[Hidden-tech] Web site hosting

[Paul Stallman]

I have to ditto Charlie, we have hosted with a lot of companies both big and
small and since we switched to GoDaddy I've been completely happy. They are
big enough, but with a good price point.   The problem with small companies
can be that they sometimes don't last in an economy like this.  We've been
doing web work for 15 years now and we've gone through every extreme, but
the one thing I learned long ago is that hosting is not a business to be in
without partnering with a big hosting company, too many hosting companies
we've worked with have overnight gone out of business.  It's not a situation
to be in, about 5 years ago a host did this to us and it took us almost a
month to recover.  It almost killed our business.   We had relied too much
on a local company that promised to just "take care of hosting" for us.  

 

Paul Stallman

Managing Director

paul at alias-solutions.com

413.364.6147

alias|solutions

www.alias-solutions.com

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Charles
Wilber
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:02 AM
To: David Spound
Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Web site hosting

 

Hi, David. We've had good luck with GoDaddy. I have switched all of our
accounts to them over the past two years.

Regards,
Charlie Wilber
Manresa Information systems

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:07 PM, David Spound <dspound at mac.com> wrote:

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Hi all,

I have a friend/client who is looking for a new hosting company for his web
site. I am seeking some recommendations to pass along.

The web site is fairly simple and likely to stay that way. Perhaps 12-15
pages of text and graphics. I think there is a "contact us" form with 3 or 4
fields. My friend has talked about doing a blog, but I'd be surprised if
that happened any time soon. No need for any advanced database or content
management functions. I am sure that any professional web hosting company
could easily handle this modest site.

What he wants:

*	Inexpensive (of course) 
*	Reliable (it's a small site, but vital to his business so he does
not want any down time) 
*	Telephone tech support available 
*	Easy to understand "control panel" for the account


I am open to recommendations for both local and national companies. He will
follow-up and make the decision.

Does anyone on this list have experience with thinkhost.com? A friend of
mine uses this hosting service. According to the web site, they are 100%
renewable energy powered (wind and sun).

Your recommendations will be helpful to me, too, as my own hosting accounts
will come up for renewal in a few months. I will be especially interested in
learning about local hosting options.

Best regards,

David

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