[wplug] To server host or not to server host.....

[Darius Cardren]

I'll pipe in and say I've had a good experincce w/ 1and1.com though I
got in on their free promo when they where just starting and have
another free year, but I don't get the fancy multiple hundreds of
emaila ddress or the domain name service fomr them, I do use an emaila
ccount hosted w/ them though, and have had little to not problems that
I've seen, otehr than a screw up due to the unsecure nature of my
borther's site at the time (http://www.kadagan.com) excepting any
uploads offered.

On Apr 6, 2005 11:42 PM, Michael Semcheski <lists at immuneit.com> wrote:
> Robert E. Coutch wrote:
> > I realize this topic comes up more often than hairballs from an
> > angora. This question is SLIGHTLY different.
> 
> And still, everyone has an answer.
> 
> > 1 - Find a hosting service that offers these exact services (if such
> > a hoster exists). 2 - Rent a server with enough bandwidth. Install
> > Linux, Apache, php, etc. and run the whole thing ourselves. 3 - Get a
> > business DSL line to my home and set up a server here to do all this.
> 
> I have experience with all three.
> 1)  Last night, I had a very good experience with pair.com.  My
> codeveloper of a website I am affiliated with last night ran an UPDATE
> query against our subscriber database and left off the WHERE clause.
> Our database with 1200 records got hosed.  Tech support restored a copy
> of our database for us, in 15 minutes, at 12:00 AM.
> 
> 2)  Renting a server is very expensive.  Use only if you need the speed
> or exotic requirements.  Hint:  You don't.
> 
> 3)  If you're already paying for DSL, shop around a bit.  You might find
> that its not that much more expensive to get SDSL with a static IP
> address.  Hint: You don't need Verizon.
> 
> So, its probably worth it to get the service from a full-service
> provider, and its cheaper anyway.  There are, however, a lot of fringe
> benefits to the other two, if you can afford them.
> 
> ---Mike
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