Any good hosting companies out there?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by TurboWebs, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    I'm looking for a quality VPS host.

    For requirements, would prefer something on the Virtuozzo platform with a Plesk 30 domain license, as well as running CentOS 5, PHP 5, MySQL 5. Need the ability for multiple IP addresses if they are not already included, I need at least 2, for now.

    For support, someone who actually answers support and contact requests. Looking for an actual company with a phone number not some reseller that has a co-lo dedicated server sitting 300 miles away.

    For pricing, not looking for cheap, I believe you get what you pay for and I'm willing to pay for it. But I'm not looking for someone to charge a fortune and not deliver either. I just signed up an account for $90 a month with a hosting company and here I am 20 hours later, still no account, still no communication from the host. I thought I finally found someone with decent services for a decent price, but if this is how they treat new customers, then how do they treat existing customers?

    Do decent hosts no longer exist? If you reply with some company offering $10 VPS accounts, you are wasting your time, the average decent dedicated server costs $300 a month and I don't want to be sitting on a server with 30 other accounts just to hit their break even point, and 100 more so they can make a profit. Plus I'd like to actually be able to get 512 Mb of ram with the VPS, instead of having to fight the other 130 accounts for it.

    Thanks
     
    TurboWebs, Sep 10, 2008 IP
  2. TopherX

    TopherX Banned

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    I like hostgator, they offer great support at a great price. not sure if they have what you need though.
     
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    cipals15 Well-Known Member

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    Try checking resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com and check for The Planet <-- Good hosting service but you need some bucks!. User of this host is animeshout.com
     
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    TurboWebs Peon

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    Hostgator doesn't offer VPS, only shared or dedicated

    The Planet, only offers Dedicated that I could find on their 3 sites, and I'm not looking for dedicated, nor would I want those kind of dedicated servers, not even real servers.

    Just looking for VPS accounts, Virtual Private Servers.

    Thanks,
     
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  5. Danielregwan

    Danielregwan Well-Known Member

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    I'm hosting one of my websites on RapidVPS.com for a year now, you should give them a try - but they're not cheap I'm paying for the second package 30$/month (400mhz/256mb cap)

    p.s.
    they got excellent support.
     
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    lightless Notable Member

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    micksss Notable Member

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    Look into Liquidweb or Lunarpages for VPS.
     
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  10. liquidwebBret

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    The service you just signed up for. Have you tried calling them to see whats up? I know that sometimes e-mails can be blocked etc. Our phone wait time is on average under 30 seconds.
     
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    I use a UK based company called vpswow.com and cannot fault them. You can get VPS from $19.99 - $99.99 depending on specifications. They have telephone support, live chat and ticket support. I am on a server hosted in Bluesquare.

    www.vpswow.com
     
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    liquidwebBret Greenhorn

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    www.vpswow.com doesn't seem to be working from here. I'm in the US.
     
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    I'm using this VPS since last 6 month and its so far so good
    I'm on this plan VS004.0G-0400.0GM
    http://serveraxis.com/vps.php
     
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    hostgator is good - i use them and recommend them to anyone
     
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