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starman · Apr 21, 2005, 09:20 AM

Godaddy's starting to piss me off. They limit what you can do at the script level to the point where things are starting to break left and right. I tried installing MovableType 3 yesterday and it doesn't work. People have been complaining about godaddy and now it's starting to affect me. I need a host that doesn't limit what you can do with scripts, and if possible, offers the ability to telnet/ssh into my domain space. Anyone?

Mike

aquadogus · Apr 21, 2005, 10:01 AM

I've been using them for a while, and they have been great so far.

www.textdrive.com

typoon · Apr 21, 2005, 10:02 AM

what about http://www.15minuteservers.com. Same as NAC. I'm sure the sales people can work something out for you. If 15 minute servers doesn't have what you are looking for call the NAC sales dept and they could also help you out.

Sorry for the cheap schill of the company I work for. I noticed you are in NJ. We are an NJ company so it's pretty local to you from Parsippany.

E's Lil Theorem · Apr 21, 2005, 10:23 AM

www.dreamhost.com

If you end up signing up with them and want to help me a bit by giving me a referral, my ID is docholliday814 or just click on

OptimusG4 · Apr 21, 2005, 10:24 AM

Personally, I use TotalChoice Hosting. Not sure about telnet/SSH though since I never use it :/

pman68 · Apr 21, 2005, 10:27 AM

I use DOTEASY

No problems so far!

RGB · Apr 21, 2005, 08:11 PM

I'll echo the great service fromDreamhost. I've also had good support from HostIgnition

MaxPower2k3 · Apr 21, 2005, 08:14 PM

my friend uses p4host with good success, but i'd go with dreamhost. no personal experience, but i've heard good things and the prices are great.

Scotttheking · 09:35 PM

I've heard rumors that Scott offers pretty cheap hosting as long as you don't bug him (much) for tech support, and that it's pretty feature rich, other than not having ssh access. The rumor said to email or PM him to ask about it.

spatterson · Apr 21, 2005, 10:32 PM

I use west host its very reliable and cheep too.

ManOfSteal · Apr 21, 2005, 10:56 PM

Is godaddy related to goeagle?

dillerX · Apr 21, 2005, 11:42 PM

Purple Giant hosts all the sites we do.

maccrazy · May 3, 2005, 04:43 AM

Check out Myacen or TJR Networks.

mdc · May 3, 2005, 09:21 AM

a third for dreamhost. if you do use them, use the 777 coupon for a year of their cheapest service for $9.

$9 to test them for a year, not too shabby.

MaxPower · May 3, 2005, 10:11 AM

Gotta plug dreamhost as well. Aside from the great plans and service they have afp enabled on accounts. So you can hit Command-K and type in 'afp://www.yourdomain.com' and it will appear as an Appleshare folder on your desktop. Quite nice.

Tell em I sent ya.

MaxPower · May 3, 2005, 10:19 AM

edit: vnc + cox cable = crappy forum posting

starman · May 3, 2005, 11:21 AM

I wound up going with Viziweb.

EDIT: Didn't know about dreamhost's afp!!

Mike

KeyLimePi · May 3, 2005, 03:20 PM

I've currently got sites on Westhost, HostIgnition and GoDaddy. Of the three HostIgnition is definately the cheapest and has been relatively trouble-free, but the one time I did have problems (e-mail) I found the support to be rather lacking.

I've got some PHP working on GoDaddy (blog, gallery, bbs), and I haven't had any trouble with them so far, but I think WestHost has been the most responsive in terms of service.

Mafia · May 3, 2005, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by spatterson

I use west host its very reliable and cheep too.

ditto

OwlBoy · May 3, 2005, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by OptimusG4

Personally, I use TotalChoice Hosting. Not sure about telnet/SSH though since I never use it :/

Same here.

-Owl

turtle777 · May 3, 2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by starman

I wound up going with Viziweb.

EDIT: Didn't know about dreamhost's afp!!

Mike

Ah well, I was about to make another Dreamhost support post...

-t

Kenneth · May 3, 2005, 04:26 PM

I just signed up with Powweb

rozwado1 · May 5, 2005, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by E's Lil Theorem

www.dreamhost.com

If you end up signing up with them and want to help me a bit by giving me a referral, my ID is docholliday814 or just click on

I used you as a referral. You owe me big time.

InterfaceGuy · May 5, 2005, 07:55 PM

I use http://www.webhostingbuzz.com and its the best hosting deal I've seen.

E's Lil Theorem · May 5, 2005, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by rozwado1

I used you as a referral. You owe me big time.

W00t! Thanks

Xeo · May 5, 2005, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by E's Lil Theorem

www.dreamhost.com

If you end up signing up with them and want to help me a bit by giving me a referral, my ID is docholliday814 or just click on

Seconded, except you should use "Xeo" as your referral.

Xeo · May 5, 2005, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Xeo

Seconded, except you should use "Xeo" as your referral.

[edit] I'm a bit late, I see.

himself · May 5, 2005, 10:42 PM

I'm looking to switch too. I have a site on Fat Cow which was great until they "upgraded" to a new platform... now there is no longer any IMAP mail access (only POP), and they seem to have eliminated to tools to manage directories (password protection in particular). I had no problem and would have easily recommended them before the switch. I have another site with a business partner of mine on Go Daddy, and honestly, I'm not impressed. Now I'm considering switching everything over, likely to Dreamhost. The only question is, who gets the referral?

MaxPower · May 5, 2005, 10:46 PM

How about the one who gave the awesome tip about the appleshare directories!

storer · May 5, 2005, 10:55 PM

friend once told me to go to "daddy.com" for hosting. Not good.

E's Lil Theorem · May 5, 2005, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by MaxPower

How about the one who gave the awesome tip about the appleshare directories!

Hah!

Well, himself, I'd say gather all the names and pick one at random. Oh, and I'd also say not to put me on that list since rozwado1 was kind enough to hook me up with a referral from this thread already. (Unless you really want to, in which case I'd say go for it!

)

storer · May 6, 2005, 12:22 AM

www.illusionfxnet.com are quite good, I used their free service a few months ago.

ThisGuy · May 6, 2005, 09:08 AM

another plug for http://powweb.com