[X-Newbies] Website hosting - was an eMail Question...

[tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au]

For everyone out there a word of caution. It is possible to get great service for very little money a month, but you need to be aware of some of the problems, some of which are good and some of which are catastrophic and best illustrated by my experience with 3 hosting providers:

2Buckwebs.com
They started out for me as an attentive, helpful small company. I loved the personal and excellent service but one day I had a problem and discovered they no longer reply to any e-mails and effectively no longer exist. The two sites with them are still up but I presume that will only last until the paid for period ends. Some companies when they disappear just remove your sites without warning so perhaps I am lucky.

Dot5hosting
Seem great, have lots of recommendations but I cancelled my service with them when I discovered that their support service consistently misunderstood my questions and their billing department also would get things wrong. Frustrating.

SurfSpeedy.com
I have a half dozen sites with these guys and their service has been consistently great for 3 years now. They are affordable yet fabulous and highly recommended. Their service is better than most expensive hosting options that I am aware of.

Tony Johansen
http://www.tonyjohansen.com
A Life Of Art


---- Richard Ramsowr <r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> Bill
> 
> If you would, please tell us a little about their
> "Site Promotion Package"?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Rick aka therepguy
> Houston
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> --- William Morse <whm.lists at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have been very happy with Bluehost.com. $7 a
> > month, gigs of storage  
> > and bandwidth, unlimited domains and sub-domains,
> > great service.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Bill Morse
> > 
> > Wm. Morse Editions
> > 450 Harrison Ave. Studio 227
> > Boston, MA 02118
> > (617) 429-3298
> > 
> > Bill at MorseEditions.com
> > http://www.MorseEditions.com
> > 
> > PS - Please note new email and web address
> > 
> > 
> > On May 11, 2007, at 5:23 PM, J wrote:
> > 
> > > Yep that is a huge amount. I pay even less for
> > most of my sites who  
> > > don't need SCADS of room.
> > > A whopping $42/year
> > >
> > > On May 11, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Randy B. Singer
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On May 11, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Lee Morgan wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Actually, it isn't.  I have a small website, and
> > it only costs me  
> > >>> $20 a
> > >>> month to have it hosted.
> > >>
> > >> That's an outrageous price these days.
> > >>
> > >> I host all of my web sites with:
> > >>
> > 
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