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Comment on Please tell me names of possibly good hosts! by Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:09:23 +0000

Hi, i will be using linode VPS and i will pass you my experience and data about it.
What tools are you using for measure?

BR,
Patrick

Comment on Please tell me names of possibly good hosts! by lborgman

lborgman — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:01:33 +0000

Dear compartment webhotel,

How about some data?

Comment on Please tell me names of possibly good hosts! by compartment webhotel

compartment webhotel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:46:53 +0000

…compartment.se – Swedish top quality webhosting company… Website is unfortenately only available in Swedish..

Comment on Other sites with useful information by David

David — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:27:18 +0000

Mr. Borgman,

You attempted to contact us by responding to an unrelated post on our site, try e-mail & I’ll respond thoroughly

I’ve yet to receive any e-mail from you that I recall.

Comment on About by Neat Pete

Neat Pete — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:39:19 +0000

Please email me via Yahoo, as private messages to you no longer work.

neat pete

Comment on The Idea by apowwebcustomer

apowwebcustomer — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:38:18 +0000

Allow me to share some advice.

When your Powweb forum account is restored, do not post links to this site on Powweb’s public forum. If you see someone in the MySQL forum expressing issues with MySQL, send them a private message that directs them to here. I have been carrying on many enlightening conversations through PM without fear of moderator editing.

I have been considering setting up a forum where Powweb customers can freely discuss and share effective methods for moving to a new host.

(you may want to delete this comment as it may expose too much for Powweb staff and mods – you should have my email address now if you need to discuss further)

Comment on Please tell me names of possibly good hosts! by Yvette Kuhns

Yvette Kuhns — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:19:48 +0000

I have been hosting many websites on PowWeb for years. There have been a few temporary issues before and after Endurance acquired PowWeb, but my sites continue to work there. There are php/mysql driven websites including an e-commerce site.

What I do NOT host on PowWeb at this time are forums, blogs or other open source scripts that are resource hogs and require many open connections to the database. PowWeb only allows ten concurrent connections while other hosts offer more. Better than most web hosts, but not for busy websites, forums or blogs.

I currently have Zen Cart moved to the new MySQL5 server on ixwebhosting.com. I only like Thomas Greene from support there while others give stupid replies which are common with many web host support people. I installed Zen Cart on August 9th and the cart worked. On September 9th, they restarted MySQL4 and the cart no longer worked.

We had to move the entire website to an upgraded server ourselves and the first install didn’t work. They were missing cgi files. The second install worked and it still works, though they also lost an .htaccess file I had to reupload that redirected a second domain name to another web page. Customer service stinks except for Thomas and they make stupid mistakes, but things work. Not first pick.

Another client chose Webserve.ca which has the worst support I have experienced since iPowerWeb (5 years ago). The control panel or FTP server may or may not be accessible. The support people can’t spell. Their live chat wasn’t working and you must use your client’s login to chat. They won’t chat with anyone but clients. I would NEVER recommend them.

One client is no longer able to log into GoDaddy for his web hosting and he has several domains and sites there. We can only FTP to one of the web sites and not the main site. GoDaddy does not have a toll free number and support can’t handle more than one question at a time. If you edit your .htaccess file, you have to wait for hours for their weird cache to update for you to see your changes. I do not recommend.

I do not recommend Windows hosting, because they are limiting and less secure. They are slow. They don’t support .htaccess files and other things I like to use. They are often exploited.

I like FreeBSD, Unix or Linux web hosting. I prefer them NOT to be installed on Windows servers. For security, some hosts do not allow shell access, remotely hosted databases and other things. One client had a remotely hosted Oracle database while his website was on a (cough) Windows server. His newsletter database was “borrowed” by a competitor. So, security is a concern.

One website hosted on Register.com had the fastest load time, the fastest FTP and the best customer service. I purchased my domain name with them years ago and recommended them to others. They are the only ones about which I never had complaints. Two thumbs up!

Rackspace hosting has dedicated servers and charges by bandwidth usage! You pay for what you use. You don’t have to worry about a site being shut down if you suddenly get a lot of visits (after you get a link from a popular e-newsletter, appear in a magazine article or TV commercial). They have a great Live Chat for everyone. Recommended.

I could probably post more, but I mentioned a few I have used in the last three months. Opinions may change as time passes and things improve or decline.

Comment on The Idea by lborgman

lborgman — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:03:01 +0000

Hi again Vis,

Sorry for the long delay. I have worked a bit on the software used and I present my data from my own web host for the latest months. Take a look at it. Maybe you can guess which web hostel I am using?

Comment on The Idea by David @ HostJury

David @ HostJury — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:45:09 +0000

You don’t leave much contact information on your site… if you ask to be contacted, you should.

Comment on The Idea by lborgman

lborgman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:54:15 +0000

Hi Vis,

I will come back in some days and tell you how to do it.