Reliable hosting

[M_Six]

Can anyone recommend a reliable hosting company? The one I have is screwing up repeatedly. My one commercial site has been down for three straight days and I'm about to lose that client. They keep messing with the DNS and it's so screwed up now I doubt they'll ever get it fixed. Time to take my money elsewhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[omalleytrading]

http://www.maximumasp.com

Been with them for years, and they are excellent -- especially if you're a web designer.

[M_Six]

Thanks, but they're a bit too pricey for me. I don't make any money off my commercial sites because I have other trade-off arrangements with the clients; lawn care, etc.

I think I'm about to learn that you get what you pay for, eh?

[RobRich]

Not cheap, but certainly one of the best....

http://promote.pair.com/click.pl

[phenious]

MSG Siliconjunkie I have used his dedicated server without any hitches for the better part of a year my site (in my profile) is hosted on it.

http://www.metro-host.com/

In the end the best hosting you can probably have is your own dedicated server (can be found for about $60 a month) and then sell what ever is left over in your server to others.

phen

[omalleytrading]

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Originally Posted by M_Six

I think I'm about to learn that you get what you pay for, eh?

That's what I've learned over the past ten years.

Cheap hosting = cheap reliability + cheap support

[M_Six]

Well, thanks for all the suggestions. I maintain my websites for my own fun and I host a few commercial sites for trades-offs, so I can't afford anything approaching the costs of the suggested sites. For sure if I were to start charging folks I'd have to move to someone more reliable. I just don't want to deal with the hassle of having paying clients. Trade-offs are so much easier.

Thanks again for all the pointers.

[fufiter9246]

http://www.ipowerweb.com/

Extremely cheap and a really great host.

[implexant]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fufiter9246

http://www.ipowerweb.com/

Extremely cheap and a really great host.

I have a friend that used them for the longest time. He had many a sleepless night and way too many headaches.

Again, you get what you pay for.

-Chris

[fufiter9246]

Quote:

Originally Posted by implexant

I have a friend that used them for the longest time. He had many a sleepless night and way too many headaches.

Again, you get what you pay for.

-Chris

I had Chris as a host, speaking of headaches! haha just kidding buddy, that site you hosted ended up on the school server I believe, those youngins dont know what the heck to do with it, oh well.