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TonySayz
March 11th, 2001, 13:03
There is no better host than http://www.hypermart.net / http://www.virtualave.net. Seeing as they are both exactly the same. With the new 50 MB limit I dare you to try and find a better free host.
Coolin
March 11th, 2001, 20:32
Dare? Sure.

http://www.worldzone.net - 100 megs and banner at the bottom
http://www.f2s.com - CGI/PHP/HTACCESS/MySQL/Frontpage Extensions/etc..., 20 megs, no banners
http://www.gcsnet.net - 100 megs, pop-behind (no banners as of now though), and millions of features.

Did I ruin your dare?
Toefur
March 11th, 2001, 22:20
Worldzone only has 50 meg now. And they dont have FTP :(
They still rock though.

I hate the ads with virtualave and hypermart... the popups are crap, and the banners on your page... have a big heap of text under it
Coolin
March 11th, 2001, 23:45
Actually, Worldzone still offers 100megs. Webdude said that he seemilingly changed it to 50megs just to appease his board of directors. It was posted here somewhere, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, was what he said true? Or was he sarcastic. I don't know, let's let him tell us.
Nick
March 12th, 2001, 18:23
Originally posted by Coolin
http://www.worldzone.net - 100 megs and banner at the bottom

NO FTP, NO CGI, NO PHP, 1GB Bandwidth/mo.

...not better than HM/VA.


Originally posted by Coolin
http://www.f2s.com - CGI/PHP/HTACCESS/MySQL/Frontpage Extensions/etc..., 20 megs, no banners

SLOW

If they could speed up they'd beat HM/VA.


Originally posted by Coolin
http://www.gcsnet.net - 100 megs, pop-behind (no banners as of now though), and millions of features.

POP-UPS ARE BAD, new host and will most likely cut back or die.


Originally posted by Coolin
Did I ruin your dare?

Probablly didn't since you listed the sucky hosts :p.
fatman
March 12th, 2001, 19:43
quote from Nick:
> POP-UPS ARE BAD, new host and will most likely cut back
> or die.

Actually I kinda thought that many free web hosts
need Pop-up ads to survive, what with the poor
banner market and all... Don't know if pop-behinds
are any good though.

PS - Nick - how did you manage to quote the previous posts?
I can't seem to find anything in my profile related to
this...

<edit:> nevermind - I saw the button after I posted. :)
Webdude
March 12th, 2001, 19:50
Yes, Coolin, what I said was true.

PHP and CGI may make a comeback, but ftp will never be. It just wasnt built to offer it :-(
anixs
March 12th, 2001, 20:51
Nothing wrong with popbehinds, especially gcsnet.net. They have a 72 hour cookie between pops. You see an ad once and you don't see it again for a few days :)
jiminsd
March 12th, 2001, 21:16
I too like Hypermart and VirtualAve. Don't forget that they have the option for domains.
Omari
March 12th, 2001, 21:46
Originally posted by Webdude
Yes, Coolin, what I said was true.

PHP and CGI may make a comeback, but ftp will never be. It just wasnt built to offer it :-(

from what i understand no ftp means no cgi...
MiD-AwE
March 12th, 2001, 22:52
I took a look at f2s because I'm currently using virtualave and I hate the popups. But, f2s does not allow .zip or .exe file to be loaded on their server. That might not matter to some but I want to offer programs that I have written for download on my site.

Some hosts are bad enough limiting me to 2meg file sizes. But, to not allow any .zip or .exe at all, that is plain rediculous.

If you really believe f2s is even a good host then I'll have to disagree.

So far, the best host that I'm concidering is digitalrice.
itsme
March 12th, 2001, 23:23
virtual ave & hypermart have been there for quite some time :)

[Edited by itsme on 03-13-2001 at 12:27 AM]
syanet
March 12th, 2001, 23:34
Originally posted by MiD-AwE
So far, the best host that I'm concidering is digitalrice.

I'd stay away from them. There server is often slow and usually down.
Omari
March 12th, 2001, 23:39
syanet use to be like the best host ever, so did twu, all the good ones shut down besides hypermart and virtualave
itsme
March 13th, 2001, 01:45
I read for somewhere that the good always dies young :-)
syanet
March 13th, 2001, 06:38
Originally posted by itsme
I read for somewhere that the good always dies young :-)

I can vouch for that :).
Nick
March 13th, 2001, 17:46
Originally posted by Omari
from what i understand no ftp means no cgi...

Nah, you can CHMOD with a FileMager, but FTP is far superior :D.
Nick
March 13th, 2001, 17:47
Originally posted by Webdude
PHP and CGI may make a comeback

I wanted to host a few of my smaller sites at WZ but the PHP and CGI taken away turned me off. Please bring them back :D!
Coolin
March 14th, 2001, 00:56
Originally posted by Nick
POP-UPS ARE BADNot when they pop up only every day or so. That's much better than having a banner on the top of every page!
KNK
March 14th, 2001, 06:20
Doesn't HM/VA have pop-ups/banners? ... so what is the difference from gcsnet.net ... ? I would have to tel ly outhat gcsnet and worldzone is prob one of the best hsots around ... not that i dont like HM/VA ... I have a few sites on VA ... but their not the only best ones ... I would have to say gcsnet.net and worldzone.net are good .. and if f2s.com was just a bit faster ... i would say their the best too..