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  1. #1
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    aplus? is it a good host?

    great, I cant post URLs in my things, so it DELETES my whole message... -_-

    anyway, am contemplating the Solo XR plan on aplus .net - and I would like to konw what people have to say about it - is it good/bad/a scam?

    also, if there is another host which is good - offering cgi, php etc, 50mb + and a decent bandwidth for about 10 us dolars a month...

    Thanks

    (Original post was much longer... but it got lost >_<)

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    If you have other choices, I would definitely recommend looking elsewhere for shared hosting. I have noticed shady business practices from A-plus and many, many complaints.

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    Please use the search tool here in the forum for researching your potential host.
    Just type co. name in and feedback will result.
    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/search.php?s=
    HostCaters.com - Quality Web Hosting - Under A Gig! - Since 1999

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    Yes, I did that - but most of them were people talking about how bad their tech staff are or something - and people tend to focus on bad points, you dont get people going on to a place like this and saying "I have been using aplus for 3 years without a problem"...

    Thanks Sniper - a friend told me that lunarpages is a good host, and I have been using brinkster with a free page up till now, I have found brinkster Ok, but I dont really like what they offer for a paid site :/

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    People do praise hosts here. Just that they complain more

    But if you couldn't find any compliments along with the complaints then I'd say you should probably look elsewhere.

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    Thanks Sniper - a friend told me that lunarpages is a good host, and I have been using brinkster with a free page up till now, I have found brinkster Ok, but I dont really like what they offer for a paid site :/
    No problem! Glad I could help, but I would definitely recommend looking elsewhere for your hosting needs. LunarPages is fine, albeit a bit on the expensive side compared to other hosts.

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    hmm, ok, I am looking through their overview thingie now


    The anoying thing is that they always show the GOOD points, and dont say anything about anything they DONT have >_<

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    Aplus is a bad host, thats that, http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...5&pagenumber=2

    But they recently changed all there wh plans, i still have soloxr, but not the new one, i got 200 megs webspace and unlimited bandwith, but beware, if your site is ever dosed its blacklisted on ALL there servers, they have great uptime but, there not for everyone

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    hmm, ok, I have been looking closer at lunarpages and tripod - didnt like geocities... only reason I dont pick lunar over tripod is because it doesnt offer CGI :/ are there any sites which you can somehow host CGI from or something? - and why dont they give the sites, and let you pick what you want, having to pick one of three or so plans is anoying - if you want the extras, you have to pay more for a whole lot of bandwidth and disk space aswell :/ - if I could pick to have 1 gig of bandwidth, 50 megs of space and all the cgi etc it would be great XD

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    why dont you go here http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumd...p?s=&forumid=4 theres plenty of offers, once you find one that looks good, do research on them, by using the forum search feature, i would recommend a host that offers cpanel, its best if you are sort of new to this kind of stuff

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    hmm, I'm jugling so many windows O.o

    looking at sites on that forum, thanks net

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    uh, what exactly is the alternative to cpanel? :|

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    Disjuku,

    Don't offer CGI and is pricy... I think you are confused
    I like to help

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    I'm always confused :|

    The main reason I am getting CGI is to keep my options open... so its not that important

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    You could also try a host quote at the top of the page, people will send you offers and prices and such...
    Greg Lubbelinkhof

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    hmm, I didnt notice that link I'll go check it out now

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    err, whats the shared/dedicated/reseller/co-whats-a-name hosting thingies? O.o

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    shared is for one domain. Dedicated is an entire server. Reseller allows you to have multiple domains under your account and colocation allows you to put your own server in a datacenter. You are likely looking for shared.
    Greg Lubbelinkhof

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    oooh, so I would be after shared I guess O.o lol

    Man, its 12 past 6 in the morning, I am hungry, I am thirsty, I am tired and I have an extreamly bad case of insomnia... :|

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