If you're going to host on Hostek's shared servers be aware they do have issues with slowness and downtime. At least they did when I was there. But at $5 a month ( actually $25 but that gets you 5 sites - that's the plan I was on ) you get what you pay for, if you're willing to pay for the higher priced (I believe it's like 25-35 a month for ONE site) you will see much better performance. Kelly
On 1/26/2011 6:26 AM, Michael Firth wrote: > Thought I was being filtered there russ. I think I am going to go with > hostek but thanks for all the input everybody save for the few negatives. > > > On Jan 26, 2011 6:02 AM, "Russ Michaels"<[email protected]> wrote: >> When looking for a host here are a few tips. >> >> DO NOT use host review sites, nearly all are scams. >> http://hosting-reviews-exposed.com >> >> >> Here are a couple of sites with host reviews which are trustworthy and >> contain real reviews. >> http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/ >> www.brownbook.net >> >> If a host has customer feedback on their own site, people often assume it > is >> made up. However if the feedback includes the clients name/website > details, >> then you can contact them directly and ask for a reference. >> >> Contact the hosts tech support and test their knowledge. >> >> There are also some important things you need to know if you are using >> shared hosting that most poeple are not aware of. >> >> Imagine the shared hosting server is like a motorway with hundreds of > cars, >> at any time any one of those other cars could serve, break down, break > hard >> or do any number of actions that would cause a crash which would effect >> everyone else on the motorway and could bring everything to a stand still. >> You have no idea how bad any of those other drivers are or what condition >> their car may be in, and there is nothing you can do about it if you want > to >> drive on that road and each time you do so you are taking a gamble. >> >> This is quite similar to how shared hosting works, as any other site(s) on >> the server could do something to cause major problems for other sites, and >> there is nothing you or anyone else can do about this as you have no idea >> how other customers will behave and neither do the host, if they are using >> the server for development or testing, how badly written their code may be >> etc, so just like driving on the motorway, every day is a gamble. >> >> If your site is mission critical or is your companies primary source of >> income then gambling with shared hosting is not really the best solution. > A >> dedicated solution will avoid the problems associated with shared hosting > as >> you are running your own server on which you are the only customer, so the >> only site that cause problems is your own. This is rather like having your >> own private motorway on which you are the only car, and so as a result you >> are not taking that gamble every time you use it. >> With the cost of a VPS being so cheap these days, if it really worth >> gambling your business with shared hosting ? >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
