Hello,

I'm the webmaster (and co-founder) of PocketMatrix.com.

We have been burned by http://www.cwihosting.com and are now being hosted at a very expensive ($250CDN for 50GB/m) host.

We are looking in to a host that offers around 150 of transfer/month. It would need to be unix.

We would need PHP/MySQL or the ability to install apps. We would also like to host a small quake server for a product that we are affiliated with (Pocket Quake - http://www.pocketmatrix.com/pocketquake/).

Are there any hosts that would be good for this sort of thing?

I'm looking for a really good price. Overage bandwidth should be cheap.

Hello,
You can find prices lower then $160 USD for 50 GB.
I doubt any host will let you run a Quake server on a virtual account, you'll need to get a dedicated server for that.
You are looking at a dedicated server and you should be able to find one with 150 GB transfer for less then $480 a month.

You might just want to check in the dedicated server forum,
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2
and also the advertising/offers forum here.
There are LOTS of specials in the advert. forum so you may find something or get some advice.
Good Luck

Well.. Just struck a deal with a guy that runs a online gaming site.

He is setting me up with up to 600GB/month for only $220/month.. i'll probably only use around 200 of it..

Have I done my math right?

2000 kb/s is 600GB/month right?

Thanks,

Chris

"600GB/month for only $220/month"

I'll be the first to say, IMPOSSIBLE.
I do not think anyone can afford to sell at $0.4 per GB actual transfer.
The only explanation is that they/he use(s) a special billing method where you pay for a few times more then you actually use.

This is what i have:

Up to 266k/s of bandwidth usage.... My site average is only 50k/s right now, but i'll be expanding...

So.. Lots of bandwidth for me :).

I suggest you look around for a company that can give you 600 GB for $440 (double your price).
You probably will not find anyone.
Then what are the chances he can do it?

Does that guy have an email?
There isn't a single person on this board who wouldn't want to pay only 40 cents per GB actual transfer.

Can you give us the link where you can get 600GB of transfer for only $220/mo? Btw, yes... 2000kb/s is abut 600GB (2mbps is about 650GB)

cheers,
:beer:

A link or some way to contact the person selling 600 GB for $220 would be nice.

[Edited by energy on 03-21-2001 at 12:55 AM]

266KiloBytes.. not 266Kilobits

hense... 80Gb * 8 = 640GB

Originally posted by energy
266 kiloBYTEs per second, not kilobits.

Yea... I got it later.... gee... my post was up only for one minute.... :)

cheers,
:beer:

He probably wouldn't want me to give everyone his email address.... but I'll ask him what he would charge normal people for hosting.. I'm guessing .90-1.00/GB.

I'm on spring break now.. so i have a lot of spare time. I'll talk to him tomorrow and see if he wants to let other people in on this hosting thing.. He is starting a hosting company....

Here are some hints if your a diehard and go looking for his site.

He's the leader of a CS clan.
His clan has an awesome webpage.
He has about 5 CS servers, 1 of them is up right now, others are upgrading to 1.1.
His page has a hosting section which states "coming soon". He also hosts Quake 2, Quake 3 servers..

I doubt anyone will get anything from that... but whatever..

i'll be back.

Originally posted by pocketmatrix
.... but I'll ask him what he would charge normal people for hosting..

Darn - I guess that strikes me out!

Excuse me.. What is CS?

CounterStrike. A popular addon for network/internet games of a FPS(First Person Shooter) called Half Life.

It's bloody good fun too!

I'd be happy with 300gb at $220/month...you should see UK prices! Terrible!

Rich
:)