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| Thread ID: 57013 | 2005-04-21 04:38:00 | New Zealand Web Host recommendations for windows site | robbyp (2751) | Press F1 |
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| 347210 | 2005-04-23 11:31:00 | Try www.openhost.co.nz These guys have been around for a long time. I've got quite a few sites with them now and never had any problems. They've got a WINDOWS 2003 200Mb ASP .NET plan for only $15.99 per month, or like me, you can use their reseller plans. Their servers are located here in NZ according to a traceroute. | webdesigner (7941) | ||
| 347211 | 2005-04-24 06:38:00 | Thanks Sally for your recommendation. The super host plan looks to suit all my requirements and will allow me plenty of room to grow my site, and they have been around for a while, which is definite must. I have in the past had problems with hosting my web site with US hosting companies that just disappeared overnight. I had a look at the open host site, and their prices look quite good, but their domain was only registered this year, and their site looks very similar to many American web hosts website I have seen, they possibly have used the same web design templates. They also don't have a bigger windows plan than 200MB, and my site will use more than this, as I will be adding my image and sample mpg video portfolio to it. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 347212 | 2005-04-24 23:13:00 | Hi Robbyp, My business relies on website hosting so I took a look at super host.. They only seem to have one windows account and they have some fine print with that... ¹ File archives and free email services are not permitted on these servers. Websites that use excessive amounts of diskspace not allowed. What constitutes excessive diskspace usage is decided by our upstream providers. ² High Volume sites may be switched to a US based server network, should your bandwidth usage become excessive. What constitutes excessive bandwidth usage is decided by our upstream providers.Please be sure to email us if you expect your website to have high traffic requirements, or if you are planning on switching a high bandwidth website to this hosting plan. Their windows hosting starts at $27.00 per month for one website, which is hugely expensive considering they dont actually tell you how much space or bandwidth you are allowed. and I would be very carefull about signing up with them as thier setup pages are not hosted on a secure website.. ie on http not https The package i signed up with openhost.co.nz (http://www.openhost.co.nz) is 250Mb with 5GB data transfer and allowes me to host 5 websites for only $22.99 per month. (I think you can get windows hosting at $5.00 a month) |
webdesigner (7941) | ||
| 347213 | 2005-04-25 02:12:00 | Check out MyHost ( I've used them for several years and unconditionally recommend them. Located in NZ, but servers o/seas." target="_blank">www.myhost.co.nz/). I've used them for several years and unconditionally recommend them. Located in NZ, but servers o Excellent service, great extensions and very good pricing plans. They don't pay me a cent for saying this :) Cheers ~ John |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 347214 | 2005-04-25 05:17:00 | I don't believe MyHost offers Windows hosting, which is what the person who posted this thread is looking for. ;) While on the topic of Linux hosts though, I have found Myacen (www.myacen.com) (Australian with US based servers) and TJR Networks (http:) (run from New Zealand with US based servers) to be very good. I don't want to take the thread off track here, but what do those who use ASP feel the advantages are over PHP? |
maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 347215 | 2005-04-25 09:18:00 | I don't want to take the thread off track here, but what do those who use ASP feel the advantages are over PHP? I've been programming in PHP for quite a few years and have recently taken the plunge into ASP . net From my limited understanding of the . net environment I can see some very significant advantages . Mainly in rapid development . . . I have a large set of base classes that I use in PHP using the Zend IDE, but this is a pretty slow and repetitive task . . . ASP is by nature a purely object orientated environment, and as such promotes a method of development that allows easy code re-use and and an IDE (Visual Studio) that allows you to develop applications quickly and easily . Devloping in . NET provides some pretty powerfull tools, for example, i created my own web-browser in under an hour . I have chosen c# as my language for development, although you can choose to use any of the . net supported languages such as Visual Basic, jscript and i believe that microsoft will reintorduce C++ Having said all that, if you just want to have a simple site that can store information in a database, and email you notification of a form submission, you;re probably better off to use PHP . . For a new programmer, PHP will allow you to create functional scripts in a couple of minutes, ASP could prove to me a lot more confusing . And to finish my little rant, you will genneraly find that WINDOWS WEB HOSTING SUPPORTS PHP AND ASP . So you can have your cake and eat it too . |
webdesigner (7941) | ||
| 347216 | 2005-04-28 23:35:00 | Thank you for the detailed response. It was interesting but I think I will stick with PHP. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 347217 | 2005-04-29 06:17:00 | I had a look at the open host site, and their prices look quite good, but their domain was only registered this year, and their site looks very similar to many American web hosts website I have seen, they possibly have used the same web design templates. They also don't have a bigger windows plan than 200MB, and my site will use more than this, as I will be adding my image and sample mpg video portfolio to it.The company that runs Openhost has been a web-design and web-host company in NZ (NZ based servers) for about 7 or 8 years, and I believe they launched Openhost recently with these cheaper plans. If you contacted the people at Openhost, I'm sure they'll be happy to offer bigger plans (or taylor a plan to suit your requirements). |
Mike (15) | ||
| 347218 | 2005-04-29 06:44:00 | We provide windows hosting . However our Windows servers are US only at the moment . If you want an NZ server especially with Windows, be prepared to pay extra for what is in reality barely noticeable improved latency . Whatever you do, ensure your host is actually a registered company / pays GST and has been in business for a while . Rob |
Webbase (265) | ||
| 347219 | 2005-04-29 23:54:00 | If you want an NZ server especially with Windows, be prepared to pay extra for what is in reality barely noticeable improved latency . Rob You must be on dialup, or trying to mislead if you can't notice any latency on US based servers . Go to www . trademe . co . nz and click a few links . Then go to www . ebay . com and make a comparison . Ebay presumably has significantly superior hardware/networks overseas, but due to location is also significantly slower . . . There is a huge difference in performance Correct me if im wrong . |
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