Mine as well throw mine out there too. http://www.desynergy.net/webhosting.html -- Mark Hutchings desynergy@onebox.com - email ---- "Brian Densmore" wrote: > My company rents hosting space for $20/mo > 50MB space, uses cobalt cubes and also has IIS. > This includes e-mail accounts and ftp access. > The site has dual utility feed (aka our own source of power) > and multiple access. Redundancy is possible but will probably cost > more. > We don't have multiple locations. At this price of course there > is very little in the way of service. You are expected to know > what you are doing. The company is not terribly Linux (un)friendly. > I am > > basically it as far as Linux knowledge. Which I mention frequently, > > since no one asks me anymore for my recommendation. ;') > > I am not in CS/sales, I am just a local geek programmer. All > sales questions will be sent to someone who can actually help. ;') > > Best Regards, > Brian Densmore > mailto:densmoreb@ctbsonline.com > Associate > CompuTech Business Solutions, Inc. > http://www.ctbsonline.com/ > (816) 880-0988 x215 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: zscoundrel [mailto:zscoundrel@kc.rr.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:14 PM > > To: kclug@kclug.org > > Subject: Re: Web hosting services > > > > > > Based on the preliminary analysis I have done so far, they > > appear to be > > on the top end of the scale of what I have seen so far. A > > not-for-profit informational website obviously has different > > support and > > uptime requirements from a profitable, mission critical > > commercial site. > > > > If I had a site generating an average of $10k/hour or more in > > net sales, > > I would want a provider with redundant, geographically diverse, > > > hardened installations, with dual utility feeds, multiple redundant > > > servers and multiple communications connections. For this type of > > > service I would expect to pay QUITE a bit more. > > > > At this point I suspect that I am not going to recommend them > > for this > > project, but I REALLY HOPE to have a project in the future > > that requires > > these types of services. (grin!!!!) > > > > I asked for suggestions for web hosting so I could see a > > broad range of > > possiblilities, and I knew that several of us were associated with > > > various local providers. I always like to buy close to home and > to > > support those that are committed to my 'neighborhood". The fact > that > > some of the suggestions were for Linux based ISP's was a very > > pleasant > > bonus. > > > > On a slightly different angle, (for those that may doubt my > > motives) one > > of the reasons I am pushing to get this site off of my personal road > > > runner home page and placed with an independant provider, is to avoid > > > any appearance of monopolistic behavior. While I am the web > > admin and > > much of the information was put up by me or my wife, I > > beleive that the > > information belongs to the group, not to me. When I move on > > to another > > position or project, I want my successor to be able to take over > and > > continue providing the information to the group without having to > > > reinvent the wheel! > > > > > > Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > > > > I said: > > > > > > > > >>>I know if a service that charges $45/mo for the first 5M, $7.50 > for > > >>>each additional meg. Does that sound at all within range? > > >>> > > > > > > Jered replied > > > > > > > > >>I'm astounded that people can charge that much and still > > >>have customers. > > >> > > > > > > That would be a "no" then. > > > > > > I figured the service wasn't competitive. It's hosted at > > an extremely > > > high-reliability facility with some of the top support in > > the world. They > > > really don't want customers who are worried about price, > > and the re-seller > > > in this case is more interested in selling web page > > packages including > > > design and support. > > > > > > I don't remember why the site I supported left kc.net for > > grapevine - and > > > don't even get me started about those #@^$#&. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > > > > >