A really good hosting for a medium-sized website

Hello everybody!

I desperately need a new GOOD ISP.

This is what I need:
-NOT very expensive;
-Unix\Linux\FreeBSD;
-PHP/MySQL;
-Cron support;
-Protected directories;
-Web-mail;
-High bandwidth;
-Good customer support, of course.

Reason? My site was down too often and the number of visitors was too unpredictable. It jumped from 400 to 60 within one week. I ordered a profound examination of my web-site at http://www.dotcom-monitor.com (website and network monitoring company). In their report the following reasons were mentioned:
-"Slow Website Response"
-"Slow Web Page Response"
-"Varying Website Response from Different Geographical Locations"

I'm sure it is Extcom's (my current provider) fault, but communication with the Customer Support brings only promises and excuses. This persuades me that it's high time to move my site to a completely different place.



Your advice? I have two companies in view but ALL your recommendations are welcomed

Hello Andy_Miller,

I would like to offer you a few of my plans. Please note we offer a 7 day free trial on all our shared (exept custom) plans. As well we offer a 30 day garentuee. On top of this if you mention "xmas05" you will recive double the space and bandwitdh for the same price. You can view our plans at http://lakeshorecomputers.net/shared.html Please note our site is under construction. If your interested in purchasing from us, please email me at jdcomputes@sympatico.ca

LS-Custom#DSH1001
2.5 GB Space
25 GB Transfer
Price - $8.99/month

LS-Pro
4 GB Space
45 GB Transfer
Price - $15.99/month

LS-Corporate
7 GB Space
75 GB Transfer
Price - $25.99/month

Please note all our shared plans come with Cpanel, and Fantastico, as well as unlimited ftp accounts, emails, databases, domains. We have cron jobs and all the other resources your requesting.

Domains cost
$10/year
$25/3 years
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If your interested in our plans please pm me or email us at jdcomputes@sympatico.ca

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Hi,

Thanks for stopping by at devshed ~
Our UNIX 1 plan suits your need.

$6.95 monthly
Linux Operating System
PHP4 / PHP5 & mySQL 4.1.14 Server
Cron Support
WebMail
Protected Directories
150MB of Disk Space
10Mbps Bandwidth shared among everyone on the server
Email Support (Mails are replied within 12 hours)
Good Uptime

I can also provide you with uptime records. We have only 4 minor downtime in this year which makes it a 99.94% uptime.

If you don't need everything, but want to reduce the cost more, you can contact me and I'll give you a custom quote.

My Web Site: http://www.yupapa.com


Thanks,

He's looking for recommendations rather than offers guys. Perhaps if you posted your space and bandwidth requirements it would be easier for others to make recommendations Andy.

From my experience shared hosting seldom provide reliable service. Even if everyone on the server are good people, someone might accidently mess up somewhere along the road and affect the whole server. That's just a safe assumption, in reality there are lots of bad people sharing the server with you.

If it's a hobby site, shared hosting would be better because you won't have to spend tons of money.
If it's a business site, VPS or Dedicated server would be more reliable

Edit: <_< I hate myself when I try to sound intelligent but then discovered that I am actually just repeating what others said before...

15,000MB Space
300GB Monthly Transfer
Free Domain Name
24/7 Customer Support
$50/year
http://www.fayax.org


25,000 Space
4000GB Monthly Transfer
Free Domain Name
24/7 Customer Support
$100/year
http://www.fayax.org

Defending the hosts that posted, Andy did post in the "Web Hosting Requests" forum.

Hi,

UN Site Solutions Hosting (http://www.unsitesolutions.com) can offer you the following:

RS-1000 Plan
1 GB Disk Space
25 GB Data Transfer
Unlimited Email accounts
Unlimited Subdomains
Unlimited MySQL Databases
Unlimited FTP Accounts
cPanel/WHM (Linux server)
All the standard features such as PHP, CGI, Perl, Frontpage etc.
-Cron Jobs
-Protected Directories
-5 different Webmail systems to choose from
Fantastico
Daily Backups
99.9% Uptime Guarantee

Total Price: $10/month

If you require more than 25 GB of data transfer, please let us know and it can be easily arranged. We can also setup a speed test for you if you wish.

Please email sales [at] unsitesolutions [dot] com if you have any questions or you can order this plan directly from our website.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Thomas K.

At Afford A Host UK a UK based web hosting company (with fast UK servers) we have the following packages which you may be interested in!


Basic:

Space: 250MB
Bandwidth: 2500MB
Features*: 50
Prices: £20/year or £2/month
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Inter:

Space: 500MB
Bandwidth: 5000MB
Features*: 100
Prices: £35/year or £3/month
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Advance:

Space: 1000MB
Bandwidth: 10,000MB
Features*: Unlimited
Prices: £45/year or £4/month
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Please take a look at our other shared and reseller plans if none of the above suit you!

To convert the prices into dollars I recommend xe.com.

Hi Andy,

Kaidok.net has a range of plans from which to offer you, and we would love to have you take a look at what we have to offer for your buisness.

Please take the time to check out our Shared listings page. here

Our current special is
6gigs space
90gigs of transfer/mo
$4.95/mo or $49.95/year

If you dont see exactly what you need fell free to Email us at sales@kaidok.net

Hosting comes at in all sizes and prices.

After you find a plan that fits your needs and budget, the other item on your list should be looking at the support the host offers it's customers.

Do they have 24/7 phone support (some hosts offer a 1 Hour response guarantee). Also look for "Live" help on the site.

These will be indicators that let you know they will be there to support you if something happens.

Good luck in your search!!
Sincerely,
Emily

Hi There. I am the CEO of a new hosting company and am pleased to be able to advertise our UNLIMITED (everything) price plan for just £9.99/Year. If you are interested, please email at giles.williams@gmail.com

Thanks,

Giles Williams.