I'm doing some research on this subject:

In your opinion, which are the MOST EXPENSIVE web hosting companies out there today?

Please mention their URLs in this thread. A list of such companies will get me started.

Why are you looking for THE MOST expensive web hosts out there? Is it because you think quality of service = price?

I think he mentioned bout doing a research on these expensive hosts
I'm doing some research on this subject:

Originally posted by net-trend
Why are you looking for THE MOST expensive web hosts out there? Is it because you think quality of service = price?

No... I definitely do not think quality of service = more price. I just need to research them.

So please, if anyone of you remember any web hosting companies out there which frightened you because they were too expensive, then please post their URLs here.

I don't know who the most expensive is; but you could always try going to some of the web hosting directories and reverse-sorting by price. That would get you a higher end, if not the most expensive. It's at least a starting point.

Several other threads around here have listed hosting directories, including the URLs.

I can't really be more exact than that. Different people have different concepts of "too high a price" for hosting. I've had more companies frighten me off, when I was in the market, because their prices looked too low for what they were offering, and I figured that there was some sort of catch. This was back in the days (1996-1997) before I knew a whole lot about bandwidth, resources, and how some web hosts market hosting packages to look attractive. Instinct made me take a step back.

*pauses, re-reads the dates*

Okay, now I feel ancient. Or just strange.

http://www.telushosting.com/packages.html

Take a look at their price for bandwidth overage.... :p

www.futurequest.net

What kind of bandwidth cost 100 bucks a Gig .. :eek:

www.mediatemple.net

cud be the ones, who don't post in WHT, rather who find their customers outside of WHT..!?

Okay, thats a general statement...!

Dishonorable mention:

Networksolutions.com - their 5-page host plan. The standard price is apparently about $130 per year but it includes a domain name. A single page is about $44/yr.

Homestead.com - Silver plan - Standard price is $109.99/yr with $20 setup. 10 page max. No domain name permitted.

Pair.com is pretty expensive.

http://www.pair.com

Company Space Bandwidth Price/Month

Hostway 500 MB 30 GB $99.95
Hosting.com 400 MB 20 GB $199.00
Best Host 5 GB 50 GB $199.95
VIA USA 10 GB 150 GB $495.00

lol about 3 years ago i hosted with Pair.com lol.

wow guys... that was a great list to get me started. also thanks for the idea of doing reverse-sorting on hosting directories.

anyways, do keep this list growing for the next two days if possible.

I dont think Pair.com is "that" expensive.

Secondly, Pair.com is like the Armani of hosting :-)

http://www.xo.com/
http://www.verio.com/

They're both pretty expensive (xo.com is reseller of cnchosting.com).

http://www.interland.com/

Some web designers who aren't well knowledged in the industry have prices like $20/mo for 50MB of space, I saw one site like that the other day. I wish I could remember it.. :(

Originally posted by jake712
http://www.xo.com/
http://www.verio.com/

They're both pretty expensive (xo.com is reseller of cnchosting.com).

Why would you think XO is a reseller of cnc?

XO is the new name for Concentric Network Corp. a major corporation, if anything they are a subsidiary

Trust me, they are not resellers.

http://www.xo.com/news/28.html

They are a huge provider , no reseller, they are a 500 million dollar a year company, they control hafl of west coast bandwith in the upper parts, no reseller big dog

Originally posted by sidez
What kind of bandwidth cost 100 bucks a Gig .. :eek:

www.mediatemple.net
As far as I can see the most they charge is just over $5 / Gb, scaling down with volume...

Should have made my post clearer - http://www.telushosting.com/packages.html

I posted mediatemple because they're those *high end* hosting companies.

Originally posted by sidez
Should have made my post clearer - http://www.telushosting.com/packages.html

I posted mediatemple because they're those *high end* hosting companies.
Ahhh I see :)
Ouch! You'd have to file for bankruptcy if your site got slashdotted... :D

Originally posted by TheTech
Some web designers who aren't well knowledged in the industry have prices like $20/mo for 50MB of space, I saw one site like that the other day. I wish I could remember it.. :(
You mean reputable and established hosts such as futurequest.net and verio.com that charge $20 for 50MB or so - These are the ones that aren't "well knowledged"? :stickout:

Pricing isn't cut and dry, the same across the board. It depends on the target audience. Some hosting companies cater to a different group of people or businesses, which makes pricing to these different groups change as well.

For little johnny or susie's homepage and pages about everquest, $20 for 50 MB is not the right price. For the e-commerce store that sells automotive parts online, this might be right in their budget and the size that they need.

- John C.

I can't quite place it, but Mediatemple.com's site looks VERY familiar...

I just wanted to point out places like Verizon charge small business customers who want to host their website with them a huge amount of money.

http://www22.verizon.com/foryourbusiness/DSLInternetServices/websiteservices/sub_products/webcompare.asp

I mean $34.95/month for a 10-page HTML only site, no cgi, no extra features.


Jim

http://www.az-web.com/html/hosting/index.html

overage is in 50meg increments, 1G= $1,000/mo

http://www.ednet.co.uk

"Primarily designed for the hosting of websites, this service includes 50Mb of webspace, 500Mb of bandwidth per month, ftp and shell (telnet or ssh) access, and a single POP mailbox with email aliases as required."

£100/Year | $160/Year