OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a few
bucks.

K Barrett

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:08:26 -0700 in K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a few
bucks.

You provide insufficient information. Here are a few questions to
ask yourself in order of priority.

Is it active content or static content?
If it is active content, how much of the active content is provided through
custom software and how much is provided through off the shelf software?
How much bandwidth is consumed by people retrieving those web pages?
What level of reliability do you need?
What level of service do you need?
How do you normally update your content?
Are you open to changing how you update your content?


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Chris Dukes
tajwerk this job isnt bad though. Today we had free breakfast and
B0rg implants.

I use 1&1 and have no problems. The software they provide is very good and
the price is great. I've had very little down time at all and for only short
periods of time. I've never had to contact them for service other than
initial signup and domain acquisition so I can't respond to that. But it
looks to me like you are a web-saavy person who can probably handle all you
need yourself from instructions. That's all I do. For 25x the space at half
the price, all the email boxes you could ever want, what's not to love?
Gary
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a
few bucks.

K Barrett

Thanks Gary. That's what I thought.

K

"V_coerulea" wrote in message
...
I use 1&1 and have no problems. The software they provide is very good and
the price is great. I've had very little down time at all and for only
short periods of time. I've never had to contact them for service other
than initial signup and domain acquisition so I can't respond to that. But
it looks to me like you are a web-saavy person who can probably handle all
you need yourself from instructions. That's all I do. For 25x the space at
half the price, all the email boxes you could ever want, what's not to
love?
Gary
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't
great to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm
with 1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer
hosts charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this
costs a few bucks.

K Barrett

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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:08:26 -0700 in
K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't
great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer
hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a
few
bucks.

You provide insufficient information. Here are a few questions to
ask yourself in order of priority.

Is it active content or static content?
If it is active content, how much of the active content is provided
through
custom software and how much is provided through off the shelf software?
How much bandwidth is consumed by people retrieving those web pages?
What level of reliability do you need?
What level of service do you need?
How do you normally update your content?
Are you open to changing how you update your content?


--
Chris Dukes
tajwerk this job isnt bad though. Today we had free breakfast and
B0rg implants.

These are not business pages. They are just pages for judging centers and
hobby groups. Bandwidth is minimal at best. I upload using WS-FTP LE.
Mostly pictures (lo resolution) and text. See
http://www.aospacificcentral.org. for an example. I update them once or
twice a month. Once a page is published I rarely go back and change it.
Content is static, I suppose.

Because these are shoestring operations I don't want to break the banks of
the sponsoring societies in order to house their webpages.

K Barrett

K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a few
bucks.

K Barrett

Very useful site for someone looking for web hosting.
http://webhostingtalk.com

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K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't
great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer
hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a
few
bucks.

K Barrett

Very useful site for someone looking for web hosting.
http://webhostingtalk.com


Thanks I'll look at it!

K

Kathy, I asked my daughter & she uses this one:-

http://www.godaddy.com/
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Cheers Wendy

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K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't
great to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently
I'm with 1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and
that's nuts, especailly in light of the amount of space and lower
costs the newer hosts charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all
orchid related) this costs a few bucks.

K Barrett

Thanks Wendy!! It checkit out!

K
"wendy7" wrote in message
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Kathy, I asked my daughter & she uses this one:-

http://www.godaddy.com/
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Cheers Wendy

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K Barrett wrote:
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't
great to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently
I'm with 1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and
that's nuts, especailly in light of the amount of space and lower
costs the newer hosts charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all
orchid related) this costs a few bucks.

K Barrett

Check sonic.net. They're in Santa Rosa, prices are reasonable, and
absolutely the most helpful and knowledeable techs. I took a quick look and
for more than 250 Mb storage there is web hosting at $20/mo for a lot of Gb.
Their regular DSL account is about $50/mo but is static IP, actually if you
want they'll give three more for nothing.

Paul Simon
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
OK, I need cheap web space. I see 1&1 Hosting has 5 GB space for $5 a
month. But in the back of my mind I seem to recall that they aren't great
to work with. Anyone have any input on web hosts? Currently I'm with
1-hour hosting I get 200MB space for over $150/yr, and that's nuts,
especailly in light of the amount of space and lower costs the newer hosts
charge. Considering I have 3 webpages (all orchid related) this costs a
few
bucks.

K Barrett

http://www.z-host.com

I've used them for years.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:14:52 GMT, "Mark_OK" wrote:

http://www.z-host.com

I've used them for years.


Denver is hosted at Minnesotashopper.com - Just paid the bill.
Domain and Basic package (BECN code, but no definition) @ $ 9.95 per
month & renew domain name is $ 15 total $ 134.40
10% discount for annual payment
total due 120.90. Last year this time it was119.40 So not much
change.

We have someone else doing the web pages so I don't know any details
about her interaction with them. She does update sections as she
wishes -- but she is a web designer so has all the bells and whistles
at her beck and call.

SuE