# Help me find a company to host my website!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-company-to-host-my-website/588826>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 13, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-company-to-host-my-website/588826 "2011-07-13T03:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-company-to-host-my-website/588826/1 "2011-07-13T03:23:11Z")

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I received a notice that my “.ca” domain name is about to expire, and needs to be renewed.

However, I haven’t been impressed by the service at my current provider. My website doesn’t always load. When it does, pictures and writing are often garbled. I want to change providers.

Who’s good, cheap, and can renew my .ca domain for me? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-company-to-host-my-website/588826/2 "2011-07-13T17:26:08Z")

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I’ve used Dreamhost in the past, and as for reliability, there are actual some smaller web companies that use it for their entire client hosting. Real friendly folks.

A Small Orange is also in the cheaper range and was getting attention in web circles a few years ago. I had a site with them for a few months and was satisfied with the service.

Media Temple is another big provider, so they have to have reliability as a priority. I haven’t hosted anything with them personally, but I’ve had to do a couple of things for clients who hosted with them and had no problems. Tech support is pretty good.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-company-to-host-my-website/588826/3 "2011-07-14T18:23:59Z")

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Seconding Dreamhost. I’ve used and loved them for years.

Not sure about the .CA domain, but I suppose you can always renew it yourself and set up Dreamhost to work with it.