Local Web Hosting?

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CAE

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atrusomder said:
Know of any? Prices?
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Does it *have* to be local?

I spent 5 years working on building a hosting business for a giant telecom/ISP. Unless you need to lay hands on your server, there's no reason for it to be local.

If you want a server in someone's basement, *I* can do that for you!!!

Go with a national provider if it matters to you. Unless you have massive data transfer/processing/database requirements you very likely don't even need dedicated hardware; a shared platform is fine for probably 90% of websites.

Why a national provider? Can a guy in his basement (or a local "data center") give you things like: diverse power from the utility, diverse connections from multiple ISPs, 48+ hours generator, on-site peering, geographically disaparate clustering (hot failover in the event of a catastrophy at one datacenter), etc.? There's a lot of good reasons to go with a provider who's built out some significant infrastructure.

There's only one good reason to find a local provider, and that's if you absolutely must put your hands on the server from time to time.

Start here:

Hosting Providers sites ordered by failures

to find well performing providers, and then shop for prices. I've always been impressed with Web Hosting by PowWeb - One Plan, One Price for cheap, reliable hosting with lots of features. They have quite a few competitors in that price range and you should have many to pick from.

Good luck!
 
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The_Twisted_Ear

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CAE said:
Does it *have* to be local?

I spent 5 years working on building a hosting business for a giant telecom/ISP. Unless you need to lay hands on your server, there's no reason for it to be local.

If you want a server in someone's basement, *I* can do that for you!!!

Go with a national provider if it matters to you. Unless you have massive data transfer/processing/database requirements you very likely don't even need dedicated hardware; a shared platform is fine for probably 90% of websites.

Why a national provider? Can a guy in his basement (or a local "data center") give you things like: diverse power from the utility, diverse connections from multiple ISPs, 48+ hours generator, on-site peering, geographically disaparate clustering (hot failover in the event of a catastrophy at one datacenter), etc.? There's a lot of good reasons to go with a provider who's built out some significant infrastructure.

There's only one good reason to find a local provider, and that's if you absolutely must put your hands on the server from time to time.

Start here:

Hosting Providers sites ordered by failures

to find well performing providers, and then shop for prices. I've always been impressed with Web Hosting by PowWeb - One Plan, One Price for cheap, reliable hosting with lots of features. They have quite a few competitors in that price range and you should have many to pick from.

Good luck!
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atrusomder

Isaiah 55:8-9
CAE said:
Does it *have* to be local?

I spent 5 years working on building a hosting business for a giant telecom/ISP. Unless you need to lay hands on your server, there's no reason for it to be local.

If you want a server in someone's basement, *I* can do that for you!!!

Go with a national provider if it matters to you. Unless you have massive data transfer/processing/database requirements you very likely don't even need dedicated hardware; a shared platform is fine for probably 90% of websites.

Why a national provider? Can a guy in his basement (or a local "data center") give you things like: diverse power from the utility, diverse connections from multiple ISPs, 48+ hours generator, on-site peering, geographically disaparate clustering (hot failover in the event of a catastrophy at one datacenter), etc.? There's a lot of good reasons to go with a provider who's built out some significant infrastructure.

There's only one good reason to find a local provider, and that's if you absolutely must put your hands on the server from time to time.

Start here:

Hosting Providers sites ordered by failures

to find well performing providers, and then shop for prices. I've always been impressed with Web Hosting by PowWeb - One Plan, One Price for cheap, reliable hosting with lots of features. They have quite a few competitors in that price range and you should have many to pick from.

Good luck!
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THANK YOU!!!!!:buddies:
 
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