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tylor · Jun 30, 2005, 07:37 PM

i have a server, and was thinking about renting it out. i was thinking 1gb for $10/month... is that a good price? what are good prices for less space?

thank you

Mister Elf · Jun 30, 2005, 08:42 PM

Meh...$10 is ridiculous for 1GB of space...especially with the limited bandwidth your server will have. Powweb charges, last i checked, $7.77 a month for twice that, plus hosting services.

Kevin · Jun 30, 2005, 08:43 PM

Maybe you could host an emoticon server.

tylor · Jun 30, 2005, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by KevinK

Maybe you could host an emoticon server.

i don't understand

turtle777 · Jun 30, 2005, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by KevinK

Maybe you could host an emoticon server.

I'd chip in $ 0.01 to perfect my 1337 h4XOr hotlinking skillz.

-t

turtle777 · Jun 30, 2005, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by tylor

i don't understand

Insider joke, don't worry.

Hey, have a look at www.dreamhost.com. For $ 7.99 per month (2 years plan) you get 2400 MB space and 250 GB bandwidth. That's enough for gazillion smileys...

-t

budster101 · Jun 30, 2005, 09:13 PM

http://staging.plexihosting.com/promo.html

E's Lil Theorem · Jun 30, 2005, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Insider joke, don't worry.

Hey, have a look at www.dreamhost.com. For $ 7.99 per month (2 years plan) you get 2400 MB space and 250 GB bandwidth. That's enough for gazillion smileys...

-t

Hah, no kidding. Everyone complaining about bandwidth needs to change their hosting company or at least change their plan.

I have DreamHost as well and am very happy with them. Last I checked I get about eleventy billion ™ gigs of bandwidth, which comes in handy when all my site does is host images. Most of those images are hotlinked, and given that I don't have to worry about a few gigs of bandwidth here or there, I don't have go terrorizing the poor souls in this here internet. Everyone wins

Superchicken · Jun 30, 2005, 09:50 PM

Crossspot gives me (though I'm currently not all paid up so my hosting is down for a wee bit haha) 1 gig of storage, unlimited bandwidth (it's never felt slow so I don't care if it's streamed or not) and the usual mySQL, php etc. The only thing I regret is the fact that I can only host one domain and I get no sub domains. Which does suck. But meh I'll live. And I only pay $50 a year, 75 CND.

villalobos · Jun 30, 2005, 10:19 PM

Cheap too

http://www.surpasshosting.com/hostingplans.php

boardsurfer · Jun 30, 2005, 10:32 PM

I've been browsing for hosting lately as well. Opinions on GoDaddy? Least expensive I have found.

turtle777 · Jun 30, 2005, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

I've been browsing for hosting lately as well. Opinions on GoDaddy? Least expensive I have found.

Had some not so pleasant customer service experience with them. But in general, I heard they are quite ok...

-t

Superchicken · Jun 30, 2005, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

I've been browsing for hosting lately as well. Opinions on GoDaddy? Least expensive I have found.

I've heard of people absolutely refuse to go with em...

CreepingDeth · Jun 30, 2005, 10:36 PM

The woman had a nice rack, so it has to be a good company.

turtle777 · Jun 30, 2005, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by CreepingDeth

The woman had a nice rack, so it has to be a good company.

What ?

-t

CreepingDeth · Jun 30, 2005, 10:41 PM

On the commercials.

turtle777 · Jun 30, 2005, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by CreepingDeth

On the commercials.

That explains. I can't find a rack up there ^^^

-t

ManOfSteal · Jun 30, 2005, 11:53 PM

Superchicken · Jul 1, 2005, 12:05 AM

Haha, a server company... nice rack... oh my... I think I'm gona go pee myself...

budster101 · Jul 1, 2005, 12:26 AM

$3.95 per month good?

http://www.sitedub.com/

Mastrap · Jul 1, 2005, 01:13 AM

Dreamhost too. $7.45 a month for 14GB of server space and 60GB off monthly data throughput.

budster101 · Jul 1, 2005, 01:17 AM

sitedub.com

$3.95 per month 4 GB server space and 200GB of throughput.

I'd rather have the throughput. 4GB isn't bad for $3.95 / month...

Chuckit · Jul 1, 2005, 03:49 AM

Aww, man, I wish I'd heard of DreamHost last week. The company I work at just switched to MediaTemple, but DreamHost has everything they do plus Rails support, PLUS with the sale they have right now, we'd actually be getting way more than we do with MediaTemple.

I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread, y'all.