Web Hosts?
(xposted from DA)
I'm such a plonker sometimes. First I tried to leave the gym by the 'in' turnstyle and got nowhere. Then when I tried the 'out' one I somehow go tangled in it, almost fell over the damn thing and ended up straddled halfway across. Really should look where I'm going...
Anyway. On to the matter in hand. I spent much of this afternoon reading horror stories about the company that hosts my websites, GISOL www.GISOL.com What a sorry tale of fraud, terrible customer services/technical support, domain names being held to ransom and general dodgy dealings. It seems I've gotten away lightly over the years with just an infuriatingly crap mySQL server. So now I've tagged my domains on snapnames.com (just in case the same thing that happened to ShadowsDark happens again) and am thinking on looking elsewhere when it comes to account renewal time so, can any of you recommend a good host to me?
I need:
mySQL databases (not just one)
hosting of multiple domains
phpBB
hotlink protection would be nice.
not too expensive.
So far I've looked at Dreamhost (though there was a worrying thing about them messing up their accounts but hopefully that was a one-off) and, er, that was about as far as I got.
So, recommendations, folks? Or if there's any I shouldn't touch with a barge pole then do say!
I'm such a plonker sometimes. First I tried to leave the gym by the 'in' turnstyle and got nowhere. Then when I tried the 'out' one I somehow go tangled in it, almost fell over the damn thing and ended up straddled halfway across. Really should look where I'm going...
Anyway. On to the matter in hand. I spent much of this afternoon reading horror stories about the company that hosts my websites, GISOL www.GISOL.com What a sorry tale of fraud, terrible customer services/technical support, domain names being held to ransom and general dodgy dealings. It seems I've gotten away lightly over the years with just an infuriatingly crap mySQL server. So now I've tagged my domains on snapnames.com (just in case the same thing that happened to ShadowsDark happens again) and am thinking on looking elsewhere when it comes to account renewal time so, can any of you recommend a good host to me?
I need:
mySQL databases (not just one)
hosting of multiple domains
phpBB
hotlink protection would be nice.
not too expensive.
So far I've looked at Dreamhost (though there was a worrying thing about them messing up their accounts but hopefully that was a one-off) and, er, that was about as far as I got.
So, recommendations, folks? Or if there's any I shouldn't touch with a barge pole then do say!