[Techtalk] Web-hosting dilemma

[Michelle Murrain]

On May 25, 2005, at 5:58 PM, Kathryn Andersen wrote:

> For the past several months, I've been going back and forth with my
> web-host, getting very unsatisfactory non-answers about the  
> problems I'm
> having with my web-site and the fact that they use the Zeus webserver,
> not Apache.
>
<snip>
> The only other alternatives I can see are (a) find another webhost
> or (b) run my own server, as I will be getting my own ADSL connection
> (with static IP) soon.
>
> The problems with these are that the likelihood of finding another
> webhost who is as cheap and reliable as the one I am using now is
> miniscule (the package I have with them is that I paid a large  
> amount up
> front, and now I get it for US$25 a year, which is really good).  And
> apart from this particular Zeus problem, they have been a really good
> webhost.
<snip>

Well, $25 a year is really cheap - I can't help you beat that. But  
there are things called Virtual private servers - I got one for $10/ 
month - and there are a number of OSes to choose from. - and I think  
it beats running your own server in your house (been there, done that).

I got mine from Redwood Virtual - and they were nice folks. http:// 
www.redwoodvirtual.com/
(I'm not using mine anymore - but it's no fault of theirs - I just  
didn't use it enough to justify the cost - I decided I'd rather go  
with a service like Typepad for my blog, than admin my own CMS.)


Michelle

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