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« on: April 08, 2006, 09:36:08 PM »
I'm looking for a webhost for my friend and would like to hear some opinions. I think virtual server would be fine, but it needs to be able to run a forum, either phpbb or smf. (I told him smf was more secure but he says he's a bit more familiar with phpbb) As I've never payed for a server before, just hosted pages off my connection, what do you do to get a forum working? Do most come with php and mysql installed? Again looking for cheap webhost, don't need much space, easy forum config.

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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2006, 10:11:49 PM »
Quote from: richcornucopia on April 08, 2006, 09:36:08 PM
I'm looking for a webhost for my friend and would like to hear some opinions. I think virtual server would be fine, but it needs to be able to run a forum, either phpbb or smf. (I told him smf was more secure but he says he's a bit more familiar with phpbb) As I've never payed for a server before, just hosted pages off my connection, what do you do to get a forum working? Do most come with php and mysql installed? Again looking for cheap webhost, don't need much space, easy forum config.

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check out http://powweb.com http://ipowerweb.com http://inthrive.com all very good
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2006, 10:34:50 PM »
hey, uh, how about www.godaddy.com ?

They got great hosting plans Smile
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2006, 10:39:18 PM »
After lots of googleing these are my favorites in no real order:
canaca.com
startlogic.com
1and1.com

Are any of those good choices for what I need?
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2006, 10:43:00 PM »
Quote from: richcornucopia on April 08, 2006, 10:39:18 PM
After lots of googleing these are my favorites in no real order:
canaca.com
startlogic.com
1and1.com

Are any of those good choices for what I need?

startlogic and canaca suck, 1and1 is good. you really don't need much. you could actually go to godaddy.com and pay $40 for a hole year of hosting and get 5GB of space and 250GB of bandwidth.

and if you do go with godaddy.com make shure you use the promo code digg, it will save you 10% on your order.
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2006, 10:44:27 PM »
Is there anyway to test my speed from these sites to see how fast the pages will be?

Also does anyone have experience with 1and1? Uptime, speeds, customer service etc..
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2006, 11:58:09 PM »
I believe you could probably ping the host, and see which is the fastest...

I trust godaddy a lot, but yea, 1&1 is one of the best ones oout there
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2006, 01:01:02 AM »
i use biGBluehost.com and they are great - no complaints for 6 months already Smile
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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2006, 08:06:45 AM »
Quote from: richcornucopia on April 08, 2006, 10:44:27 PM
Is there anyway to test my speed from these sites to see how fast the pages will be?

Also does anyone have experience with 1and1? Uptime, speeds, customer service etc..

if you want to test godaddy go to this mirror http://www.testmy.net/o-mirror-dlewis23-2 if you want to test inthrive.com go here http://www.testmy.net/o-mirror-dlewis23

1and1 they are very good, uptime, speeds are ok, about 5Mbps, (for me at least)

they speeds you will get on those 2 mirros, will depend on your location, for exeample i get about 5Mbps from the godaddy mirror, but ca3le gets just as good if not a better result from that mirror then the testmy.net main mirror.
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2006, 08:53:11 AM »
Thanks for all the input, I'm going to tell my friend about 1and1, they seem like the best overall value.
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2006, 08:53:45 AM »
I run a small hosting business, but i can't compete with some of those deals offered by the above mentioned WebHost providers.  Shocked Some of them are for sure overselling in my opinion. They know most the people who sign up for their packages will not use a 1/4 of the resources that were promised to them. If people started to use all the full resources promised to them by the providers you would see them change this up a bit for sure.
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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2006, 09:02:13 AM »
Quote from: Dark_Matter on April 09, 2006, 08:53:45 AM
I run a small hosting business, but i can't compete with some of those deals offered by the above mentioned WebHost providers.  Shocked Some of them are for sure overselling in my opinion. They know most the people who sign up for their packages will not use a 1/4 of the resources that were promised to them. If people started to use all the full resources promised to them by the providers you would see them change this up a bit for sure.

Sounds like a gamble.
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2006, 09:07:05 AM »
Ohhh it is a gamble, but many webhosting providers do it everyday they offer out more than they really have. I'm not saying all of them do that some of them actually can provide what they advertise, but more of them can not. They plaster 30 GB Transfers, and 10 GB Disk Quotas ect ect, and offer it for a very small price, but i can promise you if you tryed to use all that of which they promised you would get the boot. They would find a way to say you violated the AUP, or TOS.
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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2006, 09:09:22 AM »
Really? That sucks... I was thinking of having my friend get 1and1 with 50gig storage so he could have his site on their and I could backup some of my files. So you think if we used all 50, or close they would kick us off their server?
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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2006, 09:10:13 AM »
Not at all 1&1  can come through on their promises 100% They really are one of the best.
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