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How did you come to choose the host you have now?

Thread title: How did you come to choose the host you have now?
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09-16-2005, 03:29 AM
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Hey,

We use defender technologies out of the Equinix Datacenter in VA. I chose it for control, features, and the support they provide outside of my own staff. It was a good choose for someone who is on site.

Things you should remember while choosing a hosts:
- How does support communicate with you?
- How do you feel after you talk with support?
- What are your goals e-commerce, personal, business, corporate?
- How does your mission fit into your price range?
- Network availablity if i pay for $1.99/month with the uptime reflect this?
- How does a hosts view its clients? Are business clients more important, dedicated clients, reseller, ect.

There are great hosts in all price range. However, in matter what you get what you pay for. If you pay $0.99/month for a hosting plan for a personal site and it is only up 99% of the time it is no big deal.

On the other hand, if you pay $24,99/month for a business site you expect 99.9% uptime. Your hosts really controls the images of your company. You should feel good after you talk to support or any other department. You should be respected and feel as if you are safe. If a hosting company views you this way no matter whether it is $0.99/month or $99.00/month and your site is available then you will be good to go.

09-17-2005, 05:35 PM
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i posted on forum..even here..looking for a host..finally settled for a VPS at spry.com

09-17-2005, 09:51 PM
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Are there any good free web hosting companys? I'm a newbie and am still learning.

09-18-2005, 05:30 AM
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Good... Free? Words dont go together..

09-18-2005, 10:16 AM
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Site5, there was a pretty huge ad campagne. I tried a basic account at first and then later on upgraded.

09-18-2005, 10:24 AM
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Just needed a host and since they are from Romania too I can phone and send money easier. That was how I started working with them Won't name or link since I don't get any discounts for advertising their services

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I used several hosts, mostly found on Ebay, very cheap promised the world, loads of bandwidth and webspace, but were never online. I would email them and either get told I was talking rubbish, or my emails would be ignored. I used about 4 of them before finaly getting the message that they are not worth the bother and spent alot more money on hosting with 1&1. it is well worth paying the extra. in 6 months with them, I have had 1 downtime, in which I got a email saying they knew of the problem and were working on it. the other hosts I used would say they never have a problem, and not do anything to fix the problems

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Found my host while reading reviews at WHT. This is my 3rd host that I have found this way and can say that I have been pleased with each decision.

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