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neenach2002

05-31-2003, 01:15 PM

ok...here's the deal, i used ANGELFIRE and it sucked...i heard that GEOCITIES was no better, so i'm now using MEGAONE/CYBAMALL...however, they don't allow file uploads BIGGERE than 512 KB...

I NEED UNLIMITEd bandwidth and at least 50 MB of space...
can someone help me find another host???

Nevermore

05-31-2003, 01:24 PM

try http://www.clickherefree.com for a searchable index.

PeOfEo

05-31-2003, 11:38 PM

lol for free. You wont find anything like that unless you want billions of ads. http://europe.webmatrixhosting.net is what I use for asp.net its 20 meg and it has unlimited b width ad free but they dont allow exe zip mp3 any of that garbage (just hide it in your data base :) ) But they rock I love them best host i have ever used. Brinkster is lame 30 meg ad free about 16 meg b width a day freewebs.com is about the same as brinkster but they are php and cgi instead of asp and well lycos.co.uk might be your best shot for your price range.

neenach2002

06-01-2003, 11:25 AM

hide it in my database???
how do i do that???
and i NEED at LEAST 50MB
50MB
and UNLIMETED BANDWIDTH
UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH...

brendandonhue

06-01-2003, 11:29 AM

The world is not your slave.
A webhost does not have 50 megabytes and unlimited amounts of bandwidth to give away for free. If you don't want to pay for it, your not going to get all the features. They are in business to make money.
BTW-I'm not being rude, I'm being blunt :p

neenach2002

06-01-2003, 11:33 AM

WOW...boradiecarpark looks great...
nm NO uploads of moveis, mp3s roms...
damn...looks like more looking...

neenach2002

06-01-2003, 11:35 AM

HOW DO I HIDE THINGS IN MY DATABASE??????????????????????:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

khaki

06-01-2003, 11:49 AM

relax neen...

the fact that you would need to "hide it" at all probably means that you would be violating the conditions of the agreement....

and then you'll be back to searching for another host after you get booted from that one.

maybe you should just find a host that offers you the features that you require the most...
AND reduce/eliminate the gimmickry and non-essential fluff from your site (to save on bandwidth).

you can't have everything (for free)...
so it's probably time to lower your expectations (errrr.... demands).

either that..... or you'll need to part with some cash (and you don't seem willing to do that).

too much "reality" for one day? :)

;) k

neenach2002

06-01-2003, 02:02 PM

i am perfectly willing to part with some cash....errr spend some money, as long as what I am spending it on is really worth it...I just want to know, what host has the best paid for service...

PeOfEo

06-01-2003, 03:44 PM

most hosts frown apon download sites anyway.. (I guess thats whay you are making considering you are using about half a gig of space) You will probably need to host it yourself, Its not as hard as it sounds. Get an old computer put windows server 2003 on it. It has http ftp smtp and dns right on it so if you have a high speed internet connection you can pretty much turn on and watch the fun begin which is what I am going to do when I get dsl.

C0nR0cks

06-01-2003, 05:46 PM

anyone know of a free webhosting service that supports php?

PeOfEo

06-01-2003, 05:47 PM

www.lycos.co.uk www.flatface.net www.freewebs.com

neenach2002

06-01-2003, 06:18 PM

how much does windows server 2003 cost...will it run on a 7 year old computer???

pyro

06-01-2003, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by C0nR0cks
anyone know of a free webhosting service that supports php? You could look around here: http://www.free-php-hosting.com/

Dark Dragon

06-01-2003, 08:44 PM

As far as free web hosting was concerned, Tripod used to be good.

When I had my first account with them they gave you 50 free megabytes of space...but now it is down to 25...

I think their server supports CGI or something though...however their service has suffered a bit...when I try to access my e-mail on their page..I get a error stating something wasn't in GZIP format...never happened until several months ago too.

Yahoo is okay but you only get 15 megs of web space but when you use file manager you can upload up to 5 megabytes of data at one time..pretty unique too.

I tried infinetsite or something like that but logging on was so confusing I cancelled my account the same day I made it....so I am just keeping with Yahoo and Tripod until I find something else.

neenach2002

06-02-2003, 09:17 PM

i'm willing to part with some cash...i'm not willing to part with the cash it will take to buy windows server 2003 ($1,000+)
i'll just buy a webhost...

PeOfEo

06-02-2003, 09:33 PM

I dont know how much server 2003 costs cause I did not buy it per sey. But I am putting it on a computer that is running 95 right now to give you some idea. Ill prolly get something with a pentium 3 to run my smtp and http stuff. I am wondering if the dns will work on the insides end of my router I might have to pay a lil cash and get some dns from one of those domain name sites that also do dns.

Nevermore

06-03-2003, 11:28 AM

Hosting your own site can be very cheap and seem great - loads of space, anything can be installed on demand etc. The main problem is the speed of your connection. Large backbone providers use OC3 - 155.2 Mb per second! Are you rich enough to pay for that?

neenach2002

06-03-2003, 08:16 PM

i talked to a computer guy yesterday, he said that Windows Server 2003 costs about, oh, $8,000, YES $8,000, and 'that it should run on a p5 computer or higher...that means it needs a server to run on, or a super computer, i don't have the money to pay oh, i don't kno, 70,000, i'm only 16!!!

brendandonhue

06-03-2003, 08:43 PM

Its probably not cheap, but there is no such thing as a P5, he was messing with you.
Try Apache, its free.

pyro

06-03-2003, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by brendandonhue
Try Apache, its free. Yep, you would be much better off (cheaper) running Linux, Apache, and PHP... But, as cijori pointed out, the main problem will be the bandwidth...

PeOfEo

06-04-2003, 12:03 AM

Originally posted by cijori
backbone providers use OC3 - 155.2 Mb per second! Are you rich enough to pay for that?
lol large backbone providers yes but if you are hosting yourself you only need dsl so you can leave your machine on all night I would also keep my site trim I do that now anyway so it does not take long for the client to load it. DSL will work great and also they dont all use oc3 i know some use t3 and some even have multi cable and dsl connections like 8 at a time, but hostings ones self does not require anything more then cable or dsl.

PeOfEo

06-04-2003, 12:05 AM

Originally posted by neenach2002
i talked to a computer guy yesterday, he said that Windows Server 2003 costs about, oh, $8,000, YES $8,000, and 'that it should run on a p5 computer or higher...that means it needs a server to run on, or a super computer, i don't have the money to pay oh, i don't kno, 70,000, i'm only 16!!! thats why you have a friend burn it for you. No one is going to care unless you are using it to make profit like you run a buisness off of your site, just dont go around saying i have a pirate version look at me look at me. Also 70,000 no way dude. Get an old pentium 3 computer or celeron reformat the hard drive it will work fine thats what I am going to do. You can get one of those used at your local store for around 100 bucks, atleast I can. Its not big deal its very cheap in the longrun and gives you a lot of freedom.

brendandonhue

06-04-2003, 06:04 AM

The point isnt that no one will care. The point is that its illegal.

pyro

06-04-2003, 08:19 AM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
DSL will work great and ...Sure, I suppose it would work, if you site received minimal hits, and needed to transfer minimal amounts of data...

Nevermore

06-04-2003, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by brendandonhue
...there is no such thing as a P5, he was messing with you.

It is used to mean 166Mhz or above.

Oh, and my host isn't backbone, but they run two 155.2 connections.

PeOfEo

06-04-2003, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by pyro
Sure, I suppose it would work, if you site received minimal hits, and needed to transfer minimal amounts of data... well no not at all, I am not running a download site here and I would keep the ftp off accept when I am using it which would mean I would not kill very much bandwidth all together. DSL can put out just fine my site now gets about 75 -90 hits a day on average and dsl can well handle that and more I have seen this done, If it is only one maybe two sites I am hosting it wont have any problems... Its only for personal use.

Nevermore

06-07-2003, 01:52 PM

Yeah, but 75-90 hits a day is minimal bandwidth usage. My last site was up to 650 hits a day when I sold it. Try hosting that on DSL!

neenach2002

06-07-2003, 02:58 PM

...there is no such thing as a P5, he was messing with you.

a p5 is also know as a server, or a super-computer...super-computers used to be p4, but now that it has been released to public, a super is a p5...he HAS 2!!!

PeOfEo

06-07-2003, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by cijori
Yeah, but 75-90 hits a day is minimal bandwidth usage. My last site was up to 650 hits a day when I sold it. Try hosting that on DSL! If I were running a site like that I would probably go out for hosting yes but I can use dsl and host about 8 - 10 email accounts and a website (maybe too) without noticing it right now but they wont be getting that level of hits of cource. Plus my sites are lean to begin with for my 56k buddys.

neenach2002

06-25-2003, 09:13 PM

ooops...my bad...
it's actually a Xeon...sorry!!!

PeOfEo

06-26-2003, 12:02 AM

A xeon is just a pentium for that can handly more complex data. I heard something about 16 bit instead of 8 but I dont know. But the speed is not any greater. But xeon when you put them together dont conflict with eachother and if you are running two pentium for they do. There thats a pool of all my knowledge about that processor, but what does that have to do with the connection?

Justin

06-27-2003, 07:00 AM

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Hosting your own site can be very cheap and seem great - loads of space, anything can be installed on demand etc. The main problem is the speed of your connection. Large backbone providers use OC3 - 155.2 Mb per second! Are you rich enough to pay for that?
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what do you use as a program or os to turn your old computer into a server for your web page?

PeOfEo

06-27-2003, 08:23 PM

You would use red hat linux or windows server 2003. Id go with the linux its a bit cheaper. Well a little more then a bit.

Nevermore

06-28-2003, 12:19 PM

There are free web server programs, although they often aren't quite as good. e.g. Abyss web server.

pyro

06-28-2003, 12:49 PM

How about Apache (http://www.apache.org/)?

Nevermore

06-29-2003, 12:39 PM

Apache (I think) only runs on Unix and Windows NT. So it might not be perfect for hosting your own pages.

brendandonhue

06-29-2003, 12:40 PM

No apache runs on almost every imaginable platform. Im running it on 98 right now.

Nevermore

06-29-2003, 01:07 PM

Cool

Justin

07-02-2003, 09:10 PM

cijori, if you do

Jick

07-02-2003, 09:56 PM

Here is one to add to your stock pile of answers here:

T35 Hosting (http://www.t35.com/)

I use it and they have:

Unlimited Space (accounts created before 07/15/03).
No Ad Banners or Ad Frames.
Unlimited Bandwidth / Hits!
FTP Access.
PHP / SSI Support.
24-7 Tech. Support.
99.9% Up Time.
Paid Hosting Also Available.

They are really good. The list above is just for the free version. You can get MySQL in a paid account for $4.99 a month. Hope I helped you out a bit. :D

Justin

07-03-2003, 09:44 AM

that you can put on your computer to trun it into a server that can handle JAVA SERVLETS.

the abyss looks good but it can't handle those

brendandonhue

07-03-2003, 10:21 AM

Originally posted by Justin
that you can put on your computer to trun it into a server that can handle JAVA SERVLETS.

the abyss looks good but it can't handle those
Apache Tomcat

chrismartz

07-03-2003, 06:40 PM

I have used both tripod.com and brinkster.com. tripod does not support asp or anything fancy but brinkster supports asp. tripod has popup adds and brinkster.com has no ads at all