Website hosting pricing comparison
We take a look at which service providers have the best deal on local website hosting
We take a look at which service providers have the best deal on local website hosting
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alkit
Senior Member
What about:
www.bishost.co.za
www.amplehosting.co.za
www.cybersmart.co.za
www.elitehost.co.za
www.webonline.biz
All of which has some very competitive prices compared to above companies
www.bishost.co.za
www.amplehosting.co.za
www.cybersmart.co.za
www.elitehost.co.za
www.webonline.biz
All of which has some very competitive prices compared to above companies
Screw that. www.flashinternet.co.za Unlimited bandwidth.
alkit
Senior Member
Yes, but that is not local. It is hosted overseas.
You guys forgot Imaginet. Great and friendly service with a very professional and well put together website. Very competitive as well!
In my honest opinion I first tried setting up a hosting account with MWEB, you believe to be a well trusted company, and found these guys to be totally crap and very surprised they still do business! I was emailed about 14 pages to fill in, then had to get a certified copy of my ID by the police and send them copies of my bank statements just to open a hosting account! Basically will never do business with MWEB in any shape or form again. Business practice from the dark ages. Dealing with MWEB is like dealing with government departments. You have to do ten things before you can do one.
I found Imaginet (www.imaginet.co.za) through a quick Google search and tried them. I was up and running in no time with a registered domain and hosting account all done over the phone and took only 10 minutes. Their caller support is great. They even called me to check that it was actually me doing the ftp on my hosting account thus maintaining my site's security.
You want a ball ache, go for MWEB! You want a website, go for Imaginet!
In my honest opinion I first tried setting up a hosting account with MWEB, you believe to be a well trusted company, and found these guys to be totally crap and very surprised they still do business! I was emailed about 14 pages to fill in, then had to get a certified copy of my ID by the police and send them copies of my bank statements just to open a hosting account! Basically will never do business with MWEB in any shape or form again. Business practice from the dark ages. Dealing with MWEB is like dealing with government departments. You have to do ten things before you can do one.
I found Imaginet (www.imaginet.co.za) through a quick Google search and tried them. I was up and running in no time with a registered domain and hosting account all done over the phone and took only 10 minutes. Their caller support is great. They even called me to check that it was actually me doing the ftp on my hosting account thus maintaining my site's security.
You want a ball ache, go for MWEB! You want a website, go for Imaginet!
196.35.20.142 Yep it is local
davemc
Executive Member
You've got to laugh at Telkom's offerings.
Talk about out-of-touch with reality.
I give amplehosting.co.za my vote for local-only.
Talk about out-of-touch with reality.
I give amplehosting.co.za my vote for local-only.
By that I think I know where the box is located (without traceroute or geo-locate or anything...) It looks like my IP-neighbour at the datacentre.
IMHO serve.co.za has the best deal full stop.
http://www.serv.co.za/main/hosting.html
Its a local company providing awesome service using best equipment they can get at price!!!!!
Who cares if its local or not.. honestly....
oh and
P.S.
Only company that does not add exorbitant charge on top of domain name registration R55/year..
http://www.serv.co.za/main/hosting.html
Its a local company providing awesome service using best equipment they can get at price!!!!!
Who cares if its local or not.. honestly....
oh and
P.S.
Only company that does not add exorbitant charge on top of domain name registration R55/year..
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Pixual
Expert Member
Why does anybody want to pay 10 times as much for ten times less?
I. Don't. Understand.
I resell hosting from an American provider and I just introduced a $55 a year option for 512MB disk space and 1024MB monthly bandwidth, plus a database and 5 email accounts.
That's $4.58 a month, or if you prefer... R37 per month.
Why. Pay. More. For. Less?
I. Don't. Understand.
I resell hosting from an American provider and I just introduced a $55 a year option for 512MB disk space and 1024MB monthly bandwidth, plus a database and 5 email accounts.
That's $4.58 a month, or if you prefer... R37 per month.
Why. Pay. More. For. Less?
davemc
Executive Member
Because local is fast. Really fast. Simple.
Oh that argument is so retarded. So do you not access any website that is not hosted in SA because latency is 300ms instead of 30ms?
Get a life..
Here Access this site its hosted on one of those evil cheep overseas sites... and tell me if you can actually say that for the money you can justify slight latency penalty...
http://www.ladaclub.com/
http://www.ladaclub.com/
davemc
Executive Member
I get your point, that simple site is quite damn fast. I wonder how much of that content is coming form our cache servers, but .. caching is a moot point anyway.
But, I still prefer hosting locally, and, if I think really hard about it, it's because I'm tired of giving my money to overseas companies and fully support South Africa's development.
I do also like knowing that I can get into my car and go bliksem somebody if they mess up.
But, I still prefer hosting locally, and, if I think really hard about it, it's because I'm tired of giving my money to overseas companies and fully support South Africa's development.
I do also like knowing that I can get into my car and go bliksem somebody if they mess up.
diabolus
Executive Member
Who the heck still sells 7MB and 5MB webspace these days? Geez!
Just to put things in perspective, i use Amazon's hosting services which isn't always considered the "cheapest" option:
$0.15 per GB per month that's like R1.30 per GB)
$0.1 per GB transfer IN ( R1.00 per GB)
$0.17 per GB transfer OUT ( R1.53 per GB)
So for 1GB storage + 2GB transfer in+out ~ R4.00 a month ...
You'd think that, i remote desktop into an international hosted virtual server and it's often faster than alot of local sites. Heck i've even went as for as using the remote server to download my stuff to the remote storage from a local site.....you'd be surprised what you'll find
Just to put things in perspective, i use Amazon's hosting services which isn't always considered the "cheapest" option:
$0.15 per GB per month that's like R1.30 per GB)
$0.1 per GB transfer IN ( R1.00 per GB)
$0.17 per GB transfer OUT ( R1.53 per GB)
So for 1GB storage + 2GB transfer in+out ~ R4.00 a month ...
davemc said:
You'd think that, i remote desktop into an international hosted virtual server and it's often faster than alot of local sites. Heck i've even went as for as using the remote server to download my stuff to the remote storage from a local site.....you'd be surprised what you'll find
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davemc
Executive Member
Are these local sites you're speaking of actually hosted in South Africa?
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alkit
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lol, its quite funny to see people still using the argument that intenrational is the same speed as local.
I personally have a sales database and an open source shopping cart that I am trying out, and I have done the comparison.
On local hosting, ass SOON as I click to update the status of a sale on my database, it updates in less than a second. On international hosting, I had to wait a second or 2 after I clicked any button. When you do quite a few sales a day, it is a pleasure to use local hosting compared to international.
On local hosting, the back end of the shopping cart responds instantaneously to my clicks. Infact, I can't even tell if I'm using local hosting or if the site is being hosted on my computer, as it really is that fast. Using the back end on international hosting goes quite a bit slower.
And lets not even talk about ftp... local is a heck of a lot quicker.
Go out and do the test side by side. Local is lekker and that's a fact! (Just a pity it is so damn expensive)
I personally have a sales database and an open source shopping cart that I am trying out, and I have done the comparison.
On local hosting, ass SOON as I click to update the status of a sale on my database, it updates in less than a second. On international hosting, I had to wait a second or 2 after I clicked any button. When you do quite a few sales a day, it is a pleasure to use local hosting compared to international.
On local hosting, the back end of the shopping cart responds instantaneously to my clicks. Infact, I can't even tell if I'm using local hosting or if the site is being hosted on my computer, as it really is that fast. Using the back end on international hosting goes quite a bit slower.
And lets not even talk about ftp... local is a heck of a lot quicker.
Go out and do the test side by side. Local is lekker and that's a fact! (Just a pity it is so damn expensive)