I think ultrahosts's big deal was they were running on ShaneD.net servers for a while. That's where I origenally learned the basics of system admin, and ended up spending half my time repairing broken things, outages were a weekly happening. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler at tysdomain.com My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:14 AM Subject: Re: looking for: ssh hosting > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I used to use Ultra Host and they say "unlimitted" space and I think > bandwidth, things are monitored in that You can't store personal files > without links to them I think overages are managed on a common sense > bases; that is, if it doesn't happen often or not out of extreme, a > head is turned away. > > My biggest complaint with them and this happened twice is major > outages can happen. Back in 2005 or so, they were down for nearly a > day and last December, they went down for nearly 36 hours! When that > happened, I switched over to godaddy. The control panels are funky > and from an accessibility standpoint, wish they could be vastly > improved. But ssh is available and you can use ftp to upload your > site contents. I paid $70 for a year of service and I'm thinking > about moving my domain registration over there too because I can cut > my annual $15.00 fee in half. I forget the specs for bandwidth and > space but they are quite high though. I'm definitely not in any > danger of exceeding any limits right now. > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 06:13:52AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> I didn't say they didn't offer ssh, just that they monitor what you put >> up--I was using their "unlimited" space to store my music as a backup and >> got yelled at. Ultrahost is a good idea too, though see their "extra >> charges," if you go over a certain amount. >> >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield >> Web: tysdomain.com >> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >> My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:20 AM >> Subject: Re: looking for: ssh hosting >> >> >>> Refering to dreamhost, hat's very interesting because their site says >>> that they have unlimited disk space and bandwidth and do allow ssh >>> connections. I was seriously considering going with them for those >>> reasons. Right now I have unlimited disk and bandwidth but no ssh. >>> They also offer VPS. Another VPS that has been recommended is >>> http://ultrahost.us/ I would like to know why you're saying that >>> dreamhost doesn't offer ssh when their site says they do. I believe >>> you, I haven't used them before so I don't know. >>> >>> Tyler Littlefield wrote: >>>> hello, >>>> I'll check freeshell. >>>> Just for the record, dreamhost offers lots of good services, but they >>>> don't allow you to open ports until you pay for their dedicated >>>> servers, which are not really worth paying for. >>>> I have an account for my website, they tend to monitor storage, too. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkm2ke8ACgkQWSjv55S0LfGALQCgq7OMgF0o8ViJGvBEJRZuWoay > HCEAoPjBbP0TfsfrmBMDXGK3xuw4CFpp > =kitP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
