Re: below10host.com as webhost?

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:11:28 -0600, "Jeff Lacy" <jeffdl@mn.mediaone.net> wrote: >I'm sorry, but why do you say webservpro doesn't make a lot of money? If you analyze ISP costs as I have, I believe you may find that the prices webservpro charges are about as low as they can go to still provide good service, and yet make an honest profit at the end of the day. You may find many other providers charging $9.95 per month (or even less!) for "unlimited" bandwidth, "unlimited" disk space, "unlimited" POP accounts, and "unlimited" everything else you can imagine, but my analysis tells me they cannot possibly make a profit if more than a few of their customers actually take them up on their offer. If you traceroute to compare network connectivity and latency among hosting providers, I believe you will find those who have the best also charge for most everything you use on some kind of scaled plan, and don't go shouting "unlimited" at every customer who happens by. >I am really looking for a good host for a 'friend' of mine. He has a small >website (<20mb) and I don't think it gets too many hits. He doesn't have >very much money to spend on a web host, so it must be something cheap. We also offer Internet access in metro areas of the US and Canada, so a bundle with Internet access, web hosting, shell account, and DNS service for his domain name can be as little as $24.95 per month. Is that cheap enough? >needs php (4 would be better), and at least 20 email accounts. A mysql >database would be really, really good. Ftp access (to upload pages) is a >must, but telnet/ssh is always a plus. The host need to allow domain names. >I think this is about what my friend is looking for. Does anyone have any >ideas (besides below10host.com or phpwebhosting.com)? Thanks again :-) You may tell your "friend" we are offering (temporarily) free hosting accounts to early testers, and we meet the requirements you mentioned above. We ask that testers bring no more than 2GB traffic per month with them. After we finish our testing program, I believe our hosting prices will be competitive with webservpro. That does not necessarily imply lower prices, because we believe we offer excellent network connectivity and bandwidth. You get what you pay for. To request a test account, please send email to me. Thanks. Egan