Re: Re: web hosting with PHP

hostpro.com which have been taken over for the 3rd time(interland now...yawwwnnn) had large ranks of servers and allowed no bandwidth charges but would inform if throughput was getting high. there are other companies like this but do read the smallprint force9.co.uk were really dodgy on this and would try to catch on throughput with a charge of something like £3 per GB. see ya Sean very amicable for the start-up phase Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com> wrote in message news:5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3F007@mailsvr.ecx.com... > 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