so i'm possibly meare moments away from signing up with http://www.webstrikesolutions.com/ for their *nix package. it's cheap, it's fairly comprehensive, and they seem to have a nigh spotless reputation.

however, i was hoping that before i commit i could get some advice from y'all. specifically what should i do before signing up, what should i watch for while using their service, and how to properly terminate service.

any help is appreciated.

$6/GB for extra bandwidth....make sure you don't go over

that's a lot, i gather. i'm not new to making sites, nor to hosting them. but quite new to paying for professional hosting. i am not terrifically worried about going over the bandwidth limit, but i'll keep that in mind, thank you.

oh, and one more question. is bandwidth calculated on data sent FROM your site, or does it include any data i upload? i would imagine so, but can't say for sure

Why don't take a look to http://www.hosturbo.com
I think that they provide what are you looking for.

Originally posted by welded
oh, and one more question. is bandwidth calculated on data sent FROM your site, or does it include any data i upload? i would imagine so, but can't say for sure

Yep, it will include data you upload, but I imagine that would be pretty small if your not doing big media files often.

Originally posted by akashd
$6/GB for extra bandwidth....make sure you don't go over


Humm...$5 to $6 a gig is about the norm these days

Im with weinbar and its $2.50/GB seems this may be WAY below average?

Originally posted by xtstrike
Im with weinbar and its $2.50/GB seems this may be WAY below average?
For hosting companies, 2.50 is a good deal. Some NOCs even offer $1 per gig. For consumers, $4-6 per gig is normal. The hosting company has to ensure some sort of profit somewhere. :D

If your really worried about bandwith then try looking for a host that offers about 10-14gigs of bandwith. I never use 1gig a month out of 14 gigs that I can use. It just depends on how big your site is.
check out www.webhostdir.com,www.webhostsearch.com.

Here are some good hosts:
www.hostrocket.com
www.tera-byte.com
www.hostcaters.com
www.your-site.com
www.dim8.net
www.hostway.com

I know about them personally and they are good!

just to add to the list:

www.servus.ws
www.f5hosting.com
www.site5.com
www.pwebtech.com
www.wizardshosting.com
www.gis.net

and so on

Thank you..I don't know very many hosts and I didn't want to give people ones that are like tacidhost.