Web Hosting

So I think I've mentioned that I've run websites before. I still do run a small site, with the domain and the hosting and the whole shebang. I went for a small upstart host, and haven't been too pleased. So when friends of mine who are interested in starting their own sites ask me who my host is, I kind of cringe. For my own purposes, I can put up with the problems of my host (for now), but I'd never want to steer people to something that's not really reliable. Especially if it's for business purposes.

I just read about Concentric's shared web site hosting. They've got some really competitive plans. The "Business Email" plan is mainly just for -- you guessed it -- email. You can only put up a splash page. But they give you 2 gigs of server space with 100 megs of traffic/bandwidth per month for only $6.95/month paid for 12 months or $7.95 paid month-to-month. If you're paying for email service, you should look into this one. It might be cheaper to host your own mail server!

For an actual website, they've got the "Basic" Plan -- which is far from besic in my book. It offers 10 gigs of disk space and 100 gigs of traffic -- plus add-on programs like WordPress and Wiki, so you could use it for a really rich blog, too -- all for only $9.95/month paid annually or $11.95 paid month-to-month. That's actually what my current host charges, but I don't get anything close to 100 gigs of transfer per month! I'm gonna be looking into this one for myself. I'll probably do some online research first, as should you if you're considering this -- don't take my word for it! -- but I really think it's worth looking into if you want hosting.