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[bubosquared]

So my web host, having fired my contact there, has now truly succumbed to Cranio-Rectal Inversion Syndrome, and both femgeeks and IS are down for the time being. At least my e-mail still works, for now. Feh.

In that light, and since the renewal would be coming up right about now, I'm looking for a new web host, so if anyone has any reccomendations, I'd like to hear them.

Things that are non-negotiable:

• TOS that allows (written) adult content, obviously;
• No banners;
• At least 8GB/mo bandwith;
• At least 500MB space;
• FTP access;
• E-mail addresses;
• PHP;
• CGI;
• PERL;
• MySQL;
• Decent tech support.

Things that would make me very, very happy:

• Unlimited e-mail addresses;
• Subdomain possibilities;
• Multiple FTP logins;
• Webmail;
• File manager web interface;
• Server-side spam block;
• Having lots of control over the above, myself.

Anyone? Bueller?

Comments

[mmn.livejournal.com]

Try either Gradwell (http://www.gradwell.com) or LFC Hosting (http://www.lfchosting.com) I haven't had problems with them at all.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks, mysterious stranger! :D

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

I know Ventures Online's policy on adult content is good, because I got them to write it when I moved dymphna.net over. They don't have a problem with fanfiction at all.

[mmn.livejournal.com]

Don't thank me, thank the Friend of a Friend Feature™ ;o)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Oho! Thank you! *shuffles over* Let's have us a look, then ...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains it. :) Still, thanks for the help. ^_^

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

BTw, I'm guessing they're good about transferring existing domains, then?

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, yeah -- they didn't have a problem moving d.net over. But that was nearly four years ago, so I don't know...

[rsadelle]

I think I'm going to go with hostforweb.com. Major selling point to me: one of their tech guys suggested them in a slashdot discussion. Their pre-sales question forum has a question about adult fanfic, and their support people said legal adult content is allowed.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hm, the only question I would have would be if underaged slash (or het) is allowed, but it does look good. :)

[wimmeke.livejournal.com]

www.warped.com has always been recommended to me. I think eris slept with them or something ;-) (Don't tell her that, but she knows the people)

I haven't checked them out recently but your list of prime requests looks quite familiar, as in I've seen it before.

This banner answers some of your questions it seems:

(http://www.warped.com/ihosting.cgi)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hm, bit too expensive for my end of things, I'm afraid--I really do need that web space and bandwith, and that makes the price skyrocket like you wouldn't believe. But thanks for the reccomendation, anyway!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

FYI, I'm probably going to go with them, especially if I can, as I hope/think, pay by (international) bank transfer. Now that is a major selling point for me. :D

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Give me a chance to talk to my husband, and we'll see what we can do. We were hoping to move /tolkien over eventually -- maybe we can do a fundraiser and speed that up, if he needs more space on the hard drive for femgeeks.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I have a good host for now--TOS that allows adult content (and their presales people have explicitly said that fanfic is okay!), unlimited subdomains, seperate FTP logins, etc., and on top of all that, I can pay by bank transfer, which means I no longer have to beg my dad to use his credit card. :)

Would this be an actual private server? Cause that'd be cool!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Also, the tolkienslash domain, what extension is that? .net?