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

Hoss hoss at crucialunit.com
Thu Apr 7 10:52:31 EDT 2005


Another positive thing about pair is that they contribute generously to
FreeBSD:

  http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/donations.html

  2004-04-13 Pair Networks  20025.00 USD

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Eli Heady wrote:

> I'll plug pair also. I haven't used their services yet (except to
> download open source stuff from their mirrors -- like imagemagick),
> but I've heard good things about them.
>
> Their webhosting plans seem to be a little on the expensive side for
> the features offered at each level, but, I've learned that you get
> what you pay for with other cheaper hosts. The el cheapo host might
> have everything under the sun for 5.95 a month, but who knows how long
> they'll be around, and you can usually forget about tech support. Of
> course this isn't true of every budget hosting company, but I've been
> burned a couple times by hosts that came highly recommended based on
> price.
>
> In short, pair seems to be very reliable, and they're local ... that's
> probably worth the extra couple bucks a month.(and they run F/OSS
> download mirrors!)
>
> -eli
>
> On Apr 7, 2005 9:31 AM, Michael Semcheski <lists at immuneit.com> wrote:
> > Michael Semcheski wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I thought I would also mention that pair.com is a Pittsburgh company.
> > There offices are between the Birmingham Bridge and the new South Side
> > Works.  They are an underwriter of NPR on WDUQ.
> >
> > Why am I pimping for this company?  Not sure, but I like them and feel
> > some loyalty.
> >
> > Mike
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