Your input wanted: switching providers

[The Beatles]

We have been having occasional reliability problems with our host, BitTraffic. They don't occur too often, but when they strike, our site goes offline for days at a time. I think it would be a good idea to switch providers, but I am not prepared to move more than a few dollars higher than our current monthly rate of $3. Most hosting reviews on the web are fake and paid for by companies, so I am trying to get your input into what providers we could switch to. The main thing for me is reliability, so I instinctively shy away from new or small companies. Anyway, let us know both what you think, and what providers you recommend.

[windhound]

Mm. GoDaddy is always an option, if you want a big host

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The only thing I'd recommend with GoDaddy is to not give them the domain name. Give that to no-ip or something. I've heard a few horror stories about them not wanting to give up the domain name and/or accidentally removing it.

[Slasher]

Me, nonnie (Fiona) and Dr-Evil (Tom) have actually split off BitTraffic and setup a new company because of the issues you mention. Not going to say "go there" etc because that would be self promotion but I will say that the reason behind it was to setup a better company that offers better support and reliability.

I'm not going to put the link up either, however, if you want to take a look, shoot me a message on msn (webmaster AT florida4us DOT com) or g-talk (slasherx2 AT gmail DOT com), or you can pm me here if you like.

Just as a side note, I apologize for recommending BitTraffic, they used to be awesome back in the day, but they seem to have dropped one hell of a lot in the last few months.

This post has been edited by Slasher on Dec 24 2009, 03:47 PM

[Freenhult]

Why not? If you're going to advertise for yourself, might as well drop all your information. You know what we need, now sell yourself to us and we'll decide.

[Shadow I]

Anything at all is better than this . Right now, the browser only loads the page on the second try every time, and it takes 2 mins to decide it failed in the first place. Only on this site.

[Freenhult]

We're switching soon. As in. 1-2 weeks. If that.

[Freenhult]

Due to economic constraints we pushed this back. However, it IS done. Should be officially switched in less than 48hrs. Probably closer to 12.