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Please forgive me for being somewhat lackadaisical at the moment. If I had some energy I'd read the various websites, but I'm recovering from 4 hours a sleep per night for three weeks. Last night I got more than 8 hours, so I'm somewhat groggy.

Computer Cops, is hosted by Aletia.com. I recently upgraded to their business package, so I'm paying about $30 US per month. And the site has been down for two long days this pass week. I'm more than slightly annoyed.

My ideal requirements:
  • > 99% uptime
  • > 350 MB disk space (files and database)
  • > 20 GB transfer per month
  • System redundancies
  • Quality customer care
  • Linux/Unix Platform
  • PHP/Perl/MySQL
  • Apache: mod_gzip, mod_perl, mod_php, mod_jk

  • A true shell prompt via SSH, no shell fakes!
  • Redundant/multiple OC3 connections
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  • .htaccess
  • Unlimited domain parking
  • Dedicated static IPs
  • POP3 & alias/forwarding emails
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  • Mailman mailing lists
  • SSL (Thawte)
  • Traffic tools like webalizer

    And since I'm basically tired right now, that's the gist of what I'm looking for. Most importantly... stated again:

    Quality customer care

    Ideally reachable by phone.
Posted on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 09:35:00 EDT by Paul
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Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by jmn1207  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 09:56:26 EDT
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Give this site a try.http://www.webhostingratings.com/Great place to search for a new web host.99% is horrible. That's nearly 4 days of down time per year. You want 99.9% or as close as you can get to that.Good luck,Jim



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by jmn1207  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 10:00:56 EDT
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Highly recommended! Check out their Premium plan.http://www.lunarpages.com/



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by jmn1207  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 10:42:00 EDT
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Another host worth taking a look at.
http://www.liquidweb.com/



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by (paul[at]computercops.biz)  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 12:20:19 EDT
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In case you missed it at your site, I highly recommend checking out http://www.lunarpages.comThe Premium Plan may be just what you need. Toll-free phone support and plenty of features. I believe everything you requested and more.I just spent about a week thoroughly researching web hosts and this was the best I came up with. Excellent customer satisfaction and an unbeatable price.If you want Guaranteed uptime, this is your host, http://www.liquidweb.com99.9% Guaranteed. $21 dollars a month, 750MB of storage with 30GB transfers. Feature rich. It even fully supports that PHP crap. Best regards,Jim
Wow, that is some great information. I'm going to look at these today. Thank you!



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by (paul[at]computercops.biz)  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 13:58:30 EDT
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How about this one?

http://www.cihost.com/?zone=products/shared_unix_hosting_specials

Specifically the E-Business Special plan?



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by jmn1207  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 14:17:29 EDT
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For that price, what you are getting is a steal! Look around for a comparable match with regards to performance. You won't find it. You will be responsible for maintaining the server's security. That shouldn't be a problem for you I don't suppose. I can't believe you get the P4 1.8GHz all to yourself. It must be shared. Call and get the details. A gig of RAM! The only thing missing is unmetered bandwidth, but what are you going to do. Still, an incredible bargain. You can probably get a portion of your money back as you could offer hosting services to members that currently have, or are looking for, that type of service. While they make it sound easy to operate your own virtual server, it will take some work and knowledge that I am confident you already possess. That and the cost are the only show stoppers as I see it. The possibilties are nearly endless. The price is amazing. Really.I'd also ask them about speed issues. What do they use? All that with dial-up transfer rates during peak times would explain the low cost. Any sites that use this package listed to check? It would be interesting to see how the performance is. Maybe a large file transfer, or a streaming media to verify the performance? I guess there is a money-back guarantee if things don't work out.



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 16:25:07 EDT
Well if you can afford it .. a dedicated server is the way to go. I am hosting about twenty servers at Rackspace and network uptime was 100% last year. The support rocks and have had no problems ever. I guess you get what you pay for.



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by Raid  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 18:27:09 EDT
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http://www.59hosting.com Probably the cheapest plans around! They have a GREAT average uptime and MANY extras. Check them out. I built a PostNuke site for my friend at http://www.rumbletorevys.com and that hasn't gone down ever since March or April of this year and I even gave one of my friends a sub-domain for free :)Cheers.



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 19:14:58 EDT
http://www.100megswebhosting.com/thats the best i have been able to find. they offer every single thing on your list, and their customer care rules - turnaround time of minutes usually.i have a package there that offers every single thing you ask for (except i have 10 GB/mo instead of 20) and i pay $20/month.tell Reuben that kcpimp.com sent you. :)



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by JD5000  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 20:42:13 EDT
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Howdy Paul,

Infopro recommends, Web Hosting Network.

~JD



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 21:16:56 EDT
I know you will like this...If you do... let me have some $$$ to cover my cost... Be gentle to click thebanner. 



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 21:20:19 EDT



Good Hosting plan..... (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Sunday, 11 August 2002 @ 21:24:38 EDT
Hosting for Nukers



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Monday, 12 August 2002 @ 05:44:11 EDT
Hey, Just wanted to give you a bit of information. www.vectorsplash.net aka Vectorsplash Hosting Solutions, 500MB of Space, Unlimited Ftp & Telnet, 50 POP3 accounts, Unlimited e-mail aliases, 1000 Redirects, Unix/Linux Platform, PHP4, ASP, 99.8% uptime, plus much more. The site just went under improvements..So if your still interested, you can e-mail me: [email protected], dwd121



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by ([email protected])  on Monday, 12 August 2002 @ 14:21:48 EDT
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I strongly suggest you try Pair. They host several non-profits I've assisted, have a 99.9+% uptime, have a rapid response to customer service issues, and are knowledgeable:http://pair.com/pair/compare/Everything you asked for and more for $30/mo in their webmaster package. If you prepay for a year you get an 8% discount. If you meet their criteria of non-profit (as I do) you qualify for additional discounts. I do, however, suggest you not use their domain registration service. While there's nothing wrong with it, I much prefer GoDaddy.com. As a Refugee your setup fees will be waived -- moving from a failed host to them. They've been around since 1996.http://pair.com/pair/facilities/Fully Switched, Collision-Free DS-3 and OC-3c Connectivityhttp://pair.com/pair/faq/features.html#x22Perl 5.6.0, PHP 4.1.2, and MySQL 3.23.49http://pair.com/pair/advantages.htmluptime 99.9%+Your data is backed up daily ... and a 750,000 watt diesel generator that can run indefinitely. Your data is always safe with pair NetworksEntensive online support:http://pair.com/pair/support/cuurent status:http://pair.com/pair/support/library/status/servers.htmlhttp://pair.com/pair/support/library/status/network.htmlhttp://www.pair.com/pair/support/notices/security.htmlI'm very pleased with the web-based admin tool. Not to worry, you can still use (ssh) telnet. And there's a 30-day money back guarantee.Hope this helps.. :)



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by ([email protected])  on Monday, 12 August 2002 @ 14:25:00 EDT
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I strongly suggest you try Pair. They host several non-profits I've assisted, have a 99.9+% uptime, have a rapid response to customer service issues, and are knowledgeable:

http://pair.com/pair/compare/

Everything you asked for and more for $30/mo in their webmaster package. If you prepay for a year you get an 8% discount. If you meet their criteria of non-profit (as I do) you qualify for additional discounts. I do, however, suggest you not use their domain registration service. While there's nothing wrong with it, I much prefer GoDaddy.com. As a Refugee your setup fees will be waived -- moving from a failed host to them. They've been around since 1996.

http://pair.com/pair/facilities/
Fully Switched, Collision-Free DS-3 and OC-3c Connectivity

http://pair.com/pair/faq/features.html#x22
Perl 5.6.0, PHP 4.1.2, and MySQL 3.23.49

http://pair.com/pair/advantages.html
uptime 99.9%+
Your data is backed up daily ... and a 750,000 watt diesel generator that can run indefinitely. Your data is always safe with pair Networks

Entensive online support:
http://pair.com/pair/support/

cuurent status:
http://pair.com/pair/support/library/status/servers.html
http://pair.com/pair/support/library/status/network.html
http://www.pair.com/pair/support/notices/security.html

I'm very pleased with the web-based admin tool. Not to worry, you can still use (ssh) telnet. And there's a 30-day money back guarantee.

Hope this helps.. :)(sorry for the repost .. I didn't realize plain old text was going to be mangled.)



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Tuesday, 13 August 2002 @ 06:47:58 EDT
Unfortunately, I can't recommend a good host. But I can tell you who NOT to use. Don't go with CQhost. Horrendous downtime. I'm shopping for alternatives right now, and really regret signing up with them.



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Tuesday, 13 August 2002 @ 18:34:59 EDT
Why a webhost at all?I currently host a low traffic (1 - 1.5 gb/day) site off a 333 mhz/512 mb RAM machine sitting next to me in my home office. It's on a 256kbps upstream/128kbps downstream commercial cable connection. I rely on my site for a portion of my income, so I don't generally take hosting issues lightly, and I've never seen of or heard of a host that could provide better customer service or uptime than I can for myself.As long as you're not transferring large bin files or trying to stream multimedia, you can easily handle up to 20,000 hits a day (averaging 100k per page under Nuke, which is my average for my Nuke site) with a 256kbps upstream. Downstream for hosting is meaningless.I pay 70 bucks a month for my commercial cable account (another 45 for my normal residential account with uncapped downstream). I maintain full control of all equipment, my cable provider provides limited revenue loss protection in the event downtime on their end, and I have local access to all hardware and software.20 gigs isn't that much. The 30 to 45 gigs a month that I use isn't that much. Until you get into heavy bandwidth requirements, you're best bet is to host from home using a commercial cable/sdsl account (or a combination of them for redundancy). By a couple UPS systems, build a decent server with a hot-swap RAID array, hot-swap redundant power supplies (and maybe even hot-swap memory if you want to get fancy), and you've got a good hosting system.You can always turn around and host other people's domains for 20 bucks or so. My cable costs are covered by hosting a half dozen domains that are basically no-traffic sites. And I serve my high-traffic site at no cost (more or less).Anyways, the point is... if you want something done right, you do it yourself. I'd never put my money into the hands of someone else. And when you host revenue generating websites with third parties, that's exactly what you're doing.Amber Y.#xxxcite Wired!



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by (paul[at]computercops.biz)  on Friday, 16 August 2002 @ 07:45:50 EDT
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Just some additional hosts people sent me info on:

  • http://www.readyhosting.com/hosting.cfm



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 0)
by Anonymous  on Friday, 23 August 2002 @ 14:16:56 EDT
CI Host Dedicated Server 0 package:

http://www.cihost.com/?zone=products/dedicated_hosting_unix



Re: RFI: Need new webhost! (Score: 1)
by (paul[at]computercops.biz)  on Sunday, 01 September 2002 @ 10:20:09 EDT
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Ok, I ended up going with C I Host.

2 for 1 dedicated servers.. couldn't beat that.


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