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Thread ID: 72763	2006-09-25 05:51:00	Recommend me a webhost	Vijizzle (11196)	Press F1

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487173	2006-09-27 02:49:00	Those figures are if you buy from a host that has their hosting servers in the USA. Space and bandwidth like that are irrelevent for most websites, as most sites are under 10MB in size and use less than half a GB of traffic a month.Thanks for clarifying that. I meant that to be an example of space and transfer on a US based server. Most websites will use much more than 10MB of space. It doesn't take long for statistics records etc to all start adding up. I would personally never buy a hosting plan with less than 100MB space. I agree you don't need 1GB of space or the associated amount of transfer I meantioned for a new site, but you can still use the figures to estimate the price of cheaper plans. eg. around US$30 per year for 250MB space and 10GB transfer etc. I recommend using a provider in NZ who has their servers located in NZ. I have had too many bad experiences with NZ hosting comapnies that use USA servers, with bad uptime.Bad uptime is the fault of the operator, not the location. As long as you are careful about selecting a host, you shouldn't have any too many problems. Uptime guarrantees are also worthless, as they often contract out of both hardware and software faults, and they also may only refund you for the period the servers are down for.That's why I suggested looking at records showing that they have achieved, say 99.9% uptime in the past. Always check the Terms of Service for exact details regarding these sorts of things. You want a host that has backup systems in place, so when one server fails all the data is on another server that can kick in straight away reducing the downtime.I think it would be fair to say that it really depends on your site. A regular shared hosting plan typically doesn't offer this sort of service, and most people are not willing to pay for it. It really comes down to your needs. When deciding on server location, if you don't have a specific reason to be using a NZ based server, get hosting on one in the states. It is far more cost effective, it makes little difference to the average website and you have a wider selection of service (although sometimes this can be a bit overwhelming). I would suggest avoiding European servers unless most of your visitors come from there as download speeds from NZ can be quite slow at times. :)	maccrazy (6741)
487174	2006-09-27 03:13:00	I would suggest avoiding European servers unless most of your visitors come from there as download speeds from NZ can be quite slow at times. :) Some places in the USA can be just as bad as the European servers.	stu161204 (123)
487175	2006-09-27 05:22:00	If someone is wanting to host on US servers, the cheapest option is to actually use a USA company directly, instead of going through a NZ company as the middleman. I have been through a range of different providers and from my experience USA hosting isn’t worth bothering with due to reliability problems, although I do need it for my business, so I need close to 100% uptime. That said I know there are some very good USA ones. With diskspace, it totally depends on the host as often the stats and emails aren't included in the quoted diskspace. So if they advertise 10MB, this is often dedicated just to the hosting space, and stats and email is not included in the quota. For a New Zealand business I would recommend hosting on NZ servers, where the services are spread out across multiple servers, and they have failproof systems in place. Eg. there is a separate server for email, a separate server for databases, a separate server for websites etc. There are a few excellent NZ webhosts that now offer this and at very affordable prices. The worst thing is when a webhosts server goes down, and everything is affected, such as email, which for a company is very frustrating and expensive, and also probably causes major stress for the hosting company too, with very angry customers.	rogerp (6864)
487176	2006-09-27 05:33:00	www.webdrive.co.nz and www.webbase.co.nz are both great providers. Webdrive caters more for high end sites where as Webbase is a budget provider (still has NZ servers). US based hosts can be ok, just don't expect the same level of service, proper invoices or accountability if the S hits the F.	superuser (7693)
487177	2006-09-27 05:53:00	US based hosts can be ok, just don't expect the same level of service, proper invoices or accountability if the S hits the F. The other good thing is if there servers are in NZ you can go over to there office / data centre & complain etc…	stu161204 (123)
487178	2006-09-27 06:18:00	www.webdrive.co.nz and www.webbase.co.nz are both great providers. Webdrive caters more for high end sites where as Webbase is a budget provider (still has NZ servers). US based hosts can be ok, just don't expect the same level of service, proper invoices or accountability if the S hits the F. Actually they are both the same company now. Yes Web Drive are very good and I use them myself, and do have the backup systems in place. There are also some others that provide similar fail safe systems.	rogerp (6864)
487179	2006-09-27 06:32:00	Yes Web Drive are very good and I use them myself, and do have the backup systems in place. Can you let me know via PM what backup systems you have in place? (My boss has a lot of his clients with web drive)	stu161204 (123)
487180	2006-09-27 07:59:00	The other good thing is if there servers are in NZ you can go over to there office / data centre & complain etc… What?	roddy_boy (4115)
487181	2006-09-27 08:22:00	What? Ok, Image this you have a website with web drive (who's servers are in NZ) & they had a major server issue & they where not answering there phones etc…, you could drive over to there HQ & find out what is happing. Try doing that with a web host that has servers in the US!.	stu161204 (123)
487182	2006-09-27 08:29:00	Oh I understand now. Sorry, I just couldn't figure out what you meant, as you had "there" instead of "their"	roddy_boy (4115)
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