lookin for a good, cheap, web site host
polycounter lvl 18
so the web site host i've been with for more than a few years now is starting screw up.. more often than not my site is down (as is all of theirs), and I don't feel like paying for crappy service (I'm just like that). (BTW, the host is addr.com.)
The current goin rate for them to host a site with a domain name, 3000mb of storage, and 60 gb of transfer is ~$10 a month. while the huge amount of transfer isnt critical, I will be needing the domain name, and having a good deal of storage is something i'd like to keep (but isnt absolutely critical). The two big things I'd like to see is a lower price (seeing as addr comes out to ~$120 a year) and a good record of little to no downtime (occassional downtime for system service i can stand, but how often addr's been going down is unacceptable).
thanks~
The current goin rate for them to host a site with a domain name, 3000mb of storage, and 60 gb of transfer is ~$10 a month. while the huge amount of transfer isnt critical, I will be needing the domain name, and having a good deal of storage is something i'd like to keep (but isnt absolutely critical). The two big things I'd like to see is a lower price (seeing as addr comes out to ~$120 a year) and a good record of little to no downtime (occassional downtime for system service i can stand, but how often addr's been going down is unacceptable).
thanks~
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http://www.powweb.com/
Went with them for a few years, never had a problem
Starting at $2.50 /mo (aka $30 a year)
http://gamedevhosting.com/
Hosted by our very own... umm... someoneorother... I forget these things...
Scott
Talk to R13, DaZ or Bearkub.
500 megs of space and 5 gigs a month bandwidth. If you need more bandwidth, show me a good reason and I'll upgrade it for free. I'll even register a domain for you.
http://gamedevhosting.com is the pilot site. I'm not advertising yet, but I have about 25 happy customers. A few are already from polycount:
ndcv.com
polymancy.com
The site will be changing soon to give more info and such. Heres a demo of the control panel:
http://demo.gamedevhosting.com/cpanel
login: gddemo
password: demopw
Gamedevhosting.com is run by yours truely.
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Wow, I like that control panel. After reading your TOS and AUP, you've sold me. No more $120/yr for a measly 100MB and a shitty cp.
Sounds like you might have had some malicious subscribers in the past, or maybe you had a great learning experience at DOD...
They are super fast, and reliable. I've been with them for 2 years and I don't even know what downtime is.
Something to consider..
I don't even know what downtown is.
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It's the place with all the shops, and it's hard to find parking there.
Anyhow, I've been with gamedevhosting for some time now - must be 6+ months or so? I had one or two problems with down times but Matt (downsizer) has always been really helpful, and there have not been any problems for a long time now. And the price is great, $30 a year includes domain name reg.
I've had 2 customers I had problems with. One was hosting mp3's, and the other registered his own domain. He had no idea what he was doing, so it led to downtime he did'nt like. So I played nice and refunded them both, even though I should'nt have on the first one.
It's 14 days for refunds, and because of the domain being included, I can only refund cost of hosting. Which is about a 22$ refund. You would get the domain to keep for the entire year if you were unhappy. Any questions you have you can just email me: mattcrawford@comcast.net
Give me a week and the new site will be up, with forums, tutorial submission and a contest for free hosting. All profits from this are going to the development of a game prototype. I yack too much.
duh