Re: [SLUG] web hosting

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 01:47:19 EDT


Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 01:11:13AM -0400, Smitty wrote:
>
> > Steve wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 30 May 2001 20:46, you wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:13:50AM -0700, ter swartz wrote:
> > > > > The company that I am working for is looking to switch
> > > > > to another web hosting company (from Net Solution and
> > > > > Mindspring), due to unreliablity and poor tech
> > > > > support. I have been looking at xo.com and ait.com.
> > > > > Does anybody have some feedback about either or
> > > > > another suggestion? Just need basic domain
> > > > > resolution, with some limited video streaming, pop3
> > > > > accounts and 30-50megs of anonymous FTP (did I spell
> > > > > that right?) & to work!
> > > > > Pete
> > > >
> > > > Don't know about anonymous FTP, but we've had our corporate website
> > > > hosted by XO for four years. Never a service problem. You can check with
> > > > them on what services they currently offer in what packages. Pricing has
> > > > been reasonable as well. We pay $39.95 per month for hosting our
> > > > domain/website, dial-up (backup to DSL), and the standard email
> > > > accounts, disk space, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> >
> > And they use Solaris 8 on Ultra-Sparc servers. They have a booth at the
> > CTS.
> > Smitty
> >
> > >
> > > We used to use them too, but as I was having problems getting them to support
> > > secure mail pickup I changed to Intnet.net. They have OC-12 (625MB/sec) and
> > > has a MUCH faster web service than XO.
> > >
> > > Comes with user friendly web interface too. Actually it's much more
> > > responsive than XO's.
> > >
> > > Similar pricing...
> > >
> > > Steve Szmidt
> > > ____________
> > > Do you ferret?
>
> >From the positioning of Smitty's comments (after the comments about XO
> and before the reply about Intnet) it appears he's commenting on XO. But
> XO does not have a booth at CTS. Intnet does. Thus, it appears he is
> instead commenting on Intnet. Snippage would have helped here.
>
> Paul
Perhaps to you, Paul but not to me. Please follow the sequence and you
will see that it was a reply to Steve's statement. Also, Paul, you can
always comment instructively off-list if you have a suggestion for me.
There is no list policy about the format of replies. Do we need one?
Smitty



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