RE: [PHP-DB] Re: web hosting with PHP

I would be very wary of any hosts promising unlimited bandwidth or unlimited space. It's usually a sign that they're very new or unprepared to handle serious sites, probably a 1-3 man team. Any host that has been in business for a while and has promising service will usually cap off the space and bandwidth for the sake of fairness to their customers. Once they realize they can't really offer all that, the host will usually cut back and cap it off, and then the customers get pissed because the host can't stand up to its original promises. Then the host gets in trouble because it promised services that it cannot deliver, and legal issues ensue. I've worked for a company like this before - it's only a matter of time. - ON THE OTHER HAND - I currently host with Aletia.com - they've given me the best of support. I know they are currently a 6-person team, which is about right for the number of servers they have, and I know they are expanding right now. Not sure how much, but I've been with them since mid-July this year, and I've been getting excellent and personal support, as well as a good deal with hosting. I pay $10 a month and get 200 megs of space, 10 gigs of bandwidth, 10 subdomains, 10 mysql databases, php4, multi-hosting capabilities (so I can host up to 3 extra domains/sites on one account for free. Total of 4 domain sites for $10 per month - kinda like sharing minutes on a cell phone). They've got active community forums (aletiaforums.com), and everything. the only thing they don't have yet is a referrals system, but just in case you sign up with them because of this e-mail, put "Referred by SiteCreative.com" in the comments. You never know if they'll come up with one. - Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Torrent [mailto:torrent@home-address.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:38 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: web hosting with PHP I'm with hostonce and have had no problems. $4.95 per month gives you: - php - MySQL - SSL - CGI scripts plus bin - unlimited disk space - unlimited bandwidth - plus all the other standard stuff. Find them at www.hostonce.com Failing that why don't you go to www.hostsearch.com , enter your preferences and let them show you a list of all hosting companies that fulfil your requirements. You can then find read reviews entered by people who have taken out a subscription with any of them. Torrent "Kirill Safarov" <kasafarov@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20011105172500.99941.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I know this question probably has been asked too many times, but can anyone > suggest a good and reliable web host that supports PHP and MySQL > (preferrably relatively inexpensive). > > I've had some bad luck with a couple of web hosts, so I wanted to ask if > someone could recommend a company that knows what it's doing. > > Thanks, > Kirill :) > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net