Cheap hosting, too good to be true?

Cash · 2005-11-09, 02:34 AM

Dreamhost is reliable, I have an account with them since 2000 ...
Now they have an excellent promo offer, $7.95/month for 120 GB bandwidth!

Lemmy · 2005-11-09, 06:50 AM

I have accounts with both. Dreamhost can't be beat for price. I pre-paid a year in advance and end up paying $15/month for 250 GB. Support is by e-mail and can at times be very slow.

Webair has very fast support response. They'll answer the phone on the 1st ring Sunday morning 3AM. Most of the time they seem eager and capable to address whatever problem you have.

Bottom line, with cheap virtual hosting you're not going to get the best of everything. Corners will have to be cut in order to keep the price down.

Halfdeck · 2005-11-09, 07:12 AM

I've been having problems with Webair, so I have most of my php pages on Cyberwurx and I have free sites on webair. 15 bucks a month for 250 GB sounds like a good deal, but that's what I thought about webair. You get what you pay for.

IOPipe · 2005-11-10, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I have accounts with both. Dreamhost can't be beat for price. I pre-paid a year in advance and end up paying $15/month for 250 GB. Support is by e-mail and can at times be very slow.

Webair has very fast support response. They'll answer the phone on the 1st ring Sunday morning 3AM. Most of the time they seem eager and capable to address whatever problem you have.

Bottom line, with cheap virtual hosting you're not going to get the best of everything. Corners will have to be cut in order to keep the price down.

http://iopipe.com
hasnt cut corners, but their prices are still pretty good. low bandwidth plans starting at $4.99 and for high bandwitch, 50 cents a gig... no contract, or hassle and they accept paypal.

2005-11-09, 06:50 AM	#2
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	I have accounts with both. Dreamhost can't be beat for price. I pre-paid a year in advance and end up paying $15/month for 250 GB. Support is by e-mail and can at times be very slow. Webair has very fast support response. They'll answer the phone on the 1st ring Sunday morning 3AM. Most of the time they seem eager and capable to address whatever problem you have. Bottom line, with cheap virtual hosting you're not going to get the best of everything. Corners will have to be cut in order to keep the price down. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2005-11-09, 07:12 AM	#3
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	I've been having problems with Webair, so I have most of my php pages on Cyberwurx and I have free sites on webair. 15 bucks a month for 250 GB sounds like a good deal, but that's what I thought about webair. You get what you pay for. __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

2005-11-09, 02:34 AM	#1
Cash Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Across the ocean Posts: 253	Dreamhost is reliable, I have an account with them since 2000 ... Now they have an excellent promo offer, $7.95/month for 120 GB bandwidth!