Web hosting services

[Mark Hutchings]

Mine as well throw mine out there too.
http://www.desynergy.net/webhosting.html

-- 
Mark Hutchings
desynergy at onebox.com - email

---- "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> 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 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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