A really good hosting for a medium-sized website
Hello everybody!
I desperately need a new GOOD ISP.
This is what I need:
-NOT very expensive;
-Unix\Linux\FreeBSD;
-PHP/MySQL;
-Cron support;
-Protected directories;
-Web-mail;
-Cheap traffic;
-Good customer support, of course.
Reason? My site was down too often and the number of visitors was too unpredictable. It jumped from 400 to 60 within one week. I ordered a profound examination of my web-site at http://www.dotcom-monitor.com (website and network monitoring company). In their report the following reasons were mentioned:
-"Slow Website Response"
-"Slow Web Page Response"
-"Varying Website Response from Different Geographical Locations"
I'm sure it is Extcom's (my current provider) fault, but communication with the Customer Support brings only promises and excuses. This persuades me that it's high time to move my site to a completely different place.
Your advice? I have two companies in view but ALL your recommendations are welcomed
zell posted this at 15:06 — 15th November 2005.
They have: 30 posts
Joined: Nov 2005
I swithed from earthlink hosting to aplus
here's the unix plans aplus
I don't have a lot of experince with providers so others may know of problems or issues with aplus. I just know that you are given all the tools (control panel) you need for complete control. You get some free hosting domains. You get some "marketing" tools, personal blog, advanced blog, and more. With the PRO plan you even get a cart system (oscommerce) installed and ready for your customization.
Their knowledge base answers my question 90% of the time. When I do call I get assistance withing 3-4 minutes. They have been patient and helped me with "newbie" questions. The biggest issue is understanding them. I believe all the support is Indian (as in India) though I could be wrong.
If anyone else has had poor experience with aplus I'd like to know... so far I'm very happy.
Only down side so far... site statistics/reporting...
The installed pack only reports the "top 30" of any given report and the configs cannot be changed. I had to find and install my own reporting package (took about 20 minutes).
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jamestcs posted this at 07:33 — 28th November 2005.
They have: 24 posts
Joined: Sep 2005
web.com could be consider, however, try to get more people advise before you made any decision.
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optic5 posted this at 09:48 — 7th December 2005.
They have: 27 posts
Joined: Jan 2004
consider site5.com and hostgator.com, off the top of my head I think they offer what you need.
JeevesBond posted this at 12:52 — 7th December 2005.
He has: 3,956 posts
Joined: Jun 2002
This site is hosted by NamesCo (see affiliate link at top of page, the rules don't allow affiliate links - and we can't be hypocrytical - so am not going to post a link here).
I've also used them for several years without a problem, and with very good response times. They're big enough, but not so big that their customers mean nothing.
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Wolf posted this at 13:10 — 7th December 2005.
They have: 3 posts
Joined: Dec 2005
I know it's against the rules, for which i apologise to the site admin and everyone else for, but Highland Webhosting does everything you need.
webyourbusiness posted this at 20:24 — 8th December 2005.
They have: 7 posts
Joined: Dec 2004
you don't state your ACTUAL disk and traffic requirements - because it might be time to think about a VPS or dedicated server is you're pushing enough bandwidth...
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hohohost! posted this at 16:19 — 13th January 2006.
They have: 1 posts
Joined: Jan 2006
for a vps, check out flexservers.co.uk for basic hosting from a couple of quid a month
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