Web Hosting- Recommendations plz

[Julie]

Hey all,

Can anyone here recommend a decent website host- that you use or have used. I'm looking @ bluehost atm, anyone had any experiences with them, good or bad?

Cheers Julie

[hakhawk]

im currently using www.freewebtown.com for my site: www.hakhawk.co.nr

using www.freedomain.co.nr for domain name

done me pretty good so far.

reminds me, ive gotta update my site sometime

[Julie]

dude u have a carputer lol jeez why haven't I noticed that yet??!!?? I'll have to show hubby, hes wanting to build 1 in our vt soon. Nice looking site, but I'm gonna need a .com addy cheers tho.

[hakhawk]

haha, yep, had it for a while now.

just have a look around, theres lots of places with cheap .com domains these days.

[azkwazere]

are you planning on running your own web server or are you relying on hosting and dns services being provided?

aZk.

[Julie]

relying on hosting and dns services being provided I'm preferably after something that also provides a website builder 4 dummies

[pro_gmh]

So u looking for free hosting or paid professional hosting? as for free hosting, i use the following...

www.freewebsites.com (used to be good before new management)
www.atspace.com (the best ever)
www.bravehost.com (for dummies)

i also use url redirection like hakhawk dus with the co.nr

just recently ive been configuring my own web server using IIS = frustrating grrr

for paid hosting, i wouldnt go for somewhere on the net, i would check out local ISP's, they usually offer hosting. or check out your current ISP services.

[azkwazere]

she wants a .com so shell have to buy it...

+ wants DNS and Hosting so try domainnames.com... basically itll be a 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other sorta thing. You just want to find an asutralian host with the features included in the plan that you need.

aZk.

[pro_gmh]

in that case check out your local small time ISP, they should have hosting and domain registeration to suit your needs.

[minux]

Crapsta(telstra) has everything you need to register and setup a website, i used them for 2 years with no problems.

[jack.mc]

I'm using dreamhost, i'm pretty happy with them. If you want a discount coupon PM me

[KingDiamond]

www.servage.net



$7.50AUS a month


You can also buy a domain name (www.yourwebsite.com) for like $8.88US from www.namecheap.com

[Shifty1]

Good luck with ya search.. however.. if it sounds to good to be true, then it is..

Your better off going for someone who offers lower specs as its most realistic..

As for domains, dont pay more then $20 a year AUD for a .com as your getting ripped off.. (BTW, Im in this industry, thats how I know)

Cheers

[KingDiamond]

Yeah, Servage.net is overselling but their service is top quality. Right now I'm hosting about 80gb of PC game demos and other not so legal files on their servers.

I'm also using about 60gb bandwidth a day.... With 4,500 unique hits on average.

It's been down for about 1 day out of the 6 months I've been with them.