man !
this thread sits here like a hot curry !
but one thing is for sure, neither people like deeplist and treeNC are wrong, and not some teens arguing with them. Its just that they both have "toooo strong" prejudices.
@deeplist, i agree that free unlimited hosting is bullshit. But your "seemingly universal" criticism of resellers annoys me a bit.
Though, I must say, I have learned a lot out of this thread, especially outta deeplist's posts.
I am a 18 yr old guy frm India, doing my graduation, frm a family which can't support a family car.
I can spend some bucks fo getting my hosting, but for sure , not for buying a server. I dislike generally using premade scripts, being a coder myself.
But, I wanted to make big in this field.
So, I got technically strong (HTML, PHP, SQL, ASP , ASP.NET etc.) .
Now, I am working as a programmer with a real hosting company, and in lieu of my work , they are paying me in terms of a reseller account. After eraning some money, I plan to buy my own dedicated server.
I know I cant offer free/unlimited hosting. I know I cant host more than 100 ppl on my 15 GB reseller , and I wont.
I have just given hosting to my some friends as of now, haven't started to go into market yet(online or offline yet).
Because, I have yet to complete online interface for hosting signup, domain registration, support desk etc.
I plan to start somewhere near next week, after completing everything.
I would surely like you to see what I am offering and have your expert advices on it.
Here is the page showing all plans I have decided as of now.
http://www.vivald.com/hosting/compareall.asp