Who are YOU hosted with and why?

[synapsis]

Lets make this the official thread for everyone who has bought into a certain host and their packages. Tell us why you decided on it, some of the pros and cons. A lot of people at NamePros trust the opinions of others rather than some random and sketchy article which boasts that some hosting company is better for whatever reason. So with that said, let us know! :tu:

 

[RLW]

How did you manage to win? Entered into a draw because you had done business with them before? I'm sorta skeptical when it comes to entering for online contests only because I think you're the first person to have mentioned that you actually won something :D

The competition was through a blog that had just started (I can't remember the name of it). The hosting company had donated a hosting package for 12 months as a prize for the contest. I'd never heard of this hosting company before so I wasn't expecting much, but as I said in my previous post, the reliability and speed was great so i decided to pay to stay with them after my 12 months free ended.

Every backlink you got for the blog (i.e. by posting on your blog or social bookmarking) got you an entry into the competition. There was about 10 prizes and I got two of them.

I guess I just got lucky, because there were quite a few entrants.

 

[ddesigns]

Freehostia dot com

Because its Free without any conditions and very fast..

Cheers Freehostia

 

[Decker78]

I just started using the free Godaddy hosting that comes with my domains...seems ok so far. But I use a dedicated server with Rackspace for my clients.

 

[NameSpirit.com]

I'm using HostGator.com because I've found
their team to be highly knowledgeable and
their uptime is very reliable.

They also have great affiliate support.

Greetings,
Georg

 

[arfcash]

I am currently hosting with bluehost, hosting with them is pretty good at this time, as my site is new, but I face the CPU throttling and mostly my sites are down for 10-30 minutes/day.

 

[sudipto]

i am with ixwebhosting now..they r pretty good and professional..thats why i am with them..

 

[Nodws]

I use LP, cause MT suxx :D

 

[f2k83]

I'm chiefly using Hostgator specifically the "baby" shared hosting plan.

My requirements right now are just two small forums, nothing major. So far, no real problems save a few times when there actually were a large influx of visitors .. users reported server errors. Not many times though. No problems with tech support. I can't say anything about load speeds as my cable broadband provider isn't reliable with their speeds these past few months (No fios in the area yet). All and all, I can't complain.

 

[mapled]

This thread has been around for sometime, anyway I hosted with godaddy.

I sign up for their hosting because I'm new and don't know how to transfer domain. I mean register with one registrar and get the content hosted else where. That was a year ago.

Goddy has some catch that I'm not too please with
1) it says unlimited space but limiting the folder you can create to 99 only. I've not max it out yet, a catch is a catch.

2) the user panel is way too slow. Often when I'm doing domains management in the cpanel, its taking me at least half a day for some simple task.

3) When you renew a domain for next year its 10++. I was lure in by the offer to register domain for a low price. Enom is doing renew at 10 fixed via google.

i'm seriously looking for other hosting for my up coming WP blog hosting.

Their good features is also provided for by others.

 

[mohsinmajestic]

My Two site Has been hosted B y Web Hosting | cPanel Hosting | Web Designing | HostinEasy.com
Why?
Because hosting is so cheap and have a reliable and quick service

 

[DNabc]

One of my favorite webhosters is Dreamhost, because I can quickly add new accounts without having to create an user, password, etc for each one.

If anyone needs any discount coupon for most webhosting companies, do PM me and I'll help you.

 

[SiberForum]

One of my favorite webhosters is Dreamhost, because I can quickly add new accounts without having to create an user, password, etc for each one.

If anyone needs any discount coupon for most webhosting companies, do PM me and I'll help you.

So you do not keep all your eggs in the same basket. So that is good idea I think.

 

[pixelbypixel]

I am a user of Dot5Hosting.

They are an 'unlimited' host, but there are reasonable usage policys, like with any host. But with them you get:

Unlimited Disk / Bandwith
1 Free Domain
Unlimited domains allowed (supports IDNs)
Great support, 24/7 - never had an issue!
Unlimited email boxes
Unlimited FTP, Databases, Subdomains
vDeck CP (not CPanel but very similar)
$50 adwords, $25 yahoo credit, $50 fb adverts
PHP5, CGI, SSI, Ruby, Perl 5, Python
All the freebies - phpbb, oscommerce, carbonite backup
Domain pointing in vdeck
full php.ini and .htaccess access
scheduled jobs (cron)

$4.95pm if bought bi-annually.

My only issue is that its in the USA when I am based in the UK, yet it still does wonders for me.

Would only consider moving if I could get a UK host offering me the same value :p

 

[Expired Valentin]

First I used Dreamhost but after the sites grew bigger I moved most of my sites to Hostgator and closed my Dreamhost account. Now we are running on a dedicated server and small sites are still on Hostgator.

The technical support on Hostgator is superb!

 

[rikii]

I'm hosted with Google, cheap, reliable & scalable. Doesn't work out much more expensive than the vps I was on, but now Google take care of all the admin work, so I can concentrate on writing code.

 

[Howeveritworks]

I use hostgator and have been happy with them. I have several other sites at bluehost and again have been pleased. Added a dreamhost account and like them too.

have used a variety of lesser-known hosts, and haven't been as pleased.

 

[XeHSean]

Obviously I host with XeHost now, but my first website was hosted with activewebhosting.com

 

[webdesignsbyapw]

Godaddy because they have the best customer service. ^^

 

[WebIntellects - Rob]

Godaddy because they have the best customer service. ^^

And that's why you prefer contact them so often (from your previous post I understand that you call often)

 

[xrvel]

I host with wiredtree and thereliablehost for my smaller sites. but it seems thereliablehost was down several minutes ago, so i'll move everything to my wiredtree account