6705 - Need a new host

[scottobear]

My Site hosting service of over 6 years is calling it quits. I was hosted for *very* cheaply, and had solid access to the server.

I've got a month to relocate to a new host, and would *really* like to hear about any sites that can offer some basics for a reasonable price.

If you've got a site host you love, or know of a good deal, please let me know by posting in the comments here or emailing me directly at scottobear@livejournal.com


All I really need is the basics, support for MySQL, php, and root access to my directories. I don't have a huge bandwidth issue.

Thanks in advance, dear journal-readers!

Comments

[ldy.livejournal.com]

Suggest you chat with shadowfax (horseofshadows or dormando.

Shadowfax owns http://xanatosenterprises.com

Dormando owns http://rydia.net

Both come highly recommended :)

Mentioning me or lj might not help, but might not hurt either.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll peek in and sniffysnuff around!

[childofcrow.livejournal.com]

Memenet is owned by a friend of mine, and hosts my site.

http://www.memenethosting.com/

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks for the tip! I'll look into it!

[mike3k.livejournal.com]

I like PEHosting (http://www.pehosting.com/). I'm now using them to host all of my domains.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Great! I'll check'em out. Thanks!

[ameliarose.livejournal.com]

When I paid for hosting I always went with speedsoft.com

They were always very helpful and I never had any periods where things didn't work.

Their rates then were around $10 a month. I believe they are still around that.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thank you! I'll check it out.

[i.livejournal.com]

i was going to trade a painting with my lj friend max (mtffm) for hosting a while back, but never did it, not because of him, just because i am a flake. i'm not sure if he can offer what you need, but you might check it out.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

very nifty.. I'll ask!

[jennylee.livejournal.com]

Hey there,

I'm with Warped.com (http://www.warped.com/), and they've been fantastic for as long as I've been with them (about 3 or four years now, I think.) The price is 5$ a month (USD) and their support is fantastic. They give you like 50mb of space and a bunch of other features I can't remember (you'll have to check the site for specifics, not sure about SQL because I've never used it for my site.)

Feel free to let them know I recommended them to you.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Will do, thanks!

[dstroy.livejournal.com]

my site is hosted at http://pair.com/

They've got a great FTP account that serves all my basic needs. I mainly use php on my site though...and a billion images.

(set up: $20, monthly: $5.95)

- 100MB/day transfer (3GB/month)
- 100MB disk space
- 1 mailbox
- Access by FTP Only
- Support by E-Mail Only

I've never noticed the site being down, always had great service.

For MySQL stuff, you'd probably need to get the Advanced account. Compare if it's still considered "cheap"... I havent looked for that since I haven't needed it.

(set up: $30 monthly: $17.95)

- 500MB/day transfer (15GB/month)
- 500MB disk space
- 1 MySQL database
- 25 mailboxes
- Level 1 & 2 System Scripts
- Access by Telnet, SSH, FTP
- Telephone Support
- Perl 5, PHP 4 Module, and more...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll compare and contrast.