The Opinion Review

 This is my second post of webhosting reviews. Part of a 3 or maybe 4pt host as I take a trip down memory lane and remember all the ones I have played with over the years.

Hosting Reviews Pt 2

HostGator – This one, like Dathorn is also packed with features and diskspace. They offer several plans to choose from and have all the features you could want and allow multiple domains to be hosted. I have never used these guys but have heard good things about them.

GoDaddy – I have been a godaddy customer since the beginning of my web design “career” They always seem to be the most consistently cheap domain registrar. If you go ahead and buy hosting from them they are certainly the cheapest. They have hosting plans ($3.95 monthly) but I’m not sure exactly how good the service is and what features you get for that price. They are a solid company so I suspect their hosting is pretty good and haven’t heard tons of complaints about them or anything.

1and1 Hosting – These guys have HUGE ad’s out there in the computer magazines. When they first got started they were offering “free 3 year packages” I signed up and played around with it a little but had a bit of a hard time getting used to their control panel. They offer all kinds of services to domain registration to dedicated server to simple email account. They are basically a one stop shop for all things web. And they are cheap. But, when I asked them if I could install PHPNuke on their server to use as a portal they balked and said they would allow it with “limitations”… These big huge hosting companies drive me crazy ya know? But they are consistently staying cheaper than godaddy in the domain game so I may switch my domains to them. (I never did)

Odeon Web – Don’t bother clicking the link… There is nothing there. I have included this one as an example of what can happen. This guy had unbelievable cheap plans with tons of diskspace and all the features. Everything went smooth for quite awhile. I put up one of my domains and installed portal software and everything was just humming along great. Then I started having troubles… I emailed the guy several times with no reply. Then one day it just disappeared. Never to return. I guess I was out $20.00 or so… Live and learn.

Shine on hosting shoppers. 

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