JPnyc wrote:

I always recommend godaddy.com. I host a site there and directed all clients I've built sites for to them as well. I can't remember the last time the service was down.

Although I've never used them (I use http://www.netbunch.com and I've not really had problems) I have serious issues with godaddy after reading this

    piersk wrote:

    ...I have serious issues with godaddy after reading this

    Why? I ask because that Domains by Proxy (DBP) is just an option (service) with godaddy. You just wouldn't sign up for it because that service and others like it don't really give you a layer of privacy/protection (especially when it comes to legal matters). Their basic domain name registration service is just fine. All the info is public knowledge by default.

    As that "delfuego" post says (from your link provided), you have to read their (and others) service agreement. It clearly states what you're allowing them to do.

    It's just plain stupid for anyone to buy a service without first understanding and agreeing to their terms. This goes for godaddy and anything else like paypal.com (FYI: read the horror stories about them at http://www.paypalsucks.com/forums/).

    For domain registrations, one can perhaps just use a PO Box and use their initials instead of paying extra money for some service option that is an illusion of privacy/security.

    🙂

      So you'd be happy to pay money for a service and then not get that service?

        piersk wrote:

        So you'd be happy to pay money for a service and then not get that service?

        I'm not sure if you're addressing my previous post or something else. I'll assume you are.

        I'm not an employee of GoDaddy, but what I'm simply trying to share is that a person is getting exactly what they paid for per the companys service agreement. They haven't breached the agreement. Usually the consumer has not read the agreement prior to signing up and paying for the service. So, how is that the companys (GoDaddy's) fault? The person may feel they got conned or not getting the protection they think they were getting, and I can understand that if the company was trying to hide the agreement or something like that. But it's available for anyone to read. People who purchased the privacy service are probably just mad at themselves for paying money without investigating it further first.

        At GoDaddy's legal page, there's the Proxy agreement, and in part says:

        http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?se=%2B&pageid=DOMAIN%5FNAMEPROXY wrote:

        4. DBP's rights to deny, suspend, terminate service and to disclose your personal information

        1. You understand and agree that DBP has the absolute right and power, in its sole discretion and without any liability to You whatsoever, to either: (i) close Your account (which means You then become the Registrant of the domain name registration); (ii) reveal Your name and personal information that You provided to DBP when required by law, in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or to comply with a legal process served upon DBP; (iii) resolve any and all third party claims, whether threatened or made, arising out of Your use of a domain name registered by DBP on Your behalf; or (iv) take any other action DBP deems necessary: ...

        DBP has the same/similar agreement found at their legal page too:
        http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx?prog_id=#

        It just comes down to basic common sense and the old "buyer beware" mentality.

        FYI:

        A friend turned me onto Zend Technologies Ltd. because I was looking for an IDE. The Zend Studio Pro product is $299 and Zend Encoder is $960 which, IMO, are pretty expensive. They have a Zend Small Business Program where the price is $395. At first glance this seems that small businesses can buy the product at a huge discount. However, it's not until you see the "1 Year" or "1 year subscription" comments do you realize that you don't really own the product, but rather leasing it on a year by year term (with a $299 annual renewal fee). To qualify as a small business you have to read their agreement to find out (and your company revenues has to be below $250K a year):
        http://www.zend.com/store/products/eula_popup.php?pid=200

          7 months later
          toplay wrote:

          Powweb have PHP 4 and 5 available to use:
          http://www.powweb.com

          Have you used powweb? I'm evaluating a request for proposal, and it looks to me like taking the web application to production might be pretty hard (i.e., no Telnet) just to find my way around the site. Any one else have any experience?

          If anybody wants to do this phase of the work: plug in a database, install a few PHP pages with email hooks, let me know 🙂 . -Byrnie

            I'm seriously considering getting a VM with these guys. At only £15 pm (about £2 a month more than I'm paying at the moment) it seems quite worth it. Anyone else used them or got their own VM somewhere else?

              1and1 is supposed to be pretty good.
              1and1.com

                9 months later

                Okay, this is a pretty old thread, but perhaps it will still have some interest.

                I have a host to recommend (UnitedHosting.co.uk) and one to denounce (iPowerWeb).

                I've had two accounts with United Hosting since the close of 2004 and I've been very pleased with them. Their customer support is outstanding. Though they don't offer phone support, they respond to most non-urgent support tickets with an hour (and I had an urgent ticket on a Sunday afternoon that they answered me on within two minutes; after a couple of back-and-forth's, the matter was resolved nine minutes after my first message to them). Oh, and they're quite cheap, too (starting at $8 bucks a month).

                Now for the bad -- iPowerWeb.

                Why do I hate them? Because they lied to me.

                I was an iPowerWeb customer for about two-and-a-half years. As it happens, I only really used their hosting during the first year of that; we'd changed both domain names and hosts after that, and I maintained the iPowerWeb account out of habit (and perhaps as an eventual backup).

                Recently I decided to cancel my account finally. To my shame, I waited until the day before the next three-month billing period to cancel; despite the late notice, I was assured by the iPowerWeb rep I spoke with on the phone that I'd been cancelled just in time. I then received an email saying, essentially, "We're sorry you want to cancel. Is there anything we can do? If you don't answer within 3 days, we'll ASSUME YOU'RE NOT CANCELLING AND KEEP BILLING YOU ANYWAY."

                Now I'd already cancelled with them, right? So I think I'd be forgiven for merely glossing over this email and perceiving it as nothing more than something an after-the-fact request for info on why I'd cancelled. But that's not what this was -- it was negative billing, pure and simple: tell us NOT to bill you or we WILL bill you.

                Do NOT use iPowerWeb.

                ... and that's all I have to say about that. 🙂

                  I have to second the servage.net. I've been using them for a while, gotta love 'em. Easy to use, plenty of space. Nice and cheap.

                    All I can say is that if you're gonna need a whole farm of servers, stay the heck away from Savvis.

                    Those guys are utterly lost most of the time. They try hard, but man, are they clueless.

                      Anyone know any great hosts ( and cheap 🙂 ) with PHP5 / MySQL5 with servers in the USA?

                        Servage.net

                        Less than $10 / month with 250 gigs Storage, 2100 gigs Tx, unlimited email, unlimited domains, PHP 4 & 5 (5 is CGI), MySQL 4 & 5 (your choice at database creation), PHP Safe-Mode, Register Globals, and Safe-Mode GID switches and much more (including "S:" drive 😉)

                        Only catch is you have to pay on a payment plan. Right now I've got the reseller account, but am not allowed to make any more customers (getting rid of it) but I had to pay XX up-front, then the rest is just like a bank. I put funds in, then they subtract as needed. Pretty nice set up. Deposit like $50 bucks in, a few months later, go back and deposit another $50 or so.

                          i just signed up for a reseller at hostgator.com, seems great so far, they have php 4 and php5, not sure on mysql5, i know they have mysql4 tho

                            i just signed up for a reseller at hostgator.com, seems great so far, they have php 4 and php5, not sure on mysql5, i know they have mysql4 tho

                            I had an account with them a while ago. Hated every minute of it. Their support with me was horrendous, and it wasn't worth the money. Eventually I switched to bitesites.com, and then went to Servage. I've loved servage since I've been with them. Couldn't ask for a better group of people.

                              I use lunarpages and really like it
                              http://lunarpages.com/

                              their prices are good, the customer service is good, and you get what (to me) is a great amount of space, bandwidth, and options— the best I've seen in that price range ($7/month)

                              MOD EDIT: Jupitermedia's AUP doesn't allow any form of solicitations and whatnot, so we can't allow referral links and the like to be posted. Sorry!

                              JON EDIT: Sorry about that. Even if I can't get the affiliate dollars, I still recommend them.

                                Well after my server was down from about 8 pm last night until 6 am this morning, I think it's time to switch. We've used Lypha since 2003 and I've always been patient with the infrequent (but present nevertheless) outages... but this is ridiculous. Especially since there was no notification or communication to us, and we're resellers so all my client's sites were down as well. Ouch. I think I'm going to take bpat's suggestion and check out servage.net. I'm also looking in to rackspace just because of their awesome uptime record, but I know they're pretty pricey for their managed hosting.

                                  Jason Batten wrote:

                                  www.servage.net

                                  I was with powweb... if you want your server to be down use powweb they suck 🙂

                                  That's from the first page 😉

                                  Don't know how many times I have said servage... pretty sure their servers are not in the USA.