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Posted by netmastan, 10-09-2005, 01:28 PM
I got around 10 domains. None of them exceeded traffic 2GB/month and space 400 MB.Most of them are few MB. I'm looking for a reliable provider . It has to be fast and good uptime. http://www.iserve.co.nz is very fast but very expensive. My budget is around $10 to $20/Month. All I need is a reliable hosting provider and excellent uptime record and of course excellent support. I'm not a hosting company and don't wana be one . I just want to host my own personal sites as well as some of my friend's website. I'm with a company now and they are down most of the time and recently they changed their policy ,"everyone has to use smtp authenication before sending mail". And I think its sucks as they don't provide any help and I don't have time to change mail settings in every scripts that I've installed. I'm thinking to join with resellerzoom. Ok, tell me do i need resellerzoom or bluewho or .. recomend me one please.. Thanks
Posted by The Stealthy One, 10-09-2005, 01:42 PM
Hi netmastan, HostCentric's quality has improved remarkably over the past few months, so I would recommend any of their reseller programs. I would also recommend Resellers Panel, if HostCentric does not have what you're looking for.
Posted by Commit1 Anthony, 10-09-2005, 01:50 PM
Look around on a few sites, go with which one you feel is best.
Posted by phpcoder, 10-09-2005, 01:54 PM
My advice to you is this: Compile a list of five companies that seem good for you and then e-mail the sales department of each host with a few basic questions such as: 1) Could you please give me more information on your servers and network? 2) Do you have any public records of server/network uptime? 3) What are the means of support and average response times? 4) Do you offer a money back guarantee? 5) Why should I chose you?
Posted by ScottJ, 10-09-2005, 02:39 PM
Check the offers section and find a few companies and then search the forum or google for reviews. Remember in most cases you get what you pay for, so dont jump on a 1000 Gb bandwidth deal for 32 cents a month.
Posted by saukwebsolutions, 10-09-2005, 04:29 PM
Hostgator is a solid host from the reviews I have seen. I just joined them and so far it has been good.
Posted by saukwebsolutions, 10-09-2005, 04:38 PM
sorry for double post
Posted by rhenderson, 10-09-2005, 05:58 PM
Hi, On the top of the page there is a "pull down menu" that says Find A Host, you can use the host quote section on there to get some leads. Good luck in your search.
Posted by The Stealthy One, 10-09-2005, 06:10 PM
Hmmm...I sometimes wonder if when folks post asking for a host recommendation, they would rather get personal advice and not a bunch of replies telling them to use the HostQuote feature?
Posted by rhenderson, 10-09-2005, 07:07 PM
Maybe so, but the Host Quote is a good feature and I would assume most people replying have thier own server and do not have a host to recommend. The host quote is at least some advice. Which is better than offering none.
Posted by The Stealthy One, 10-09-2005, 07:35 PM
True, but surely everyone here knows of at least one other reputable Web site host that can meet a given poster's needs?
Posted by rhenderson, 10-09-2005, 07:47 PM
There is the key word, "reputable". When I used to use reseller accounts I had to constantly move because of the lack of support. I could not recommend any of them but I do not want to bash them either. Longest I ever stayed with one was 2 years. I got really fast at changing reseller accounts. :-)
Posted by The Stealthy One, 10-09-2005, 07:49 PM
I guess you do have a point there. Sorry to hear of your bad luck with reseller providers! I guess one upside, though, would be that now you can offer consulting services to other resellers looking to move to a new provider!