# ISP Recommendation

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 6, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259 "2013-01-06T15:53:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/1 "2013-01-06T15:53:53Z")

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I have a domain name and webmail account hosted by Go Daddy. Over the last year or so I’ve had email problems which sometimes GD can resolve an sometimes they cannot. That said, I’m looking for a recommendation for an ISP to host my domain/webmail. I do not have a website to maintain. All I use at the moment is webmail. Thanks.

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/2 "2013-01-06T16:21:16Z")

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Looking for opinions? Moved from General Questions.

**samclem** , moderator

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### Author: ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/3 "2013-01-06T19:20:32Z")

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If your name is accurate, I heartily recommend [sonic.net](http://sonic.net) for DSL and hosting in California, or if you don’t need a DSL provider, I’ve been happy with Dreamhost - they host my domain, site and email for about eleven bucks a month.

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### Author: ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/4 "2013-01-06T21:16:19Z")

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Thanks. I’ll look into DH.

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### Author: ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/5 "2013-01-06T21:22:03Z")

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Can’t make recommendations on ISP (internet access provider)…

But, if all you need is a domain registrar and email service (so no consideration for web site software, access, etc)… look at [namecheap.com](http://namecheap.com) they have personal+moble for $18/yr and it looks like $4/yr for the domain name.

( [https://www.namecheap.com/email/email-hosting.aspx](https://www.namecheap.com/email/email-hosting.aspx) )

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### Author: ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isp-recommendation/646259/6 "2013-01-08T17:15:03Z")

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Namecheap works well for me too, at least for domain name registration. I haven’t used their e-mail hosting.

As far as e-mail, have you considered something like Gmail? They take care of the spam filtering and it’s easy to access on a variety of devices.