Can anyone recommend a hosting service which is

1. dirt cheap
2. but reliable
3. is linux
4. has ftp/email/web/cgi scripting/support php
5. has an interface like cpanel or something similar for web management

For a low low cost per year?

Thanks!

They are not linux, but php support is there, and once you get it through their heads that you don't want frontpage, they help with cgi. Unlimited bandwidth and 500 mb disc space is nice too. www.readyhosting .com

whoops! $99 per year includes domain registration fee.

They don't have the cpanel, but they have everything else:

ftp, smtp
php
cgi using perl and python
coldfusion mx
asp
linux
mysql
very low price - $7.00/month or $9.00/month

http://f2o.org

You should have a look there

http://www.digitaldaemon.com/index0.html

. based in New Jerey,
. FreeBSD,
. very reliable,
. cheap
. very small and .. very friendly


* Web Hosting (HTTP)
* Email (SMTP/POP3)
* News (NNTP)
* File Transfer (FTP)
* CVS

[EDIT]
for php and else I don't know but must be. Else may be you just have to ask (The boss is ManiaC++ if you have heard of him)
[EDIT2]
hum I've didn't been there for a long time and there is some funny link to smartsoft.cc. Better go to smartsoft.us instead ..


roland

It might not run on Linux, but the servers are FreeBSD - not too bad. I know that there is PHP and MySQL support.

http://www.phdcomputing.net/ <- Where I am currently working.

The prices are not too bad, depending on the size of the space and what you want.

I did not find any rate sheets at these two mentioned sites:
http://www.digitaldaemon.com/index0.html
and
http://www.phdcomputing.net/

Now fuzzy's suggested f20.org looked promising. I see they even offer a free account (with the option to pay for addons of course). Is this where fuzzylizard.com is hosted? Also, I couldn't find a mention if they are running Linux or whatever. Either way, looks like a good place to experiment with a site idea and if it grows... you would be able to add on the needed services.

Thanks for the suggestoins... I'll be checking these out. I really need the reliability as I transfer my work to and from home via ftp. Since I'm programming in a windows environment, complete with IIS (gag!) I just need a simple ftp. But I also want email and reliable email. If I end up moving to a different city, I don't want to have to have all my contacts and web memberships under my local email (roadrunner). Big help guys!

Now that we are on the topic of hosting anyway, I would like to find a service similar to brinkster, that is:

free, a decent amount of HD (at least 10MB), serverside scripting (preferably asp, php possible too) and a database with connection (dns-less). And a decent data transfer rate as well, since I do not want the site to drop offline after just ten visits (cfr. Brinkster).

FTP would be nice too, but is not essential.

Idea is to set up a small website with information, plus a back-end database which will
capture data from online forms (e.g. questionnaires, registration, ...)

So far Brinkster is the only one I could find, but it's not really that impressive.


Darkelve

Cannonfodder: http://kingshosting.com

Steve, hows the reliability? 101hosting, which I use now, has a problem every week and is always down and doesn't answer its mail.

I've been using them for about a year now and haven't had any trouble. They always answer my emails, too, when I have questions. If I remember correctly, they are using Redhat (I don't remember the version). Also, you may read instructions about ssh on the site, but they don't have ssh enabled by default, since they've had problems with abuse before. They will give you ssh access to your site for 24 hours whenever you need it if you email them.

Went with Steve's host site ... lets see how they do

Hee-Hee,

I was about to do the same myself.

Found out that f20.org picks and choose those freebies and they closed that option down recently.

oooh. kingshosting looks nice. i'll look at it even harder after i leave school

So far this is not good. I did the registration last night and could immediately get into the ftp site. But never received an email and this morning can't get to the ftp site. They have not responded to my email from this morning.. Don't know if the registration process failed or what?

They got back to me last night so we are giving it another shot.. the cpanel options look awesome! Everything from cron jobs to email..

How's this going so far, cannonfodder? What website are you hosting with them?

Yes, please let us know !!!

I signed up this morning and am currently uploading my site via ftp right this moment. I have not received the email I was expecting and have had to guess my way to the ftp and http sites.

Otherwise, the options there look great.

I will discuss with him the problem with the emails not going when they should when you sign up.
Scoopy: What site are you getting hosted there?

I am moving my personnal photography site there to enable a move from static HTML to a dynamic PHP site.

My old site (and permanent URL):
http://www.photosbyray.net

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EDIT {4 hours later}: Files transfered, database uploaded, etc, etc,
ITS WORKING Yay!
Tommorrow (if I still have access) will work on some details before forwarding my URL there.
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EDIT {next morning}: Still got full access. I tried adding a user to my site but that email hasn't gone through either. I guess their sendmail is not working.

Seems this sendmail problem I am having (along with many other "nukers") is with my php-nuke setup. Seeing the "recommend my site" feature works and sends the email kinda tells me the sendmail works from the host's side.

Somewhere tho, in my php code is the sendmail problem I am having. I found my new user signup is stuck in "nuke_user_temp" table in the MySQL database.

So seeing the only problem from kingshosting is this missing conformation email we should have got and they are working on solving this.

For what they offer and the price... I can't complain.