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onyxdesign
March 19th, 2002, 15:17
I am currently hosting my domain onyxdesign.com on arishost.com

I don't have any banners, and the service is fairly fast, but i have my doubts on Bandwidth. I get only 500 MB a month, and while i don't have my whole site up yet, if i am gonna allow ppl to download 2.5 MB wallpapers i think i should probably get more. It cots 6$ a month for an extra 1 GB So here's my question: Should i stay with arishost, or what free domain host would you reccomend that is reliable and has a bit more bandwidth? Have any of you had experience with arishost? They seems pretty reliable, but you never know. Here is my the feature list.

Special Hosting Features
FREE Web Hosting
24/7 Access to Your Website

Core Hosting Features
30 MB Disk Space
500 MB Monthly Traffic Allowance
SSI
Unlimited FTP Access
Online Site Administration
Perl 5.6.1

Email Features
5 POP Email Accounts
Email Forwarding
Email Aliasing
Catch All Email

Server
Sun Solaris 8 for Intel

Backup System
Daily Tape Backup

Software
Microsoft FrontPage Extensions
Apache 1.3.19

Advanced Feature
PHP 4

Thanks in advance!
W_M
March 19th, 2002, 16:03
Not sure about all the mail and stuff but Netfirms (http://www.netfirms.com) offers CGI and PHP
onyxdesign
March 19th, 2002, 16:04
Bump*** (Sorta)

Personally, i would like a webhost that allows CGIBIN, Perl and possiblly MySQL. Thanx again!
shizzle
March 19th, 2002, 16:05
I'm not sure netfirms lets you host domains...but you could use a DNS redirection service, or change your site on arishost to a refresher screen that transfers to netfirms.
onyxdesign
March 19th, 2002, 16:09
Doesn't look bad, but frankly it seems to be like the same host in a different look. I would preferably like to have 1GB+, the more the better. I am not really space greedy, 30 MB should suffice. As for banners, hey, i'll take banners if i can get a lotta transfer. I was thinking about Geocities, their "Pro" is 10GB, 25 MB space. Their webmaster is 50 MB and 20 GB. Are there any catches or restrictions? I heard that the bandwitdth (for the free host) is about 5 MB per hour. Do you know if such restrictions are placed on the payed one? Thanx!
onyxdesign
March 19th, 2002, 19:19
BUMP***
spork
March 19th, 2002, 19:25
or you could stay with your host and just put your wallpapers on free hosts...
onyxdesign
March 19th, 2002, 20:10
Ahhhh! Sounds great, but i think you forget that that is against most ToS of free hosts. Remote linking or "storage" is not allowed, so i guess that's a no go.
roly
March 19th, 2002, 20:16
Sun Solaris? No one needs that!
Apache 1.3.19? Your requesting an old version? Just request and version!
onyxdesign
March 20th, 2002, 13:52
I am NOT requestin sun solaris or anything. READ THE POST! That's what my current service offers. All i need is:
20+MB of Space
500MB+ of transfer

I'd like to have CGI if possible, perhaps even ftp. Ads is not a problem. Preferably domain hosting
onyxdesign
March 20th, 2002, 20:48
Could anyone help me? Thanx...
DCI
March 20th, 2002, 20:50
l33t ca ??
trenzterra
March 20th, 2002, 21:49
www.t35.com
www.9cy.com
www.l33t.ca
Dark Earthbound
March 20th, 2002, 22:02
l33t.ca is the best out of those 3.............

glad to see you out of your coma there trenz, ;)
Jei
March 20th, 2002, 23:26
try the forum on domain hosting, there'll be people that have done the same as you and probably can help better