Hello Malcolm, I've been using textdrive.com (now Joyent.com) since Aug 2004. In Dec 2005, I signed up for lifetime hosting at textdrive.com. I get 2GB storage, 10 domains, 10GB bandwidth/month) for as long as TextDrive exists for a one-time fee of $399. At the time they were charging $25 per month for the same level. Soon after I paid for the service, they merged with Joyent. Joyent has continued to honour the deal. Not sure if Joyent will now give the same or a similar deal. As of now, I'm ahead about $250 and add $25 of savings each month, so if the provider goes, I think I made a good deal.
Today, some of their prices are in the hundreds and thousands per month, however they offer a lot more for that kind of change. I think the lowest price is $45 per month ($450 per year) but you get 10TB bandwidth and 5 GB storage. Not sure how many domains it covers. Initially, answers to the help requests were almost instantaneous. Since the Joyent merger, some requests have taken a few days. I may have hit the help desk at the wrong times. You may want to contact customer service at bluehost.com to see it they will be upgrading to Python 2.5.1 soon. It's worth a try. They want to be on the leading edge for innovation. My brother found them quick to respond to his requests. On TextDrive, I'm using 3 domains basically for e-mails and very little traffic to the websites, so I may be better off to go to bluehost.com if the traffic increases. Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Malcolm Greene > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Anyone using slicehost hosting service? > > Justin and Alan, > > Thanks for your BlueHost recommendation. BlueHost supports Python 2.3 > vs. the current 2.5.1. > > For general purpose hosting I use LunarPages and am very pleased with > their service. > > So far I've only found two hosting companies that support the most > current version of Python: > > www.textdrive.com > www.slicehost.com > > Malcolm > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
