Cannonfodder Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgutty Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) 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. Edited December 23, 2003 by jgutty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) 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 .. :unsure: roland Edited December 23, 2003 by roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngmug Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted December 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Cannonfodder: http://kingshosting.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted December 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Steve, hows the reliability? 101hosting, which I use now, has a problem every week and is always down and doesn't answer its mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Went with Steve's host site ... lets see how they do :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hee-Hee, I was about to do the same myself. :D Found out that f20.org picks and choose those freebies and they closed that option down recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 oooh. kingshosting looks nice. i'll look at it even harder after i leave school :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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