Hi, I have been getting regular emails from my hosting company every few days lately to say they have added another gig to my bandwidth for $1 each time. I have 20 gigs of bandwidth per month, now I have to pay an extra $3 as I'm on 23 gigs and it sems to be rising. Most of the bandwidth is from Google and for one website. I have about 12 website but only 1 that is somewhat busy and I plan to move them all to Php eventually, I had 20+ before and I'm slowly moving them to unix/php.

The problem I have is this hosting package was created about 6-7 years ago and it seems a little outdated I think as most hosts are offering 40 gigs + for less costs. I will now be paying nearly $30 per month and it could rise a lot more if the bandwidth continues to rise.

It is a shared hosting account with hundreds of other domains on the same server after checking a reverse lookup. My main website ws meant to have it's own IP but I just done a reverese lookup and see another domain is on it but it's down!! which is alarming.

I have been using this company for years and while they don't have 24 hour support now as there seems to be only the manager there and is not that technical they have been good to me and reliable. But I'm starting to consider looking at other options now.

What should I be expecting for bandwiths with shared hosting these days?

This sounds alarming if you had your own private IP and yet, now it seems other sites are using it as well.

Shared hosting these days seem to be easy to find, but quality is not as good as it once was. The market is flooded, which makes it a buyers price... However, it often means a lot of "over sold" shared host.

If your site really is using 20GB a month and its adding 1GB a day on top of that... I'd think about a VPS or maybe dedicated server.

thanks for your reply. I have tried VPS a few years ago when I had problems with this host before. But it was a real problem, I spent weeks on it and couldn't get it to run properly and the support was useless so I had to go back to this host. I don't want to go through that experience again and I don't have the time to spend weeks setting a VPS up.

I have had a look around at the competition and the 20 gigs is out of date for what I'm paying and getting (shared with 300+ websites). I wrote to them and mentioned these issues politly but he came back defensivly saying "most of my clients feel the pricing is excellent for a cloud presence in a Tier I data center like Equinix offering our level of service and support. There are many cheaper and I do grant you that.

" I'm not sure what this actually means but they never addressed my concerns with the 300+ wesbites on the server and why this other site is on my IP and why it is not working which is bad as it just hangs. I also never mentioned I want cheap hosting to him, I want good value.

I wait for their response but they say "level of service and support", but they don't even offer 24/7 support anymore as it's only the owner there running the show and he is nt that technical from my past experiences. I had an issue recently and he couln't even tell me what it was.

My requirments for hosting are:

30 gigs of bandwidth per month
at least 10 domains with AW Stats for each domain.
ASP an Access database support, don't need .net or php etc as have other hosting for that.
1-2 gigs of storage is plenty
Don't want to share with many other sites.
Prefer larger company, don't want a small outfit that watches everything you do and may steal your code etc.
Prefer company has been in business for at least 5 years.
Sites must be hosted in the USA
Don't need much in the way of email or anything else as never use them.

I would rather work something out with the current host but if they are not going to give me good value price and having to share with 300 + sites then it's time to move elsewhere.

You're requirements seem very simple, but with wanting 10 domains you may want either a reseller of a VPS. VPS are not hard to control at all. Most use Plesk or Cpanel. It sounds like your past VPS host was not setup right though & left a bad taste in your mouth.

I'm more of a Linux user for hosting myself, so I really can not recommend a Windows host for you (would have suggested Host Hawk).

But I stick by my suggestion for a VPS (or at least a resale account) for your bandwidth & for better management for all your domains.

You're requirements seem very simple, but with wanting 10 domains you may want either a reseller of a VPS. VPS are not hard to control at all. Most use Plesk or Cpanel. It sounds like your past VPS host was not setup right though & left a bad taste in your mouth.

I'm more of a Linux user for hosting myself, so I really can not recommend a Windows host for you (would have suggested Host Hawk).

But I stick by my suggestion for a VPS (or at least a resale account) for your bandwidth & for better management for all your domains.

Yeah maybe the VPS these days has matured and I felt at that time I was one of the first people using it, I think it was around 4-5 years ago but it was very difficult as I had to install everything myself and their interface was not working most of the time. I just gave up and went back to normal hosting and it was like a huge load was lifted off my shoulders and I could breathe again. I'm sure windows VPS hosting has come a long way since then but I'm a little hesitant to try again as it was a nighmare last time, with all my websites down for weeks losing search rankings etc.

You mention Reseller hosting, well this hosting I'm using is a reseleller account. It seems every man and his dog is reselling it with 300+ domains on one IP, I wonder how many others are on other Ip's on the same server? :eek:

I prefer Unix hosting these days but I still have some old ASP sites that need to use the windows hosting. Actually only 1 or 2 sites really need to stay if it came down to it, I could move the rest over to Php.

After checking this forum I have come up with a list of hosting providers to check out, I have no idea about any of these,these were just mentioned on this forum. Probably some are just self promoted ones from the owner but I will go through them 1 by 1 and soon work out who they are, what they offer, how long they have been in business, employees etc....

CrystalTech.com
Rackspace
Intermedia
coolwinhosting.com
Softsyshosting
MaximumASP
ThePlanet
eurovps.com (prefer US hosting)
jodohost.com

CrystalTech.com
Rackspace
Intermedia
coolwinhosting.com
Softsyshosting
MaximumASP
ThePlanet
eurovps.com (prefer US hosting)
jodohost.com

I would take ThePlanet & Softlayerv off your list. They are still merging companies (becoming 1 company) and have heard a few issues (can search this site about it). Its to soon to tell the results of the merger and with all your domains, it may not be a good move to take the chance.

On your list, I would recommend Rackspace (USA) or eurovps.com if you're willing to try a Europe host. There is a lot of feedback on those two (although I've not used either).

Thanks for the feedback but I have taken Rackspace off my list as it looks like they are selling dedicated servers etc. I have also takn Eurohost off as well as I prefer it to be located in the USA for a couple of reasons. I have also taken those other two you mention off, so now I have this list to research. It's hard to know since there is hardly and reviews on here and you really want to see reviews from establihed members, not ones with a few posts. I also found a number of people promoting their own business and those are the ones I don't want.

CrystalTech.com
Intermedia
coolwinhosting.com
MaximumASP
jodohost.com

Thanks for the feedback but I have taken Rackspace off my list as it looks like they are selling dedicated servers etc. I have also takn Eurohost off as well as I prefer it to be located in the USA for a couple of reasons. I have also taken those other two you mention off, so now I have this list to research. It's hard to know since there is hardly and reviews on here and you really want to see reviews from establihed members, not ones with a few posts. I also found a number of people promoting their own business and those are the ones I don't want.

CrystalTech.com
Intermedia
coolwinhosting.com
MaximumASP
jodohost.com


I understand how hard it is to find a host (I spent a month searching myself). I didn't want someone to new, because then you could be taking a risky change and I found many of the much "older" companies had lost their way & basically had drastically over sold themselves (you basically feel like a number with a dollar sign & not a valued customer to them).

I'm not a hosting company myself, but have so far... Found hawkhost.com to be very good. That's where I've hosted my community after I left Jumpline.com (you can find my 3-4 page review on how bad they where).

Like yourself, I kind of take what many of the "host" here with a grain of salt. I understand they want to promote their business, but I was always looking for what was right for me & not who here could send me a quick link with a promo code. :rolleyes:

So I do sympathize in your search.

Best of luck to you :)

You mention Reseller hosting, well this hosting I'm using is a reseleller account. It seems every man and his dog is reselling it with 300+ domains on one IP, I wonder how many others are on other Ip's on the same server? :eek:

I prefer Unix hosting these days but I still have some old ASP sites that need to use the windows hosting. Actually only 1 or 2 sites really need to stay if it came down to it, I could move the rest over to Php.

99% of shared hosting servers host more than 300 domains on one server.
The matter is your website running fast or not.
Old server like Pentium 4 can host 100-200 domains.
The latest server dual quad core HT with 16CPUs and 12GB+ Ram obviously can host a lot more domains and still run faster than P4 server.
The package you are using is definitely outdated in terms of pricing and resource quota.
If your websites haven't been moved/upgraded to new server recently, probably you are hosted on an old server as well.
Try to look on your hosting provider's website to check pricing and package quota.
There are plenty of hosts can offer you the hosting package you need with more disk space and bandwidth.

Of the remaining list, I'd look at Coolwin. I've used them, liked what I had.

However, I would strongly suggestion reconsidering EuroVPS for quality Windows hosting. Most of my traffic is North America, too, but the servers simply work better than many USA hosts I've worked with in the past. I originally got my EuroVPS account for two important sites many years ago, but have slowly moved most of my projects to accounts there, because quality was simply above the others, and pricing was quite competitive. The other key attraction is the ability to easily move from shared (cloud) to VPS to dedicated, as you grow (if you grow).

Good to see you're doing your homework. Your lists have some good companies named.

thanks for the replied.

kmedia, do you know if I would be able to have my websites on their own IP's with EuroVPS? I would like to have about 10 websites sharing 2 IP's and have no other peoples sites on those IP's. I see they say on their reseller page the following which I gather means this: http://www.eurovps.com/eng/hosting/ha_reseller_hosting/ha_reseller_hosting_windows/

Dedicated IP Addresses 2

One thing that worries me is that Google etc might not see the websites as catering for people in the USA and might affect traffic etc!

kmedia, can I ask if you work for EuroVPS or are an affiliate as I see you link to them in your sig and you have many posts plugging them? It might be your just are happy with their service but I would just like to be clear on that if you don't mind.

I emailed my current host to say that I understand that their hardware can accomodate many websites as they wrote to say they can handle it but I requested to have 2 IP's and they have so far ignored my email.

Nope, not an employee, not an affiliate. I'm paid $0. Like it says -- paying customer for 4+ years, with a file folder of invoices to prove it. I come to this site for my own reasons, and I actually recommend about 10 hosts in all, if you read my various posts. For your request, I strongly urge EuroVPS as the best host.

As far as the IP question, that's the way I read it, too -- but ask them to be sure. VPS and dedicated for sure have their own IPs.

Google has no problem putting my various sites on page 1. Geography is not as important as the declared language and targeted location. Join Google Webmaster tools and specify it. Quality content, of course, is the key to successful sites -- and not anything else.

Thanks KPmedia and yes I see you review quite a few hosts after reading the forum a lot more. EuroVPS is still an option but I would prefer a US based host.

This is a real pain looking for a suitable host. I tried jodahost and their support is outstanding, they had replied to my emails within minutes but unfortunatly I have requested a refund as I found the reseller interface too complicated. I also now realize they are based in India and I want my sites hosted in the USA for a number of reasons. But let me say again they have great support and are very helpful.

PremiumReseller.com has some good offers, just waiting to hear if they offer AW stats for each domain?

I had looked further into some of the other hosts on my list but most ended up not offering what I want so I'm back to where I started now :(

any other ideas I would appreciate it.

You're requirements seem very simple, but with wanting 10 domains you may want either a reseller of a VPS.

Why is that a case?

why don't you try to upgrade your current hosting package with the current hosting provider with 100 GB / Month bandwidth or more?