Recently I signed up with a host for year ahead and after that they stopped responding all my support requests. So, I'm currently in search of a realiable hosting service for three
of my domains ( and few more are coming soon). I'm commited to a long
term contract. However, before I go for it I need to find the service
which matches to all of my requirements below.
If you are a host provider and can match my requirements or know a good service please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
- Shared ( virtual) hosting on Windows platform. Preferably MS certified. Unix will be considered too.
- Fast network connections without any forced traffic limiting
( such as limiting concurrent connections, etc.)
- Setting an account within 12 hours ( 24 max.)
- $5-$6/mo. ( up to $10). No long term contract. Monthly billing only.
No set up fee. No hidden charges. 30 days (no less) money back guarantee.
- Good (or excellent) customer support by telephone ( preferably) or e-mail with response
time around 12 hours ( 24 hours max.)
- Min. 50 MB of disk space (more is OK), unlimited bandwidth ( min. 20-30 GB). I use less than
that but want to have more just in case.
- CGI directory, Perl, ASP support
- Custom error page
- Full support for
http://domain.com and
http://www.domain.com ( no aliasing
from domain.com to
www.domain.com)
- min. 5 e-mail accounts with autoresponders and forwarding capabilities.
- Support for MS Access database ( MySQL will be considered)
- FTP access 24/7.
- Access to log files for using with third party log analizers
(log files do not have to count toward disk space)
- Dedicated IP address.
- Password protected directory
- Web based control panel for mail and other site configuration.
- Server Side Includes
- Other feartures are optional.