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To: balug-talk@balug.org From: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> Subject: [Balug-talk] Know any good web-hosting companies? Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:04:32 -0800 I'm shopping around for web-hosting services, and I was wondering if anyone here knew of any that they liked. My litmus tests are (1) do they provide linux shell accounts (freebsd would be okay). (2) do they let you run mod_perl apps. They also get points for being (1) located in the SF area (2) having a wide range of deals you can select from, e.g. something like a simple static site for $15/month, dynamic for $25, etc. They lose points if they mention FrontPage or say that they sell "solutions". I was hoping I could just find an existing list someplace, but http://perl.apache.org/isp.html is pretty clearly incomplete, since it doesn't include http://www.icestorm.com, which is one of the candidates I've come up with by googling around. === To: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> From: Brandon Harris <bharris@gaijin.com> Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Know any good web-hosting Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:15:40 -0800 (PST) Talk to Daniel Sulley: daniel@electricrain.com He hosts people on electricrain and is a full service deal. Linux; perl, etc. I host www.gaijin.com and domains.gaijin.com there. === To: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu>, From: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre@deirdre.net> Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Know any good web-hosting Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:41:01 -0800 he.net I believe offers all that you mentioned. I use PHP rather than mod_perl, as imho anyone with sense would. I've looked at two-year-old PHP code and not scratched my head wondering what I meant. === To: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> From: Claude Rubinson <cmsclaud@ARCHES.UGA.EDU> Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Know any good web-hosting Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:40:53 -0500 (EST) Depends on what you want/need. My needs are fairly simple and I've been really happy with CSoft.net. Their accounts start at $5-10 per month and go up from there. You can choose between linux and bsd. No windows. They're pretty much hands off -- they expect that you know what you're doing and as long as you don't fsck anything up, they leave you alone. On the other hand, every time that I've emailed them about something, they've always gotten back to me in a few hours and have been really friendly. However, their uptime leaves something to be desired, I think. 95 percent of the time things are fine but their have been a couple of times that I've tried to log in and haven't been able to. The worst was a few months back; the server that my account was on was down for 2 or 3 days. But, they gave everyone a free months worth of service. A related problem is that their linux servers are on the 2.4 kernel -- so they keep having to upgrade it. I'd prefer if they would have just stuck with a stable 2.2 kernel. If you know your way around Unix and want a simple, no frills account, I highly recommend CSoft. Good prices, great service. Claude p.s. A larger web-hosting company is Hurricane.net. I've had a lot of people recommend them to me for larger projects. You may want to look into them. ===