hi, im a college student that just got visual studio 2008. i want to build a few webpages with this (asp.net) and was curious what kind of hosting i needed? i was told i needed a dedicated server, and when i checked the prices on that, it was expensive :eek:

does anyone have any recommendations for me? thanks!

You don't need a dedicated server for a few .NET pages. Simply take a look in the shared hosting offers forum and search for ".NET Hosting", it should turn up a fair few results.

Exactly. A dedicated server will be killing for you. A shared hosting plan should just suffice your needs and you can get one at around $5 / mon. Shared Hosting offers section Here (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4) will be of help to you in your search.

Good luck!

- Rick

If you want to give me a PM for some remarks on my experience, but flytheweb.com is a very customer-service oriented company and is windows hosting.

If you want to give me a PM for some remarks on my experience, but flytheweb.com is a very customer-service oriented company and is windows hosting.

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so, ive narrowed it down between gogax.com and reliablesite.net. theres reviews of reliablesite here on webhostingtalk, but none on gogax. anyone have any experience with gogax? thanks!

well, you can usually use hostjury.com for reviews...

gogax: hostjury.com/reviews/gogax
reliablesite: hostjury.com/reviews/ReliableSite

Use a shared windows server 2008 webhost.

You could also try a windows server 2003 shared hosting plan but 2008 has better security features now if available.

Go for 2008 as they many hosting companies already offer..Though not compltly released its better to try in new 2008 envi...Hope you let us know your thought abt the server performance.. ;-)

Hope stromg MS support nd Technical support people are there for 2008 server support..