web hosting companies

jduke44 · Dec 30, 2005, 11:34 AM

Does anyone have any suggestions for a web hosting company. I need to know the pros and cons of both.

I went ona site that listed a few of them and compared them. What do you think of these if oyu know them:

Powweb - www.powweb.com

Ipower - ipower.com

blue host - bluehost.com

dot5hosting - www.dot5hosting.com

I may have afew mopre questions as the time comes as this is sort new to me. Just for info sake, I am looking to sell things on this site. I haven't ironed everything out yet, I am just in the starting phases of this. Thanks for any input.

jduke44 · Jan 5, 2006, 01:39 PM

LT, I knew about W3Schools but didn't think to look there, duhhh! That is an awesome site. I will look at the other sites you gave me. Thanks.

Srujan, thanks for you input. I will look at this along with some other companies. If I choose these guys, I will definitely go thru your link.

Also, Rickj gave me the site he uses called www.lunarpages.com. It seems to have what you are looking for. Go to the dedicated hosting plan. I hope this helps.

I have a question about bandwith for anyone to answer. Is this used mainly for streaming video or audio or is the bandwith usage for any type of site?

LTheobald · Jan 6, 2006, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by simplysrujan

PS: I personally am looking for a hosting company with a dedicated server that can handle 2000GB band width or more per month. Any recommendations? I googled a lot but couldnt find any

I think I know a UK based company that might be able to help: FastHosts. They are the #1 hosting company in the UK I feel. It says unlimited bandwidth but I'm sure there's an acceptable user policy on that. Hopefully the level they deem acceptable is greater than what you need.

One question though - 2000 GB!!! What on Earth do you need 2 terabytes of bandwidth a month for? That would be enough bandwidth to electronically transmit all the books in an university library each month.

Actually, thinking about this. Is you want that kind of data transfer, I really think you may be looking at needing your own leased line.

jduke44 · Jan 6, 2006, 05:47 PM

Another quick question. Does shared SSL give the same protection as dedicated. I believe the difference is how I access this, correct?

psi42 · Jan 6, 2006, 06:21 PM

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Ok, so here are my questions. The only thing at this point I am planning on doing is accepting people's personal info (name, phone#, address, etc) and probably go through paypal or something for cc transactions.

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Originally Posted by jduke44

To give a little background: I know HTML fairly well. I am learning the advanced web page things as I go.

I would definitely consider either doing some hardcore reading or hiring someone else when it comes to the part of the site where you are collecting personal information. Even though the running and securing of the server is going to be the hosting company's problem, a vulnerable or buggy CGI script could really spoil your day.

To give you an example of "such mistakes":
http://www.hackthissite.org/

I would suggest you have some work cut out for you: make sure any CGI scripts you write are as secure as possible.

PHP and friends are very easy to learn. I have some knowledge with regards to them, but I don't really feel up to writing the CGI behind financial transactions. You sort of need to Cover Your *** here, because if something causes something to go wrong during transactions, or (worse) someone manages to get other people's information, you don't want to be the one blamed for it.

jduke44 · Jan 6, 2006, 06:55 PM

Hmmm, very good point. I will consider those things. It seems the webhosting sites I have been looking at provide alot of scripts or even shopping carts for that matter (ie. os commerce shopping) do you think they are secure or is there still something I would have to do? Thanks for helping me cover my ***.

STRANGER_OF_UR_DREAMZ · Jan 7, 2006, 06:58 AM

hi pals
i have used some free webhosting site's. i dont think they are meant for u r business. i think they can be used for ur personal pages,like home pages.if u wanna use it for business i would rather say u would buy a website and develop it urself , and to make it more easy u can post ur website as a project to some sites wer some developers will work out for u provided they charge for the work they have done for u,some of the sites are

rentacoder.com
codercc.com
guru.com
and i think php is better for developing webpages than any other technology's

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erichss · Jan 8, 2006, 10:37 AM

I have a page hosted at www.geocities.com and www.1and1.com I like both of them.

Wendy225 · Jan 10, 2006, 09:27 PM

I use Dot5hosting

I did a lot of research 3 years ago and at that time they had the best pricing for what they offered, and if you want to use MS Frontpage, which I do, to build your website, it's a snap to use them, also they have excellent Tech support, by email or live online anytime of day or night.

I would definitely recommend them.



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