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02-17-2001, 11:01 AM
I looked around the internet for webhsoting providers and came about the following...
Since I have more than two domains but will only connect them to 2 websites, I'm -of course- interested in a provider that charges as little as possible for domains that point to the index page of another domain.
I came upon:
www.amhosting.com (http://www.amhosting.com) (the most expensive for me but very good customer support) www.pair.com (http://www.pair.com) (very cheap, but offers very little in terms of cgi, etc. I think) www.readyhosting.com (http://www.readyhosting.com) (the cheapest and offers very, very much. Is this for real?)
Does anyone have any experience with those three? I would like to know which one is faster, which one offers more in terms of cgi etc. Also I don't know a lot about this stuff (connection, lines, Software,...) so I don't know which one is better.
Here is what I found out:
<B>AM Hosting:</B>
I don't know if I will need to take 2 plans if I want to set up 2 websites?
Pointers: 24$
annual domain name registration fee: 25$
DS3 connected to a OC48c backbone
Webstarter Plan
10 MB of Storage Space
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Email Forwardings
Unlimited Email Groups
4 gigs of data transfer per month
3 email pop accounts
Control Panel
CGI-BIN
Pre-installed perl scripts
MySQL
PHP4
Frontpage 2000
Access to raw logs
Webstats
Excellent Customer Support
$4.95 month + $10.00 startup fee
Basic Plan (BEST VALUE)
50 MB of Storage Space
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Email Forwardings
Unlimited Email Groups
6 gigs of data transfer per month
10 email pop accounts
Control Panel
CGI-BIN
Pre-installed perl scripts
MySQL
PHP4
Frontpage 2000
Access to raw logs
Webstats
Excellent Customer Support
10 Webuser Accounts
$7.95 per month + $0.00 startup
<B>Pair Networks:</B>
One plan for 2 websites???
annual IP fees: 12$ + $25 setup
pointers fees: 10$ Setup no monthly fee
annual domain name registration fee: (Network Solutions) ?? (around 25$ ????)
five DS-3's and one OC-3c
FreeBSD P3 and Athlon Servers
FTP Basic Adv. Webmaster
Quota (diskspace) 50 MB 50 MB 100 MB 200 MB
Included traffic per day 100 MB 100 MB 200 MB 400 MB
FTP Access? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telnet Access? No Yes Yes Yes
Access to system CGI-bin? No No Yes Yes
Access to personal CGI-bin? No No No Yes
Included POP mailboxes 1 5 10 25
Setup Fee $5 $10 $15 $20
Monthly Fee $4.95 $8.95 $16.95 $28.95
<B>Readyhosting:</B>
Slowest customer support.
I don't know if I will need to take 2 plans if I want to set up 2 websites?
Pointers: 25$ Setup no monthly fee
annual domain name registration fee: ?? (around 25$ ????)
$99/year
500MB Web Space
Free New Domain Registration
Unmetered Data Transfer
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Autoresponders
Web-Based Email
Toll-Free Technical Support
24 Hour FTP Access
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee
ASP Support
Live Statistics
FrontPage 2000 Extensions
Cold Fusion 4.5
Database Access
CGI/Perl
ASP Mail Component
SPEmail Component
DevMailer Component
Instant Setup!
Password Protected Directories
Daily Backups
Custom 404 Error Page
Server Side Includes (.stm, .shtm, .shtml)
RealAudio/Video
PHP Server Extensions
SSL Security
E-commerce Shopping Cart by Cart32.com
Control Panel
SQL Server 2000 - NEW!
ASP Simple Upload Component - NEW!
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Since I have more than two domains but will only connect them to 2 websites, I'm -of course- interested in a provider that charges as little as possible for domains that point to the index page of another domain.
I came upon:
www.amhosting.com (http://www.amhosting.com) (the most expensive for me but very good customer support) www.pair.com (http://www.pair.com) (very cheap, but offers very little in terms of cgi, etc. I think) www.readyhosting.com (http://www.readyhosting.com) (the cheapest and offers very, very much. Is this for real?)
Does anyone have any experience with those three? I would like to know which one is faster, which one offers more in terms of cgi etc. Also I don't know a lot about this stuff (connection, lines, Software,...) so I don't know which one is better.
Here is what I found out:
<B>AM Hosting:</B>
I don't know if I will need to take 2 plans if I want to set up 2 websites?
Pointers: 24$
annual domain name registration fee: 25$
DS3 connected to a OC48c backbone
Webstarter Plan
10 MB of Storage Space
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Email Forwardings
Unlimited Email Groups
4 gigs of data transfer per month
3 email pop accounts
Control Panel
CGI-BIN
Pre-installed perl scripts
MySQL
PHP4
Frontpage 2000
Access to raw logs
Webstats
Excellent Customer Support
$4.95 month + $10.00 startup fee
Basic Plan (BEST VALUE)
50 MB of Storage Space
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Email Forwardings
Unlimited Email Groups
6 gigs of data transfer per month
10 email pop accounts
Control Panel
CGI-BIN
Pre-installed perl scripts
MySQL
PHP4
Frontpage 2000
Access to raw logs
Webstats
Excellent Customer Support
10 Webuser Accounts
$7.95 per month + $0.00 startup
<B>Pair Networks:</B>
One plan for 2 websites???
annual IP fees: 12$ + $25 setup
pointers fees: 10$ Setup no monthly fee
annual domain name registration fee: (Network Solutions) ?? (around 25$ ????)
five DS-3's and one OC-3c
FreeBSD P3 and Athlon Servers
FTP Basic Adv. Webmaster
Quota (diskspace) 50 MB 50 MB 100 MB 200 MB
Included traffic per day 100 MB 100 MB 200 MB 400 MB
FTP Access? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telnet Access? No Yes Yes Yes
Access to system CGI-bin? No No Yes Yes
Access to personal CGI-bin? No No No Yes
Included POP mailboxes 1 5 10 25
Setup Fee $5 $10 $15 $20
Monthly Fee $4.95 $8.95 $16.95 $28.95
<B>Readyhosting:</B>
Slowest customer support.
I don't know if I will need to take 2 plans if I want to set up 2 websites?
Pointers: 25$ Setup no monthly fee
annual domain name registration fee: ?? (around 25$ ????)
$99/year
500MB Web Space
Free New Domain Registration
Unmetered Data Transfer
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Autoresponders
Web-Based Email
Toll-Free Technical Support
24 Hour FTP Access
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee
ASP Support
Live Statistics
FrontPage 2000 Extensions
Cold Fusion 4.5
Database Access
CGI/Perl
ASP Mail Component
SPEmail Component
DevMailer Component
Instant Setup!
Password Protected Directories
Daily Backups
Custom 404 Error Page
Server Side Includes (.stm, .shtm, .shtml)
RealAudio/Video
PHP Server Extensions
SSL Security
E-commerce Shopping Cart by Cart32.com
Control Panel
SQL Server 2000 - NEW!
ASP Simple Upload Component - NEW!
cool°
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