TWU.net...Confused

[niv]

not sure about what they offer but from what i understand:

FTP + Telnet Shell
"Unlimited space (to reason)" and unlimited bandwidth to a point...but do they offer PHP/CGI and how long does the signup process take?

[Omari]

yeah, you can use php and cgi.

i signed up at nite, when i woke up i had my e-mail from them with my ftp details.

they are the best free host ever.

[Coolin]

Do they offer MySQL?

[rmsharpe]

Woah, woah.. a few misinterpretations here. First of all, there is no "unlimited" resource at TWU.Net. A recommendation is that if you use a service like Jess', you try to be more conservative with your web page building.. basically meaning to avoid big files if possible. The "unlimited" bandwidth means there's no *EXACT* cap on how much you can use, but TWU.Net is only allowed a certain amount per month (without having to pay extra charges, which *would* come from the users that consume the most bandwidth...)

And to the best of my knowledge, TWU.Net offers MySQL (I'm assuming, since they do support other database platforms..)

[Mrh0ax]

they offer everything

PHP, SSI, MYSQL, check there faq!!!!

read the faq before to signup, plus they r mostly always down

[Coolin]

They seem to have nice uptime from what I see on their site. So far it's been 6 days up without being down, that's pretty good for such a nice service.

[Mrh0ax]

they have been doing MUCH better, since i was with them....

fast support

[Mrh0ax]

well, i am stiull with em.. i aske dthem to delete my site but no luck yet

hellriot.twu.net AKA onlineriot.net

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Mrh0ax
they have been doing MUCH better, since i was with them....

Yes, I am sure that you caused the better service. ;)

[Mrh0ax]

thinsk ur right.. but i still have a site there... so not that :)

[rockergrrl]

When did they started offering mySQL??

I have a site with them... and I got email from them (as a group email) saying:


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This mail's subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT SQL ON TWU

To all TWU users--


To all those who have asked in the past or were curious for the present-- MySQL and PostgreSQL are not yet set up for multiuser use on TWU. I do not want help setting them up and I do not want to answer any more "when will MySQL be set up" or "can you set me up for MySQL"-type
questions. Please do not bother me, support or policy with these sorts of questions.

TWU is run out of my pocket. I will do these things when I have the time to do so.
Cheers,
--Jess


I hope this clears up the mySQL rumors.... :)

[Gayowulf]

I am currently hosting hosting a site at twu.net and have been hostin there for about 1 month. The longest downtime so far was only an hour or 2 so in time when my site recievs fewer hits anyways. This was after 25 days of uptime so i didnt mind. Jess has always been helful and promt in replying to some questions i had.


The only problem i have with twu is that they are only allowed a certain amount of bandwidth per month so as they get more signups and users less and less bandwidth is available for each member.

[niv]

ok ok ok...i'll just cut down on the big files, use some crap like juston for that, then keep the small text-based files on their servers :) i guess that'll clear up my problems

[Cracker]

Twu.net seems just like another "unlimited" space host that likes to impose other restrictions to keep you from taking full advantage of it, sort of like Spree.com (with the 500 k file limit) and gojasper.com (with the 300 k file limit). I don't know why the hell some FWP's call their offers "unlimited" if they limit what you can upload, friggin' dumbasses.