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by w2ktechman
I havent had any issues with them as far as the site working. Their support is lacking a bit, but it sounds much more responsive than your current one. When I have called, I have spent 30-45 min on hold several times and they didnt know too much.
Aside from that, stay away from their web-sitebuilder software, it is pure crap. If you build a site on your own though, this is a good host.
by apotheon
Don't use Yahoo as a webhost.
The first, and probably most important, thing you should do when choosing a webhost is look for SFTP support (if they provide SSH, that includes SFTP, by the way). SFTP is "Secure FTP", essentially just providing FTP-style access for file transfer to and from your account via the SSH protocol so that communications are encrypted. Even if you're not worried about your data being intercepted, this is important because with traditional FTP [b]your username and password are transmitted in the clear[/b]. You definitely don't want that, because your webhosting account can be easily cracked by someone "listening in" on your FTP connections.
I suspect you're using Windows, which doesn't natively support SSH (and thus doesn't natively support SFTP), unfortunately. If that's the case, use Google to find a tool called WinSCP which acts as a Windows client for SSH/SFTP/SCP connections. It can be downloaded and installed for free.
Trust me on this: you don't want a webhost that doesn't provide the security of an SFTP connection for file transfers.
by danlm
I have access to 7 shells right now for various reasons, and I wont connect to that server any other way other then ssh even when its local lan. When I need to move files around, I wont use anything but winscp.
If I can do it, I build public and private keys so that a password is never transmitted. The more secure, the better. I don't care if it's a family photo web site, if someone hacks it. They can do anything with it, and it just might cost you money from the bandwidth that they hijack.
With regard to the origional question. I wouldn't use yahoo web services. There are enough cheep small reputable web servers around that will happily provide you support just for your buisness.
What was your support question over by the way?
? ssl
? mysql
? non connection?
Because of what I jsut asked, may help narrow the search for a web server that can provide exactly what you need.
droolin
by gralfus
Yeah, I use WinSCP now for doing all transfers, and putty for terminal interface. I didn't realize that Yahoo didn't provide this (then again, I didn't look).
I finally am getting some responses, so maybe it was a bad week for them also.
by jdmercha
by jaqui
question.
my hosting company is actually pretty good.
http://www.ez-web-hosting.com/go.cgi/jaqui
[ that url gets me credit with them if you do pick them :D ]
as well, nzwebit.com is one I've used for clients.
both are reasonably priced, and have never given any problems, support has been excellent.
I recently reported a spam email to bravenet, since it came from one of their clients, less than an hour [ 37 minutes ] and they had checked the report out, taken action, and gotten back to me.
Not sure about their hosting services, but they are seriously impressive with their customer care and the effort they make to get / keep a good reputation.
by ms. spock
I am looking for a new hosting company, so I tried ez-web based
on your recommendation. Unfortunately, the site won't load. Not a
good start for a hosting company. Anybody else have any
recommendations?
by apotheon
I've heard all good things about Bluehost ( http://www.bluehost.com ) with the one exception of the fact that their mailmain mailing list software is artificially throttled back to prevent emails from being sent very quickly. Thus, if you use your webhosting account for managing a mailing list, install your own mailing list management software in your account, rather than using theirs.
The feature set described on the website is excellent and comprehensive, and Bluehost's uptime seems to be excellent as well. I'm planning on migrating a couple of my accounts to Bluehost before the next time they come up for renewal, if I don't stumble across something better in the meantime.
by rustyford56
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