Web hosting services

[Brian Densmore]

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 at ctbsonline.com
Associate
CompuTech Business Solutions, Inc.
http://www.ctbsonline.com/
(816) 880-0988 x215 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zscoundrel [mailto:zscoundrel at kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:14 PM
> To: kclug at 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, $7.50 for
> >>>each additional meg. Does that sound at all within range?
> >>>
> > 
> > Jered replied
> > 
> > 
> >>I'm astounded that people can charge that much and still
> >>have customers.
> >>
> > 
> > That would be a "no" then.
> > 
> > I figured the service wasn't competitive.  It's hosted at 
> an extremely
> > high-reliability facility with some of the top support in 
> the world.  They
> > really don't want customers who are worried about price, 
> and the re-seller
> > in this case is more interested in selling web page 
> packages including
> > design and support.
> > 
> > I don't remember why the site I supported left kc.net for 
> grapevine - and
> > don't even get me started about those #@^$#&.
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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