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Radified selected web-hosting provider:
Communitech,
Kansas City. They've been in the business since April, '97 (long time in the
internet biz) & have >25K customers worldwide.
* CNet-rated Top 25 Webhosting Company
* Network Solutions Gold Premier Partner
* Member of the BBB On-Line Reliability Program
* Member of the Web Host Guild & VeriHost
* Member of Microsoft's WPP for FrontPage 2000
Read more about them here.
This is also a good link with helpful info here and also here.
Selected
web-hosting plan:
Unix
Standard, offering the following goodies:
* 350MB web space (this is nice - seems like 60-100MB is the
standard with most providers, which isn't a lot if you wanna stream video/movies)
* Unlimited website traffic (sounds too good to be
true, don't it?. I’m sure
you’ll get a call if things get outta hand, but at least you don’t have to
worry about charge$ for going over the maximum. something about a traffic limit
turns me off.)
* 100 email accounts
* 25 FTP accounts
* 25 sub-domains
* Real player (server), Shockwave & FrontPage 2000
* 99.5% guaranteed uptime. In other words, less than 4 hrs of
downtime per month (not counting scheduled maintenance, which they notify you of
24 hrs in advance). I read some guying complaining on CT general bbs forum
that they don't think CT is meeting the 99.5% guarantee. I have not been with
them long enough to know if the complaints are valid. I've been impressed with
the sppt so far. They aren't perfect, but they seem to be way out ahead of most
online companies
* Price freeze (This is cool. It means they’ll never raise your rates
(on
existing accounts) – ever. CT claims that some long-time customers pay
~US$10/mo & still get all the cool features as upgrades are made. I like
that - as long as their service holds up.)
Read about CT’s server hardware & software here.
Basically, they're running $30K
Sun Enterprise 250
servers w/
Solaris 7 (64-bit OS), powered by dual 300MHz UltraSparcs (64-bit!), 7200rpm
SCSI RAID_5 disc storage, dual-redundant everything & a few other
performance-enhancing goodies. Doesn't get much better - especially at CT's prices.
CT’s Unix Standard account will cost you between $23
& $30 per month, depending on length of service selected. A $35 one-time set-up fee
is waived on accounts opened for one year (or longer). Minimum contract is 3-months.
See here for CT's network topology. They have dual OC-12's, providing 1.2Gbps & fiber to Virginia, Chicago & San Jose.
CT will usually set up your account at the end of the day your order. They’ll send you an email when they got it up for you. They email will include all the info you need to set up your site, including login & password. Until the Net updates itself (typically 1-to-3 days) to learn that your particular domain name is located on servers owned by Communitech in Kansas City, you’ll be able to access your web site via your IP address (numbers, you'll get one static IP addy with each acct you set up).
If you haven’t already, go back to the
Domain Discover home page
& log into the ‘Existing customers’ section using your domain name and
password. From there, click on the link named ‘Nameservers’ and change the
name of the servers listed to those specified by CT – probably:
NS.HOSTING4U.NET
NS2.HOSTING4U.NET
If you used another domain name registrar or web hosting provider,
revise as applicable.
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