Have you tried no monthly fees?

[Mike-T]

http://www.nomonthlyfees.com/

With Every Account Packed With All Of These Features:

500 MB Web Space Free Domain Name
Online Control Panel Site Creation Tool!
24/7 FTP Access Unlimited E-Mail Accounts
Spam Blocker 24/7 Tech Support
No Monthly Fees! FrontPage 2000 Extensions
Web Site Statistics Personal CGI-BIN
MySQL Pass Protected Directories
Anon FTP Server Side Includes (SSI)
SMTP Server Graphical Hit Counter
Unix Based Super Fast Servers!
5 Gigs Data Transfer & Hits Site Search Engine
Real Audio/Video Avail. URL Redirection/Forwarding
Java, PERL, C++, TCL, and Python, PHP4 Can host any domain - .com, .net, .org, .uk, .nu, .to, etc.

Is this a good deal? Has anyone here tried them?

[niv]

i wouldn't trust 'em. monthly fees are essential. eventually they'll start chargin'.

[Martie]

they've been around quite awhile.
You might want to try some of the host directories to see if they have any user reviews, etc.
http://www.webhostdir.com
http://www.hostsearch.com
I dont recall hearing anything negative, etc. and here is a thread at sitepoint.
http://www.sitepointforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17307&highlight=Sparkie

Good luck...

[meow]

I wouldn't like to pay that much because I wouldn't feel free to change host and try others. Besides, when I was stupid enough to buy a domain through register club I was also automatically registered with NoMonthlyFees and totally spammed by them. I think I got at least 20 emails in one night. I was scared stiff, because I thought something had gone wrong and they had debited my credit card. Let's say I don't approve of their way of doing business.
I've heard they provide a fair service though.:rolleyes:

[Hoth]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
i wouldn't trust 'em. monthly fees are essential. eventually they'll start chargin'.

They're a little tricky. They have the $200 setup fee and claim no monthly fees after that, and technically it's true. They have an annual fee instead, though, which is $70 IIRC. So, not only do they have the huge setup fee, they'll still charge you for continued use after that... just annually instead of monthly.

They have a monthly fee option that's $15.95 per month. That's probably about what their "no montly fees" option works out to with the $200 plus the $70 annual fee.

[jiminsd]

It seems to me that the business plan has them betting on you moving away sometime in the future. Once you have paid, where is the motivation on them to provide a good ongoing service to you in using their servers?

Oh, I'm sure they want a good word going out on them to attract more accounts (come to think of it, I haven't heard much about them... good or bad).

Think of it, when the new accounts slow down or dry up the business will quickly fall apart.

I'd take a pass.