what are the general guidelines for the discussion of web hosting plans in this forum (the phpbuilder.com/board/ forum, not this particular forum for mods) 😃
i'll test the waters w/ just a little benign groundwork...
i have a host who i have used for years, and i actually have an "advanced" plan there. however, i'm growing increasingly less satisfied w/ the service (which i don't blame the guy, as he must be extremely busy w/ a growing brood of cheap !ss's like myself who are satisfied w/ minimal english-speaking customer service. (i have never carried a "conversation" w/ him! and we talk a LOT).
so i seek info from the wiser: y'all, about who you trust for thinggs such as e-mail security (that their server's aren't blacklisted from their spamtastic clients' exploits), available MySQL db's at a good ratio / breakdown per what is paid for a "basic" hosting service, available support (although, i don't really need that much support, it's nice to know that it's there if you do need it). available technologies such as coldfusion, asp.net, php of course, postgre Sql, etc., etc., uptime, page-load time, etc. you get the idea.
okay. i haven't defamed anyone, and i haven't solicited anything-- i think i'm safe.
now, in the immortal words of one plastic Joan Rivers, Can We Talk? i don't expect anyone to go about citing specific URL's necessarily-- especially not here in the public domain (perhaps you allow that via PM or one-to-one outside of here?), but maybe you can think of a creative way to help me w/out breaking any rules, or the very integrity of the site.
thanks a ton!
btw, please don't take this as an annoyance-- i am pretty experienced when it comes to this, so i can look around-- but it's nice to hear a testimonial or two, and i can always just go back w/ where i am already hosted if i must. this inquiry comes at a time when i'm considerig a change from having just a few "clients" (more like friends' sites for which i've acquired hosting and did 90% charity-work designing / development) on single, separate hosting accounts, to having the resources available to setup a new web site on my own "reseller" (or at least a BIG Linux account w/ addon domains) space from start to finish w/out the need for the intervention of a hosting provider to create / administer the account.
Update: (the crux of the topic, i guess) i chose for now to go w/ a Linux standard hosting account (not a "reseller" account) w/ my existing hosting provider in which i'm getting a Gig of space and 3 multiple domains, each w/ unlimited subdomains. "His" (who knows, maybe it's "Her", or "Their") Linux accounts, as far as i can tell are really very nice, feature packed, and can be had at some of the best prices i've seen anywhere on the 'net. This being the first i've gone as far as to actually do the entire domain administration to the point of setting up POP e-mail accounts for my "clients", and to use masked subdomains and other such slightly more complex domain administration functions. the way i understand it, which i didn't realize previous to using this current Linux hosting acct, is that the only real difference between the standard hosting, which i have, and "reseller" hosting is the multiple Linux cPanel's. w/ "standard" hosting, i'm administering everything under a single instance of cPanel for only 1 "master" domain, and even though under that "master" domain there are other "multiple" domains such that i can create POP mail@3rd-domain.com, i can not really log into those other two accounts of this "3 multiple domain @ 1GB" Linux Standard plan. I understand if i were to "upgrade" to a "Reseller" account with my Hosting Provider, I would be able to offer the Clients their own login access to their own cPanel-- something which i wonder if "most" clients even care about. well, i guess to be "right" would be to lease the "Reseller" plan, but i think i'll be okay for now.
i hope someone takes something useful from this ramble!
