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Web Hosting Frustration.
MYX:
I checked out both. I am really liking the site Saint mentioned. There is a plus there as well. If you do the business level which provides .net, you also get a set of software if you agree to stay with em for a year. Most of which I do not care about, but it does have Adobe GoLive (CS2). This means it will work wonderfully with my Photoshop CS2 and Bridge and all the other Adobe video stuff I have as well. Yeeehaw! And $7.50 a month is very reasonable.
As another plus, you get 3 domains too. This is cool so I can keep the business one seperate from the fam one.
I am curious, but is there a maximum of domains that a company will allow you to have?
MYX:
Hey Saint,
In the terms and conditions there is a statment that if they recieve any mail that is sent to me because of my domain that I will be charged $5.00 per item. Um, how often does this happen?
melarky:
I've posted about this before, but check out http://www.westhost.com, they have an asteroids type flash game you can play and get coupons and discounts for high scroes and such (http://games.westhost.com/hostwars/).
MYX:
I went with the 1&1 service. After all the services I checked (which were a lot) it seemed to be the best overall package for me and the stuff I was looking for. The GoLive software was a plus. I used to use DreamWeaver, but I was never happy using Fireworks or any of the image manipulation software they had. It seemed antiuser friendly. I love how if you can get around in one adobe product, all the others are the same. Sure the design concepts change from product to product, and some folks feel that the macromedia stuff (now adobe stuff) was better. Potato - Pih tah toe.
quarterback:
I would have posted this days ago, but I haven't been able to log onto the forums for the last 10 days.
I would, personally, stay far far away from 1&1. Too many horror stories plus my own personal experience with their crappy interface, their odd billing and poor customer support.
You can start with their BBB info, but a quick Google of 1and1 sucks (or blows, or whatever verb you choose) will probably come up with a wealth of info about this company. If you can't find anything, I'll find and post some links tomorrow, I gotta go to bed.
But, for now, here's their BBB info:
http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?national=Y&compid=1040770
--- Quote ---Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 12 months: 146
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They're averaging 12 Better Business Bureau complaints every month! That should give you some idea of what this company is like.