# What's a good cheap webhost? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839 "2003-11-18T03:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839/1 "2003-11-18T03:40:39Z")
Yeah, there are a million of them, but I’ve found web hosting companies to tend towards the unreliable and unprofessional. Therefore, I’m just looking for some personal experiences and/or recommendations. I’m going to be doing a basic personal website, of the type we’re all familiar with; no massive bandwidth usage or anything like that. I’d prefer some good hands-on access (meaning, preferably, that I can telnet or ssh into the account, and I should be able to upload files using FTP and such). \*NIX is preferable to Windows, simply because its what im familiar with when it comes to servers. The key, though, is price. As a poor bastard, I can’t commit more than a few dollars a month to this, at least at the moment. I’ve seen countless hosts advertised for $5 or so a month, but again, I’m wary of dealing with hosting companies, so I haven’t just signed on with the first one I’ve seen. I’ve gone the free hosting route before, but I’d rather spend a little each month than subject any visitors to advertising (unless I’m getting the ad-revenue, that is), hence my wanting an actual paid webhost. I know, could I pick a more boring topic? My apologies in advance, but I feel like I could get some good advice here. Thanks for any and all en-foh-mation. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839/2 "2003-11-18T08:04:49Z")
Mac OS X has Apache built in. That plus DSL, and I have total control, and it’s free (aside from basic DSL, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839/3 "2003-11-18T17:15:50Z")
Here’s who I used to use (until I outgrew them): [Tigertech](http://www.tigertech.net) They’ll give you 20MB webspace, 500MB transfer, 5 POP emails, FTP, Front Page, CGI, SQL, AND a domain name(!) for only $4.95 per month. They’re fair, easy to work with, and if/when you outgrow them, their exit policies are more than fair. Very attractive personal webspace provider. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839/4 "2003-11-20T15:47:58Z")
I’ll look them up; anyone else? I know everyone and their grandma’s used an isp or three in their time. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-webhost/213839/5 "2003-11-21T02:27:58Z")
Sorry, I just popped in to say that I read the title as “What’s a good cheap whorehouse?”. That is all.