Irritated with Hosting Companies

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Rob

I am thinking about getting my own webserver to host my website.

Does anyone on here do that and if so, could you give me some insight about
it.

Cost of a good server
Is it for the average man like myself
Any hidden charges
Is it worth doing or do I need to continue trying to find a host company
that will do what it claims

HELP HELP HELP PLEASE
 
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Tiffany K. Edmonds

Welcome to the irritated club! I am sure you'll get some good replies on
this topic as far as setting up your own hosting, but I can tell you that
with all the security issues and so forth - I would rather find a company i
can rely on to handle this aspect and let me spend my time in my field with
web design and development work.

FWIW - I went with a recommendation by a fellow MVP to use webhost4life.com
and have been satisfied with them. tech support has been great on any minor
issues or questions that have come up.

good luck.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You really do not want to host your own web server, and most DSL/Cable ISPs
do not allow the connection of a web server to home/personal accounts, plus
you will them have to be responsibility for all security issues, etc.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
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E. T. Culling

Don't you ever want to go away for a few days or have a vacation? There ARE
good hosting companies out there.
Eleanor
 
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JCrowe

Rob,
Go here and get smart http://www.dslwebserver.com/ ...it's EASY and it's fun
for the "average guy". Some concerns with your ISP and you hosting a server
have been raised. Most TOS do restrict you from running a server....HOWEVER,
the good news is neither Verizon nor Comcast enforce the policy. When I
called and asked for the rules about this both company reps told me they
dont provide SUPPORT for technical issues on servers...what you do with
line they dont seem to care. I have pushed over 10 Gig per month on both
Verizon and Comcast with no problems (FTP and Webserver).

I would only recommend this method for non-mission critical sites. You can
run mutilple sites using IIS and Host Headers on 1 static IP. The drawback
to this is you cannot do it if any site your hosting requires SSL..say for
payment processing, but then again thats mission critical so put those on T1
or greater commercial servers.

Good Luck,
JCrowe
 
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Stefan B Rusynko

I've also had good experience w/ webhost4life.com




| Welcome to the irritated club! I am sure you'll get some good replies on
| this topic as far as setting up your own hosting, but I can tell you that
| with all the security issues and so forth - I would rather find a company i
| can rely on to handle this aspect and let me spend my time in my field with
| web design and development work.
|
| FWIW - I went with a recommendation by a fellow MVP to use webhost4life.com
| and have been satisfied with them. tech support has been great on any minor
| issues or questions that have come up.
|
| good luck.
|
| --
| Tiffany K. Edmonds
| -----------------------------
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| www.dynamite-it.com
| www.at-frontpage.com & www.at-frontpagetemplates.com
| www.anybackpage.com
| | > I am thinking about getting my own webserver to host my website.
| >
| > Does anyone on here do that and if so, could you give me some insight
| about
| > it.
| >
| > Cost of a good server
| > Is it for the average man like myself
| > Any hidden charges
| > Is it worth doing or do I need to continue trying to find a host company
| > that will do what it claims
| >
| > HELP HELP HELP PLEASE
| >
| >
|
|
 
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Rob

It just so happens that I have Comcast

I ended up going with www.leethosting.com. My dumb butt paid a year in advance. Well guess what? On December 21, 2003 they were bought by some other company. All this week, my site has been up/down/slow. Well on Saturday morning I was uploading some pages and files to my site. The upload was terminated and now my site is nonexistent. Of course there is not telephone to get in contact with anyone

I picked leethosting because they are in the US. I have had trouble with middle east hosting companies and also with a Canadian company.

I need suggestions for some reputable companies. My site is just my hobby. It is not any kind of business but it is pretty big. It is about 800MBs

Anyone have any more suggestions for companies I can trust?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

See the YCOLN Hosting link on my site below.

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==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================


Rob said:
It just so happens that I have Comcast.

I ended up going with www.leethosting.com. My dumb butt paid a year in
Click to expand...
advance. Well guess what? On December 21, 2003 they were bought by some
other company. All this week, my site has been up/down/slow. Well on
Saturday morning I was uploading some pages and files to my site. The
upload was terminated and now my site is nonexistent. Of course there is
not telephone to get in contact with anyone.
I picked leethosting because they are in the US. I have had trouble with
Click to expand...
middle east hosting companies and also with a Canadian company.
I need suggestions for some reputable companies. My site is just my
Click to expand...
hobby. It is not any kind of business but it is pretty big. It is about
800MBs.
 
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Geoffw

www.aussiehosts.com

go to the forum first and see how support should work

Geoff

Rob said:
It just so happens that I have Comcast.

I ended up going with www.leethosting.com. My dumb butt
Click to expand...
paid a year in advance. Well guess what? On December 21,
2003 they were bought by some other company. All this week,
my site has been up/down/slow. Well on Saturday morning I
was uploading some pages and files to my site. The upload
was terminated and now my site is nonexistent. Of course
there is not telephone to get in contact with anyone.
I picked leethosting because they are in the US. I have
Click to expand...
had trouble with middle east hosting companies and also with
a Canadian company.
I need suggestions for some reputable companies. My site
Click to expand...
is just my hobby. It is not any kind of business but it is
pretty big. It is about 800MBs.
Anyone have any more suggestions for companies I can
Click to expand...
trust?
 
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Dave Sneed

Try www.hostway.com I have three website with them and they have been very
reliable and helpful. I've been using them for about 3 years with very,
very few problems....

Dave


Rob said:
It just so happens that I have Comcast.

I ended up going with www.leethosting.com. My dumb butt paid a year in
Click to expand...
advance. Well guess what? On December 21, 2003 they were bought by some
other company. All this week, my site has been up/down/slow. Well on
Saturday morning I was uploading some pages and files to my site. The
upload was terminated and now my site is nonexistent. Of course there is
not telephone to get in contact with anyone.
I picked leethosting because they are in the US. I have had trouble with
Click to expand...
middle east hosting companies and also with a Canadian company.
I need suggestions for some reputable companies. My site is just my
Click to expand...
hobby. It is not any kind of business but it is pretty big. It is about
800MBs.
 
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