From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 26 06:44:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C3916A401 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@servingpeace.com) Received: from smtp.servingpeace.com (ip-209-172-55-71.reverse.privatedns.com [209.172.55.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F8743D48 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:44:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@servingpeace.com) Received: from [10.0.0.30] (adsl-68-122-10-38.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [68.122.10.38]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.servingpeace.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D2152; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:44:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <44263854.9060905@servingpeace.com> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:44:36 -0800 From: Sam Nilsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Macintosh/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Scott I. Remick" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheap FreeBSD hosting? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:44:42 -0000 Scott I. Remick wrote: > Well it seems my "perfect" FreeBSD webhost, which had great service, great > features, and a great support community has been sold-out to a large > webhost consolidation company with a reputation for ruining every company > they buy. They'll also be switching from FreeBSD to Linux. > > Since I desire to "eat my own dogfood" and continue to have my sites and > pages "Powered by FreeBSD" I am back in the market looking for a new > webhost. > > Currently I pay about $8/month for 12GB of storage, 300GB of > bandwidth/month, and 5 MySQL databases. I need at least 4 databases > (preferably more), and currently average 200-300MB/month transfer > (although I peaked last year one month at 6GB for the month, but that's > rare). I currently use 2.5GB but my space needs will gradually increase. > > I'd like to find a comparable plan at a webhost that uses FreeBSD servers. > Pair is out of my league. I've had bad previous experience with iPowerWeb. > Any others? iweb.ca a canadian company has good deals on dedicated servers. mine has been up since i got it which makes 129 days now. there have been no network interruptions that i've been aware of in that time. i don't know how their shared hosting plans work though... - Sam