I'm currently using 1&1 but after a spurious charge I want to switch to the fastest and cheapest web host out there. I don't need any website builder programs or that junk. Just hosting (php, sql). Thanks.
Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#2bluehost is really cheap however don't expect huge speeds and "unlimited" stuff - it works ok for a company website and 20 emails or so.
the have php and sql and web email and IMAP.
Drawback is that it's US based so uncle Sam can check your emails whenever they want.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#3I am loving bluehost (http://bluehost.com/) right now.
I tried Netfirms before, it was good but not cheap. I tried Godaddy too, cheap but not good AT ALL.
bluehost has been fast enough for me and cheap.
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#4I resell accounts on Rackspace Cloudsites (very reliable and fast). If you e-mail me I could hook you up with some cheap hosting.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#5Do you want managed or unmanaged?
I would say webfaction is by far the best managed host bang for the buck.
If you're looking for unmanaged then linode is probably the way to go.
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#6I am loving bluehost ( http://bluehost.com/ ) right now. I tried Netfirms before, it was good but not cheap. I tried Godaddy too, cheap but not good AT ALL. bluehost has been fast enough for me and cheap.
Second that, Bluehost is great and support are very helpful. For content based sites like mine it works just fine, haven't had experience running anything major or any major traffic spikes but from my experiences they would be able to handle it.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#7bluehost is really cheap however don't expect huge speeds and "unlimited" stuff - it works ok for a company website and 20 emails or so. the have php and sql and web email and IMAP. Drawback is that it's US based so uncle Sam can check your emails whenever they want.
Ok, yeah I want blazing fast, so bluehost is prob out.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#8Do you want managed or unmanaged? I would say webfaction is by far the best managed host bang for the buck. If you're looking for unmanaged then linode is probably the way to go.
Never used unmanaged. How hard is it for newbs to install, update, patch and all that?
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#9Do you want managed or unmanaged? I would say webfaction is by far the best managed host bang for the buck. If you're looking for unmanaged then linode is probably the way to go.
Never used unmanaged. How hard is it for newbs to install, update, patch and all that?
If you know how to setup a PHP/SQL development environment you may be able to setup a server. It's not that difficult.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best (price, speed) web hosting?
#10Linode is the fastest if you are looking for speed and their plans are pretty cheap comparatively.