On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:48:02 -0700, Tyrion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So the host that I've been using for the last few months really sucks, they have horrible support and an almost criminal auto-upgrade policy that you have to catch and opt out of or they charge you without authorization. Today, I just wanted to add an A record to my dns zone file and found out that I'm no longer able to manage my own dns since they "upgraded" their control panel. I'm done with them! Can anyone recommend a hosting service that doesn't suck? I use my domain mostly for email, but like to have a web page for testing purposes. Linux servers with LAMP are preferred, shell access would be awesome. Low price is a must. Tech support should at least be competent. Ok, go. Tyrion
I've been hosting my mail and blog at Speakeasy for nearly 10 years and they're rock solid. I can add my own records to DNS, too. :) (A, CNAME and MX.) My rate ($14.95 a month) might be grandfathered, but I imagine a new hosting account wouldn't be much more. The only thing lacking (but I don't use it on that site) that you mention is the 'M' from LAMP. I think that's extra. They were recently purchased by Best Buy for some reason, but so far I haven't noticed any changes. Their tech support often knows more than I do, and I consider myself a moderate to high power user.
I have another website that I anticipated would maybe one day get some traffic, so I took Yahoo! up on an offer they had a few months ago for an unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth business website. I think I pay 30 bucks every other month and I have to admit that they strike a very good balance between 'any idiot can make a website' and 'be a nerd if you need to'. As far as I can tell the only thing missing is shell access, but everything else is there including mail, ftp and MySql. I easily set up a Joomla! site and it's been running smoothly for a couple months (though I see very few visitors.) Their set-up is a lot of point and click, somewhat idiot-proof, but they provide some common tools like MyPhpAdmin for MySql, etc., if you poke around and look for them. I'm surprisingly satisfied with Yahoo! hosting.
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