[Novalug] Favorite hosting site??

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Igor Birman wrote:

IB >I am in the process of moving some sites around, and I have discovered that the web hosting is different from the domain registration.  This is probably painfully obvious to everyone else, but I never really thought about it before.
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IB >When you sign up with most hosting companies, the domain comes bundled with the hosting and it locks you in to the account.  I have some sites at 1and1.com and have let them handle the domain names, and have been trying for a long time to move the sites.  There is nothing mysterious about transferring the domain name, but there are enough steps in the process that I just have not gotten around to it.  I finally did go through the steps and have been waiting for a week for 1and1 to approve the transfer request.
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IB >I am trying to consolidate all my domains with godaddy, which will make it very easy for me to move the actual sites around.  Once you have control of the domain, you can switch name servers almost instantly..
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IB >That being said, I have a reseller account set up with hostgator.  They do offer ssh, but you have to fax them a copy of your drivers license.  They also offer WHM which lets you act as a reseller and create accounts that your friends/customers can manage themselves...
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IB >Anyone have an opinion on domain registrars?
IB >


I have had excellent service from directnic.com. I have had friends who 
lost domains they had registered with godaddy when the forgot which 
e-mail account was on file with godaddy and godaddy was not helpful.
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IB >Igor
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IB >----- Original Message ----
IB >From: Timojhen Mark <timojhen at nobalance.com>
IB >To: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
IB >Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2008 7:59:34 AM
IB >Subject: Re: [Novalug] Favorite hosting site??
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IB >I've been using Bluehost for years and am satisfied.  I'm not doing
IB >anything terribly complicated, but it's been better than having it
IB >running from my basement (previous solution) since the power out here
IB >is pretty flaky.
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IB >They're generous with how much you can do from a single account
IB >(vhosts), so I'm running domains for friends etc on the same dime.
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IB >Timojhen
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IB >On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:59 AM, timojhen mark <timojhen at gmail.com> wrote:
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IB >I've been using Bluehost for years and am satisfied.  I'm not doing
IB >anything terribly complicated, but it's been better than having it
IB >running from my basement (previous solution) since the power out here
IB >is pretty flaky.
IB >
IB >They're generous with how much you can do from a single account
IB >(vhosts), so I'm running domains for friends etc on the same dime.
IB >
IB >Timojhen
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IB >On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Rahul Murmuria <rahul at murmuria.in> wrote:
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IB >Hi!
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IB >On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Jason P. Thomas <jthomasp at gmualumni.org> wrote:
IB >>
IB >> linode.com offers Xen based servers.  They seem to be based in NJ.  I
IB >> have a friend that uses them and is happy with the service.
IB >
IB >Linode has been in hosting business for longer. Gandi is a
IB >new-kid-on-the-block as far as hosting is concerned. That explains the
IB >remarkably big difference in costs also!
IB >Gandi is the cheapest XEN based hosting I have seen on the web, and
IB >Gandi is a longtime trusted domain registration website.
IB >
IB >I am currently using a $1 /month hosting service at http://www.net4.in
IB >(which includes email), but a friend uses Gandi and I like his setup.
IB >
IB >>
IB >> --Jay
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IB >--
IB >Rahul Murmuria
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