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    Need new host as much reliable as possible

    Hi guys,
    I would like to share the situation I have fetched up at. Now I need to switch from my current hosting provider. It started to get on my nerves as my web site is always down.
    I have done a Google search and found hostgator.com and also pinellashosting.com - don't really know what company to choose and decided to ask you to find a good and reliable place for me.
    I need 500 Mb disk space, 5GB bandwidth, 10 email boxes, 5 MySQL databases (that is the must).
    I know that there are many experienced web masters here and think that this place will be good to find the solution for me.
    Would you help me to solve this problem?

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    Sounds like you found these companies from a "top 10" or webhosting review site, is that right? Many of these sites are funded by the big hosting companies and are actually paid for ads. However HostGator is generally well regarded around here.

    If you want more personalized service and attention try looking for smaller hosting company's that build their service around excellent support and customer service. Chances are you will be much happier at such a host as they continually try to make you happy and earn your business.

    With bigger companies, whether you stay or go makes no real difference to them as the client coming in right behind you will take your place. Also support responses are usually slow and lacking.

    Maybe look into MDDHosting.com

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    Personally i am using HostGator for past 3 more years hosting more than 20 web sites . When it comes to the matter of site uptime, i didn't realized any kind of web site downtime for the years.

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    I need 500 Mb disk space, 5GB bandwidth, 10 email boxes, 5 MySQL databases (that is the must).
    Then do yourself a favor and avoid any host offering unlimited space/bandwidth, there's not such thing, and any host offering that is lying to you. Your needs are logical and there are many host that will fit them without any problem. Make a shortlist of hosts fitting them and then use the Search button to research about them
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    I have been a client of Pinellashosting.com and been quite happy with the service and pricing. Very good support and personal touch expertise when you need assistance. Reliable network and hardware. 5 stars.
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    Then do yourself a favor and avoid any host offering unlimited space/bandwidth, there's not such thing, and any host offering that is lying to you. Your needs are logical and there are many host that will fit them without any problem. Make a shortlist of hosts fitting them and then use the Search button to research about them
    That is exactly right Jedito, Reluctantly even though they offer "Unlimited", I have atleast had a somewhat good experience with them.

    I would not recommend an Unlimited Host when you have a required amount and do not require the world for pennies. I cannot really go on as Jediot has this covered, Though always maintain your research and invest in do as much research before making committments to a webhost.

    I would advise aswell that you should also contact the webhost with some questions, See how well they respond to your questions or queries, How quick they responded ect and take it from their

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    It is best to consider Unlimited packages as higher end hosting packages (in terms of resource allocation, not necessarily quality). So if you need only 500MB of disk space and 5GB of bandwidth, it makes little sense to pay $8.95/mo + $5 setup fee for an Unlimited package and pay for some other guy's high resource usage on the server (that's how unlimited works, they bank on many guys using very little to pay for one guy using a lot). A lot of good smaller hosts will give you close to what you need for a fraction of that cost.

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    +1 hostgator. I also used them for more than 3 years (reseller account), and didn't realize any kind of downtime for the years.

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    As a general rule, you will be best off paying for something that closely fits your needs and, as others have mentioned, avoid so-called 'unlimited' providers.

    Here are some quality hosts to check out:

    HawkHost
    Wirenine
    DowntownHost

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    What is your budget? If you are willing to pay for quality and reliability, you may want to look into some high quality hosting providers like MediaLayer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedito View Post
    Then do yourself a favor and avoid any host offering unlimited space/bandwidth, there's not such thing, and any host offering that is lying to you.
    Quote Originally Posted by ATH-Sean View Post
    That is exactly right Jedito, Reluctantly even though they offer "Unlimited", I have atleast had a somewhat good experience with them.
    Imho - as long as you have realistic expectations (i.e. not 100gb/1tb) you will be fine unlimited or not. The bad thing with unlimited is that there is an invisible line that you can't see but if you don't expect the world for pennies you're unlikely to cross that line.

    Do check the Terms of Service for resource usage limitations (CPU,Memory,processes, etc) and do make sure to keep your own off-server backups

    Hostgator was good to me for a while.
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    Cool

    Ypour requirements are not unusual or highly expensive. Good hosting usually costs more-and the "get what you pay for" above is usually correct.
    If a host comes close to your requirements but not quite ask them if they can adjust the plan for you (i.e. they offer 4 databases but you need 5-no big deal, like extra e-mail accounts etc. although some hosts like us are suspicious of a need for many e-mail accounts for what seems to be a small company- if there isn't an obvious reason -like you have 25 people who need them- That's just because of the large number of come & go spammers out there, if you aren't one of those e-mail accounts are no barrier for most hosts)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Antony-H View Post
    I need 500 Mb disk space, 5GB bandwidth, 10 email boxes, 5 MySQL databases (that is the must).
    It's great to see that you're realistic about your requirements. I'd suggest you try www.medialayer.com - their server speed and reliability / uptime are exceptional.
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    Here are some of the most reliable and respected hosts on WHT

    http://www.unitedhosting.co.uk/
    http://www.futurequest.com
    http://rochen.com

    All of them offer smaller plans starting with 300MB space at very resonable cost which may seem higher if you compare them with unlimited offerings hosts. But there are among best quality host you can find on WHT



    Quote Originally Posted by Antony-H View Post
    Hi guys,
    I would like to share the situation I have fetched up at. Now I need to switch from my current hosting provider. It started to get on my nerves as my web site is always down.
    I have done a Google search and found hostgator.com and also pinellashosting.com - don't really know what company to choose and decided to ask you to find a good and reliable place for me.
    I need 500 Mb disk space, 5GB bandwidth, 10 email boxes, 5 MySQL databases (that is the must).
    I know that there are many experienced web masters here and think that this place will be good to find the solution for me.
    Would you help me to solve this problem?

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    Depends on your budget. I would notgo for an "unlimited", "unmetered", rather stay with non-overselling hosts. From my own experience, would reccomend Totalchoicehosting.com

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    It seems KnownHost.com's shared hosting should meet your needs.

    You said you want reliability? Take a look at their uptime. The uptime % is for their VPS.
    What's your budget?

    Seriously, what's your budget?

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    ... but they aren't in the top 10 for SHARED uptime?

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    I've never heard of ‘pinellashosting.com’ hosting before – so I'd have to give my recommendation to HostGator. I've got a website hosted with them and I’ve never had a problem with support/uptime.

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