I was getting ready to go home for the night when this happened and now it looks like I'll be here all night fixing it. We aim to give you guys the best support out there!".

Mentioning the 99.9% guarantee at that time got you the same response copied and pasted. Nice.


Since a new host needed to be found 2 months early I didn't have the cash set aside so a friend of mine hooked me up with an small account from his reseller account with MySiteSpace.com.

Another great host. Downtime isn't too bad here. There is some, but they've never broke the 99.9% guarantee. However, the site runs SLOW most of the time. A simple email to the host will get you back up to par for a couple weeks though. :glare:

Here recently I had some problems because they let one of the hard drives in my server fill up. They had it back down to 97% in about 15 minutes though. Right now, 3 weeks later it sits at 90% full flashing the pretty yellow light in Cpanel.


Now my site is getting larger as I devote more attention to it. I've went from the tiny static site up to full dynamic. MKportal, IPB 2.1, and coppermine all integrated. I've got 500 members. Between 40-50 members visit the site daily for roughly 5,000-7,000 page views a day. I just recently started offering premium membership and a few of my premium members are mentioning the slowness of the site.

So it's new host time.

I've heard good things about BlueHost. I signed up with them about an hour ago. I cancelled with them about 15 minutes ago.

While a link to their forum isn't on the Bluehost.com as far as I can see, it is inside the members area. Nice. After signing up I went to the forum and on the first page on their general questions section is 5 topics where people are complaining about CPU usage errors. Apparently from what I read Bluehost has set the usage limits excessively low in the past few weeks. Tons of people are being affected by it.

I even seen one guy that had a forum with 80 members who got the CPU usage error **** near everytime a thread was viewed.

This just won't work for my site. It's my no means a resource hog, but I have no doubt that I'll be getting that error constantly, and I just don't see it as fair to my members to go from the skillet to the fire.

So here's what I'm looking for, and hopefully someone can point me in a direction.

-My site currently uses 4-6 gigs of bandwidth a month. However I would like to turn on some features such as guests viewing videos that will indeniably use more bandwidth. Therefore I want a lot of overhead. Preferred would be 70-100 gigs monthly just because I enjoy knowing I have more than I will need in normal circumstances.
-The site is around 600mb right now, but will grow a lot in the coming months. So a fair amount of disk space is a must. I'd like 5 gigs at least but would probably settle for slightly less.
-Cpanel says my site is currently using .71 on 1 CPU at mysitespace. During peak hours it goes higher, sometimes showing off the cool red flashy light. I don't want to be punished for this. My site never goes down due to CPU usage at MySiteSpace. I want it to continue to be that way.

And finally, if possible I'd love to be able to run a few other, much smaller static sites from this host with addon domains.


I don't have any set price in mind that I want to pay. It all depends on the benefits offered.

If anyone has any advice, pointers, comments, etc post them up because at this point I'm looking to read more before spending again.

Go with a well-known one. When it comes to shared hosting, I have a few accounts with Powweb.

They have like 20gb space and 400gb bandwith for $7.77/month. Plus, I get $77 if you sign up, ROFL!

The affiliate payout is great, I actually wrote a guide on my experience with Powweb, can be found here > http://a2-network.com/2006/08/06/powweb-hosting-review/

Haven't had a problem with their guarantee, and its cheap because they don't use cPanel (similar thing though). Crazy fast loading actually, nice scripts available, great customer support and a 1-800 number. Been my favorite host really.

I recommend LiquidWeb. I have had nothing but fantastic support and they also have phone support and they have answered all of my calls in a matter of seconds of dialing and are really nice technitions and sales reps. If you need any help I can help you out transferring if you want to use my referral PM me.

- Next

I would recommend www.domaincrave.net DalipJ should be able to work a nice deal out for ya. I am a pleased customer

Hostgator was ok - I've been there 6 months (or something like that)

Now located at http://www.liquidweb.com - couldn't be happier.

www.hostforweb.com

NO QUALMS and cheap as chips

WicksHosting.com

Resellers, Shared Hosting etc. All at low prices, custom packages available. Talk live on MSN at Alex@WicksHosting.com.

So far the server has never been down. According to WebHostingStuff they have 100% uptime!

Also, if you buy a reseller you get a free enom domain reseller.

I use Media Temple

http://www.mediatemple.net/

Great Service
You get about 1TB bandwidth.
You can host 100 domains.
100 gigs of storage.

And they have great uptime...