I'm about to get my 1st real paid host. I already had one but I'll not talk about them. It was my 1st experience and I signed with a crappy host. When I realised it I canceled my account so they closed my account but have billed me for 4 extra months. So this time I'll get some advices before doing anything. I've search trough the board and have found 2 host that looks very good to me. Anyone could help me I can't chose between hostroket (http://hostrocket.com/v2/) or Aletia (http://www.aletiahosting.com/)
Whatever the host I'll sign with I'll take the basic plan so consider this one
Thanks for the help!

Well do a search in the forums here for both Hosts.Read thru and see what people have to say about em. I know Ive heard only good things about Aletia.
Also e-mail em with questions you may have about their service.Its a good way to get a feel for the kind of people they are etc... I know my current host (get-hosted.com SHAMELESS PLUG) has delt with many questions and has always been friendly and quick to respond.
Ive been with a bunch of really bad hosts in the last year or so.I was very gunshy about finding yet another host to try.Tho with some research and alot of aggravating questions I found a host that has worked out well for me and the sites I run.

Well, Hostrocket gives you a bit more disk space and bandwidth but on all other counts I'd go for Aletia...

Cheaper
Your own IP
Free domain parking
3 free multi-hosted domains
Mailing lists (explicitly stated for Aletia)
Reputation in this forum
etc.

What's the advantage of having your own IP address?

Originally posted by Da Red Monkey
What's the advantage of having your own IP address?

The only 2 reasons that are necessary is for anonymous ftp and your own SSL certificate.

Originally posted by WeinBar Jack


The only 2 reasons that are necessary is for anonymous ftp and your own SSL certificate. Yep, very few people actually *need* the static IP address. I know Hostrocket offers it for an extra $2/month if someone does require it for their economy account. I think their higher end accounts come with it...

I reccomend Aleita, they seem to have alot of positive reviews on this board, especially from Dogma :D