# Recommend a web host. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-web-host/310569 "2005-06-30T19:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-web-host/310569/1 "2005-06-30T19:02:14Z")
I am building a couple of webpages which will be the first two I will actually put on the internet. I would like some recommendations for good web hosts. I don’t expect the sites will get lots of bandwidth, but it won’t hurt to have a good chunk incase things take off. I will want two distinct addresses to begin with and maybe more later and I will want to own the domain names. Does anyone have any recommendations. The ones I am looking at are Simplehost, SmartLogic, Site5 and Emax. Any information or anecdotes would be greatly appreciated ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-web-host/310569/2 "2005-06-30T19:11:35Z")
We’ve been using [1and1.com](http://1and1.com). They’ve been fine for us, and when the started up in North America, they had a “free for the first three years” offer, so it has been great for us. They are now the biggest in the world, I think. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-web-host/310569/3 "2005-06-30T19:14:27Z")
i’m currenty also using [1and1.com](http://1and1.com) for several sites. i have had no complaints about their service or reliability. my one complaint is that i have no control of nameserver direction of domains purchased through them - if i wanted to host one of those domains elsewhere (say, on my home pc) i cannot (although i -can- setup a cloak to my home IP as a workaround). ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-web-host/310569/4 "2005-06-30T19:59:51Z")
I use a company called Apollo Hosting ([apollohosting.com](http://apollohosting.com)) It’s a tad pricey, but here’s my plan. $19.99 a month gets… 1.5 gig of file space on their server 70 gigs of transfer I can host 4 domains and pool my file space (this is a big reason I use them) New domains cost $15 24/7 help (another big plus) I’ve seen similar stuff at cheaper prices, but they’ve taken good care of me over the years, so they get my business.