Nice numbers, Thiago. I guess your host must be that rare exception
that keeps its "unlimited" promise. :)
So you were paying for the $7/month package for that or a more
expensive one? Just curious.
-- Alan
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Thiago Costa <thiagocosta3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> Well... my host got hit pretty hard when I posted my reel on XSIbase and
> other sites...
>
> stats from March 2007:
>
>
> > Visitors 10935 | Hits 502517 | bandwidth 252.70 GB
> >
>
> So I think I kinda believe in "unlimited bandwidth" from them... :P
> I've lots of friends that use Sherweb and they also get a lot of traffic
> from CG sites.. and nobody ever had a problem with bandwidth on Sherweb. :P
> They were very supportive when I had to install updates and change database
> stuff... Plus the girl from the support has a cute French accent :D
>
>
>
>
> On 15/03/2008, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, very few hosts survive getting dugg. Mine's probably no different.
> >
> > My point was that I dislike the terminology "UNMETERED BANDWIDTH",
> > which to me translates to "Unlimited Bandwidth" and that is almost
> > always a lie. I'm not dissing anything else about them ;) and I
> > haven't been a customer of theirs so for all I know they could be an
> > awesome host.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > -- Alan
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Eric Thivierge <eric(at)xsidatabase.com>
> wrote:
> > > Hey Alan,
> > >
> > > Nearly all hosts these days will cave under a severe Digg unless you've
> > > got a dedicated server (who has that kind of money?). Just because
> > > someone's page got dugg a few hundred times doesn't mean that it wasn't
> > > getting slammed with 1,000s of visitors. One thing about digg is that
> > > you can surf the stories and not have to digg them. Either way, they've
> > > been a great host for me so far without any problems.
> > >
> > > Later,
> > >
> > >
> > > Eric Thivierge, XSI Database Admin
> > > www.xsidatabase.com
> > > eric(at)xsidatabase.com
> > > Forum Username: EricTRocks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alan Fregtman wrote:
> > > > And a nice, free webmail solution any Gmail lover will appreciate is
> > > > Google's "Google Apps for Your Domain":
> > > > https://www.google.com/a/
> > > >
> > > > You just need to edit your DNS records to point to Google's servers.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Alan Fregtman
> <alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I just remembered.. hostican.com hosted someone's blog that was on
> the
> > > >> Digg.com frontpage a few days ago with some post about "getting
> into
> > > >> the webhosting business", but it was down after just a couple
> hundred
> > > >> diggs, showing some error page regarding bandwidth. Pure irony.
> > > >>
> > > >> Anyway, I wouldn't put too much weight in those words saying
> > > >> "UNMETERED BANDWIDTH" at the top, or unlimited anything anywhere
> for
> > > >> that matter. Often what (far too) many webhosts do, including a few
> > > >> popular ones, is -oversell-. They offer -big- numbers for -little
> > > >> money- and then when you do get the traffic that requires those
> > > >> resources, turns out there was some fine print in the TOS regarding
> > > >> CPU load usage and you find out it's "technically impossible" for
> your
> > > >> site to fully use up those bijillion terabytes of promised
> bandwidth
> > > >> because doing so would increase the server load to unacceptable
> > > >> levels.
> > > >>
> > > >> A good thing to do is do a Google search for "<insert hosting
> company
> > > >> here> sucks". ;)
> > > >> (Try this one: "dreamhost sucks".)
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >>
> > > >> -- Alan
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Alan Fregtman
> <alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> > https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/hosting.php
> > > >> > is what I use and they have been a fantastic host.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Extremely affordable, too. :D (Cheap but awesome, like a hobo
> with
> > > >> > mad ninja skills.)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > -- Alan
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > ps: If you're into serving large files that use a lot of
> bandwidth, I
> > > >> > recommend serving them from Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
> > > >> > http://aws.amazon.com/
> > > >> > $0.15/GB stored and $0.18/GB of outgoing bandwidth.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Eric Thivierge
> <eric(at)xsidatabase.com> wrote:
> > > >> > > Hey Bernard,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I use hostican.com for XSIDB. It's probably the best server
> I've run on
> > > >> > > so far. They keep their servers up to date in terms of the
> CPanel
> > > >> > > functions and the webmail software too. I also hear that
> 1and1.com is a
> > > >> > > popular one.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Hope that helps a bit.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Thanks,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Eric Thivierge, XSI Database Admin
> > > >> > > www.xsidatabase.com
> > > >> > > eric(at)xsidatabase.com
> > > >> > > Forum Username: EricTRocks
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Bernard Lebel wrote:
> > > >> > > > Hello,
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Sorry for OT. But I'm having problems every once in a while
> with my
> > > >> > > > mediawiki (which contains technical material for XSI users
> that took
> > > >> > > > me time to put together), and now am seriously considering
> changing my
> > > >> > > > site host.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Any good recommendation?
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Thanks
> > > >> > > > Bernard
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