[Discuss] Virtual hosting provider (me too)

[Kyle Leslie]

If you are looking for some place to host your website and so forth, I
can't say enough good things about BeanTownHost

I have been using them for almost 2 years now.  Great service.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
greg at freephile.com> wrote:

> Professionally, I'm using Linode - where I want to have my own machine
> (virtual - yes, but "shared" no).  Their plans are the best and most
> affordable I've found for a true VPS.
>
> SliceHost used to be good, but now they are owned by Rackspace.  I don't
> like Rackspace at all.
>
> I find Amazon to be too complex - although I never really took it too far.
>  And they're not inexpensive either.
>
> For my own personal sites that I've got to get back online, I want
> something a bit easier to manage than Linode, and I don't want to try
> self-hosting off my Comcast cable modem again.  So, I'm considering getting
> a shared server again.   In this category I used to use PairNetworks a long
> time ago but I think they're a bit overpriced these days.  I'm thinking
> about setting up an account with http://www.webfaction.com/  I like the
> fact that they have their status blog online and their docs online too.
>  Their competition includes HostGator and MediaTemple (each of them also
> does VPS too).
>
> I really like to keep things local, and in that vein, I'm considering
> Beantownhost - run by Matt Shields.  http://beantownhost.com/web-hosting/
> Excellent price, and an excellent guy.
>
> Greg Rundlett
> my public PGP key<
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>
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <blu at nedharvey.com
> >wrote:
>
> > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Iavarone
> > >
> > > I've been using Rackspace and have been very happy with them.  They
> have
> > > a good set of images and are fairly cheap if you are not doing a lot of
> > I/O.
> >
> > For the ultra-low end cost, I'm endorsing amazon right now.  Aside from
> > that, I second the rackspace suggestion.
> >
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