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bigperm
05-23-2002, 04:15 AM
My vote goes to http://www.clee.com/Hosting.htm

OkGoNow
05-23-2002, 04:28 AM
Originally posted by bigperm
My vote goes to http://www.clee.com/Hosting.htm

:eek: WOW!:eek:

Paul-UKWSD
05-23-2002, 04:33 AM
LOL!

They need to charge those prices in order to pay the web developer ;)

MCHost-Marc
05-23-2002, 04:40 AM
At least they're not selling everything for nothing ;)

bigperm
05-23-2002, 04:44 AM
Maybe they have REALLY REALLY good support.

roly
05-23-2002, 04:49 AM
I once found

10MB Space
500MB Bandwidth
FrontPage extnesions
FTP

$30 a month

The same company also offered

Domain parking

$120 a year

virgil
05-23-2002, 05:11 AM
I believe there are still legacy hosting companies out there. I remember way back in 1995 that the prices were like that, and the dot-com boom was just about to happen. Most of the customers are like people selling home made tobacco, beach towels with biblical messages, woodcrafts, and stuff like that. And remarkably, some of them are still with these hosters all those years.

jeffrylee
05-23-2002, 05:12 AM
I guess they have the best support.. they will call you every hour and ask if you have a question. :D

HostInspect
05-23-2002, 05:22 AM
Originally posted by jeffrylee
I guess they have the best support.. they will call you every hour and ask if you have a question. :D

LOL

coux
05-23-2002, 06:23 AM
Technical Support = $95/hr :bawling:

Abu Mami
05-23-2002, 06:33 AM
Holy balls!

BTW - Take a look at the HTML source of their page. You'll find this line there...
<META Name="description" Content="Web services provided by clee.com.inc include hosting, development, and consulting at reasonable prices.">

Reasonable prices??!!!!!! Someone there has a serious substance abuse problem.

tagalaxy.net
05-23-2002, 06:49 AM
heh..clee offers 20MB, 1.5GB for $50 a month, and you have to pay extra for support
Technical Support is available for $95.00/hr. These services may include training, design, page updates, scanning, graphics artwork, custom programming, on-line stores, and phone support.
$5 a month extra for each email addy too
and $100 for 2 years of domain registration
jesus christ :P
could get an RS ded server for less than the price of this account + support

virgil
05-23-2002, 06:58 AM
Listing on the Rockingham County Community Notes Page? man, I better get this deal right away. :dgrin:

Aussie Bob
05-23-2002, 07:22 AM
Good on 'em if they can get those prices. Not all folks on planet earth know how cheap hosting can get. Maybe they're marketing to their local market or something?? I know developers locally who charge $450/yr for basic hosting. It's all relative anyways. :)

bigperm
05-23-2002, 07:26 AM
Want to know the sad thing?

They have customers.

All of the websites listed on the sponsors (http://clee.com/notes/Business.asp) page of the Rockingham County Community Notes (http://clee.com/notes/) page seem to be customers of clee.com.

I have to admit... I have met these people. The guy named the site after his son (Clee) and his son was in my Boy Scout Troop back in the day. All of the websites are for businesses in my area.

Aussie Bob
05-23-2002, 08:19 AM
Originally posted by bigperm
Want to know the sad thing?

They have customers.

All of the websites listed on the sponsors (http://clee.com/notes/Business.asp) page of the Rockingham County Community Notes (http://clee.com/notes/) page seem to be customers of clee.com.

I have to admit... I have met these people. The guy named the site after his son (Clee) and his son was in my Boy Scout Troop back in the day. All of the websites are for businesses in my area.
(1). What is wrong with what they do??

(2). Why is that such a sad thing?

(3). Why do you have to "admit....I have met these people" ??

Gordo
05-23-2002, 08:29 AM
Here's my suggestion of the most outrageously priced hosting.

Networksolutions one-page website for $65 a year.

virgil
05-23-2002, 08:58 PM
Yea, just leave them be. Who knows maybe this Clee guy is sick and they need the money to cover the medical expenses.

fractiousws
05-23-2002, 10:29 PM
:eek:

RH Robert
05-23-2002, 11:04 PM
Originally posted by virgil
Who knows maybe this Clee guy is sick and they need the money to cover the medical expenses.

Then lets all send him a get well email! j/k

shanda
05-23-2002, 11:44 PM
Where are these clee-owns located? Must be some hick town. No offense to hicks.

Devorius
05-24-2002, 04:38 AM
Hmm. Their company info page is certainly appropriate for their service.

Go to http://www.clee.com/Company.htm with your sound up and you'll know what I mean.

Abu Mami
05-24-2002, 05:08 AM
Originally posted by Devorius
Hmm. Their company info page is certainly appropriate for their service.

Go to http://www.clee.com/Company.htm with your sound up and you'll know what I mean. Wow! Impressive. ;)

roly
05-24-2002, 05:08 AM
©1998 clee.com,inc.
On hosting page
And on http://www.clee.com/CPYRIGHT.htm
Copyright 1999 clee.com, inc

LOL

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.clee.com
NT4/Windows 98 Microsoft-IIS/4.0 5-Sep-2001 166.82.185.101 Dilyns.Com FLP
LOL

NumLock
05-24-2002, 06:22 AM
those clee.com really exist? is it actually a hosting company or just a big joke? i mean, they don't even have a web designing. :eek:

ToastyX
05-24-2002, 06:32 AM
Wanna see outrageous? This is outrageous: http://www.1dollarhosting.com/ ;)

Andyc
05-24-2002, 06:41 AM
This is the telephone company and main ISP in my home town in rural Nebraska.

http://www.sentco.net/pricing.html

10 MB for $50 a month. Wow.

smacx
05-24-2002, 10:48 AM
Or how about $1500 a month for a megabit? Thats only 324 gigs...

This is what us canadians pay for colo...

Angel78
05-24-2002, 11:28 AM
Well there are customers out there (believe me) that are willing to pay much more than 150 € for a simple site that uses no more than 1-2 gig per month, they just need some extra support = you have to visit them in their offices once in 3-4 months :)

Rotifer
05-24-2002, 02:48 PM
It does seem a bit harsh to make fun of these people, but I enjoyed the site for bodyguard training (http://www.bodyguard-training.com/default.htm). Note the bodyguards all seem to work at Nascar events. Sorry Aussiebob.

iamdave
05-24-2002, 06:43 PM
Originally posted by bigperm
My vote goes to http://www.clee.com/Hosting.htm Don't buy from them, if you think they are too expensive.

Jedito
05-24-2002, 07:24 PM
Originally posted by iamdave
Don't buy from them, if you think they are too expensive.
Agree.

Don't you have something better to do with your time? Gees!:angry:

microsol
05-25-2002, 05:59 AM
Originally posted by smacx
Or how about $1500 a month for a megabit? Thats only 324 gigs...

This is what us canadians pay for colo...

I've seen something similar with a hosting company in spain. Their transfer prices work out at $15000/month/Mbit. YES, that's right, $15000 bucks for 1 Megabit! Unfortunately I forgot the URL. When i remember I'll post it here. Nothing against our competitor but companies like this one really deserves a boykott.

microsol
05-25-2002, 06:30 AM
Originally posted by microsol


I've seen something similar with a hosting company in spain. Their transfer prices work out at $15000/month/Mbit. YES, that's right, $15000 bucks for 1 Megabit! Unfortunately I forgot the URL. When i remember I'll post it here. Nothing against our competitor but companies like this one really deserves a boykott.

Ok, here we go for the spanish talking ppl: http://www.centrored.com/centroredWWW/albergueservidores.htm

Server Colo $55.80/month <----reasonable
OS config $475.34 :eek:
Server install without OS config $279 :eek:
1 Megabyte transfer = $0.0465 :eek: :eek: <---- Works out at $13950/month/300GB :eek: :eek: :eek:

Now, if that's not a ripoff? Uptime guarantee: 99.95% :eek:

Rewdog
05-25-2002, 04:00 PM
http://websuitors.com/services.htm
My uncle got suckered by these guys :(
Didn't even consult with me, but invested over 1200 dollars into a 5 page website (I could have done it in about an hour) then continuted to pay these guys 100 bucks a month...
They didn't even list him in search engines, unmetered bandwidth came out to equal bout 2 gigs too...

tzdesigner
05-25-2002, 04:56 PM
By the look of the so called "Professional site" you can totally tell they are doing great business :)

GWDGuy
05-26-2002, 05:59 PM
Originally posted by Paul-ukhost
LOL!

They need to charge those prices in order to pay the web developer ;)


:D

That is funny.. I went just to look at their great website. LOL I wish we could get away with those prices.. Maybe they are trying to pay for the whole server with only a fw customers.

Good luck to them.

Robert