# Web Hosting **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623 "2005-10-17T17:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/1 "2005-10-17T17:45:13Z")
I’m looking to move a website that I’ve been hosting at my old college, one that’s been there 10 years and has grown fairly large (.5 Gig) and is using up a significant amount of bandwidth. What I want: [ul] [li]2-3 Gig of disk space[/li][li]100 G/month bandwidth[/li][li]Unix host[/li][li]multiple domains[/li][li]own my domain name[/li][li]roughly $10/month[/li][li]stable, long term company[/li][li]site is all HTML, will expand to Perl scripts[/li][/ul] I know we’ve gone through this on the boards in the past, but the last thread was 6 months ago and things change. I’ve looked at a number of services but am having a hard time evaluating the companies. Suggestions? Who do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/2 "2005-10-17T18:10:53Z")
I like powweb and use them for a commercial site; cheap ($7.77/mo) but have stability and have all the stuff you want. I have my personal site hosted at [webhostingdirect.net](http://webhostingdirect.net), but they seem to be giving up the ghost–the cred card they have on file for me expired and won’t let me update it or respond to emails about my account. They still keep my site up, but I wouldn’t recommend them. My programmer friends like [speakeasy.net](http://speakeasy.net) and I will shortly have a php auction site up there, but they’re a bit pricier. I’d recommend _against_ godaddy, they are cheap but last time I had a site on there it took me 40 minutes to ftp over a few images and a html file. They’re a domain name registrar that moved into hosting later and their unfamiliarity shows, IMHO. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/3 "2005-10-17T18:43:52Z")
I’ve been trying out DreamHost for a few months and I love it. For $7.95 a month, you get: -4.8 gigs of disk space (+an additional 40 MB free per week) -120 gigs of bandwidth (+an additional 1 GB free per week) -Debian linux host (does that count as Unix?) with shell/SSH access -Perl, PHP, MySQL, unlimited domains and subdomains, blah blah For more details, see [this page](http://www.dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html). Look at the Level 1/“Crazy Domain Insane” plan. If you want to use them, I can get you a referral code that drops the price down to $22.40 per _year_. (FWIW, I’m not trying to make money off ya – I don’t get anything out of the referral) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/4 "2005-10-17T18:45:37Z")
(Posted too soon.) The only thing I’m not sure about is if they are a “stable, long-term company”. But then again, which web company is? It doesn’t really matter anyway… if you back up all your files, moving them over to a new host should be pretty easy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/5 "2005-10-17T22:03:21Z")
Another thing I’d like to use is have two domains and possibly several sub-domains. The sub-domains seems available on all of them, but not sure about mutliple domains. Any experience there? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/6 "2005-10-18T00:00:06Z")
It depends on the hosting service and plan that you choose. The Dreamhost plan allows an unlimited number of both domains and subdomains. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/7 "2005-10-18T01:21:04Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > I’d recommend _against_ godaddy, they are cheap but last time I had a site on there it took me 40 minutes to ftp over a few images and a html file. They’re a domain name registrar that moved into hosting later and their unfamiliarity shows, IMHO. I use godaddy and I’ve never had this kind of trouble; in the ~5 months I’ve been with them, I’ve experienced zero downtime and zero slowdowns. I don’t know much about the technical stuff (Perl, subdomains, etc.) though. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/8 "2005-10-18T02:02:29Z")
**Reply** , I’d love to get the referral code. My email address is in my profile, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/9 "2005-10-18T03:03:23Z")
I just signed up with [www.gazzin.com](http://www.gazzin.com) - Their servers are zippy quick. Check out their reseller packs. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/10 "2005-10-18T10:09:58Z")
I heartily recommend [micfo](http://www.micfo.com) - cheap, reliable, speedy and responsive tech support. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/11 "2005-10-18T14:14:57Z")
I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but do any of you know anything about or have any experience with [bluehost.com](http://bluehost.com)? I’ve been looking around for hosting sites, and a coworker mentioned them to me. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/12 "2005-10-18T14:48:42Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > II’d recommend _against_ godaddy, they are cheap but last time I had a site on there it took me 40 minutes to ftp over a few images and a html file. They’re a domain name registrar that moved into hosting later and their unfamiliarity shows, IMHO. I use godaddy and I’ve had no problem with uploads, they go zippy fast. Pics upload in seconds, I mean, 5 or 6 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/13 "2005-10-18T16:07:28Z")
I use [www.site5.com](http://www.site5.com) myself and think they’re the greatest, but there’s this hosting package from [www.hostingplex.com](http://www.hostingplex.com) that’s just umbelievably cheap. site5: hostingplex (unique plan): 5 GB disk space, 110 GB bandwidth, $3.95 monthly site5 (they have other cheaper plans): 12 GB disk space, 150 GB bandwidth, $16.95 monthly ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/14 "2005-10-19T07:37:58Z")
> [@The Composer](#): > > I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but do any of you know anything about or have any experience with [bluehost.com](http://bluehost.com)? > > I’ve been looking around for hosting sites, and a coworker mentioned them to me. I looked into bluehost when I was shopping around a few weeks ago. I can’t remember why I didn’t pick them but I think it was their terms of service. I ran into a couple that banned “offensive language” but never defined what it meant. I can seem to find bluehost’s TOS on their site at the moment. Perhaps that’s why I decided against it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/15 "2005-10-19T09:49:18Z")
I use [http://www.superb.net](http://www.superb.net) and have for the past six or seven years. Very few problems (and those only some network slowdown issues in the past month). Lots of plans and features, a great web control panel where I can call up server stats and adjust configurations. I can host an FTP site or a database and do all kinds of things my high-speed access provider Frowns Upon for the home user. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/16 "2005-10-20T09:41:36Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > I’ve been trying out DreamHost for a few months and I love it. For $7.95 a month, you get: > -4.8 gigs of disk space (+an additional 40 MB free per week) > -120 gigs of bandwidth (+an additional 1 GB free per week) > -Debian linux host (does that count as Unix?) with shell/SSH access > -Perl, PHP, MySQL, unlimited domains and subdomains, blah blah > > For more details, see [this page](http://www.dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html). Look at the Level 1/“Crazy Domain Insane” plan. > > If you want to use them, I can get you a referral code that drops the price down to $22.40 per _year_. (FWIW, I’m not trying to make money off ya – I don’t get anything out of the referral) I would also be interested. My e-mail is in my profile as well. Would the account allow me to have multiple domains? [www.page1.com](http://www.page1.com) and [www.page2.com](http://www.page2.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/17 "2005-10-20T09:48:19Z")
> [@slaphead](#): > > I heartily recommend [micfo](http://www.micfo.com) - cheap, reliable, speedy and responsive tech support. I’m using Micfo myself, [www.lsego.com](http://www.lsego.com), and it’s been okay so far… no complaints yet, but it’s only been a few weeks. It’s a tad bit pricier than some of the others that people are talking about, though… $23 per YEAR?! That’s crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/18 "2005-10-20T16:51:52Z")
I went with Dreamhost and used the referral code from **Reply** which worked as advertized. It’s pretty hard to find a better deal on a yearlong hosting plan than one for $22. The site is up and running. Yes, I think there would be no problem with multiple domains, they appear set up for that. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/19 "2005-10-20T23:45:08Z")
HubZilla (and anyone else who might be interested), you can use the coupon code “Reply”. [Sign up](https://panel.dreamhost.com/signup/?next_step=Index) for the 12-month L1 (Crazy Domain Insane) plan and you will be able to enter the code at Step 5. Just update the total price before you finish the process to make sure that the code went through. And yes, as Telemark said, multiple domains are included in that plan. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623/20 "2005-10-23T18:13:28Z")
Reply, Thanks! I’m loving DreamHost, especially their speed and amount of space. Quick question, though: 4.8 gigs of disk space (+an additional 40 MB free per week) Does this mean it increases by 40MB a week, so I get 80 the next week, 120 more following week, etc? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting/326623.md?page=2)