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| 1308520 | 2012-10-24 21:05:00 | Hi all, The time has come for my server to move out and I'm just looking for somewhere to host it as a VPS. I know you get what you pay for but I won't be too worried with a few hrs outage every once in a while. I've narrowed it down to two, based on price/features so just wondering if anyone's had experience with either one? I did read a forum post about Webslice from earlier this year and there was no negative feedback. Webtastix does offer a lot more International Bandwidth though. Both would be about $25 a month for my requirements. www.webslice.co.nz www.webtastix.net Cheers for any input. |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 1308521 | 2012-10-24 22:50:00 | No experience with either. I've used Rimu and SiteHost. To be honest I'm a *big* fan of SiteHosts, those guys there are awesome and their support is absolutely fantastic! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1308522 | 2012-10-24 23:33:00 | If you don't mind hosting overseas I use URPad for my VPS, its about $5 NZD a month, comes with 150 data allowance, 100mbit connection and 30GB of disk space (you can pay to get more) So far they have been flawless and their support is great. Only problem is you have to put a "fake" US address in and pay using a proxy in the US since they are "US only" Their customer service know I'm from NZ and don't seem to care. My experience with NZ hosts is they are very expensive for your casual to moderate users, overseas hosts tend to be much cheaper for the non professional type operations. URPad's connection speeds (to the server) are very very good, I can get a solid 2MBs to most servers, decent hosts like Ubuntu, M$ and Apple get a steady 9mbps usually peaking at 11. To NZ I can't say much since I'm behind a terrible proxy and a 2mbit line that's shared by 400 people (Apparently this is an acceptable connection to a school. You can imagine what 2mbit is like with a few hundred students on it) If you want to test site load times head over to http://108.174.62.205/ it's only got a very basic site on it atm (Haven't got PHP working so half of the content is missing too) or try transferring some files 108.174.62.205 108.174.62.205 |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1308523 | 2012-10-25 01:10:00 | Can't really beat $5 a month :) I was looking at one hosted in Europe and it was about 70e per year. I will do some research on URPad, don't see why they would care if you're NZ based. What do you mean pay through proxy though? |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 1308524 | 2012-10-25 01:45:00 | I'd be a little bit cautious about using a "US only" company. You never know when some stupid US law passes, and suddenly you have no access to your web site. A red flag to me personally is using a fake US address. The proxy, I believe, is to hide the fact you're paying for it outside the US. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1308525 | 2012-10-25 02:54:00 | www.webtastix.net "This page does not exist". LOL, but in fact it does. They have a longer support time than Webslice. I use Webslice, support is great - at least by email, never phoned them though. And not for VPS. Also: www.webhostingtalk.com www.trademe.co.nz Seems they are fairly new so not much in the way of user reviews for them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1308526 | 2012-10-25 03:12:00 | www.webtastix.net "This page does not exist". LOL, but in fact it does. Aah.... oops... makes me feel stupid :) |
askewdread (16925) | ||
| 1308527 | 2012-10-25 03:16:00 | Fair point about 'US Only' but I'm sure there will be other overseas ones that won't have this clause. I'll do a bit of research. Webslice is only 5gb int traffic, the only thing I don't like. Everything else seems all good. Yes, the Webtastix site seems a bit on the cheap side :) |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 1308528 | 2012-10-25 03:22:00 | Yes, the Webtastix site seems a bit on the cheap side :) We have been around for quite a while (our original www.webtastix.co.nz site was setup many years ago) just haven’t done much advertising, and have tried to make sure the websites as functional as possible and easy to find everything as we don’t want to make it difficult... as we grow the website will be somewhere we spend some money, up until now we have been putting it all into the servers to make sure they are reliable :) |
askewdread (16925) | ||
| 1308529 | 2012-10-25 04:35:00 | We have been around for quite a while (our original www.webtastix.co.nz site was setup many years ago) just haven’t done much advertising, and have tried to make sure the websites as functional as possible and easy to find everything as we don’t want to make it difficult... as we grow the website will be somewhere we spend some money, up until now we have been putting it all into the servers to make sure they are reliable :) You've had the domain name a while - although why don't you have the name with yourself? 07-19-2012, 08:34 PM WebtastixIS-Shane Location: Auckland, New Zealand Webtastix Internet Services - Unmanaged VPS Sale - NZ Based Hey there, We are new into the mix so we are trying build up our customer base: |
pctek (84) | ||
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