Free Three year Web Hosting with 1&1

[Shamash Of Yeshua]

Hey anyone interested,

When I was reading through one of the computer magazines I am subscribed to I found out about a free three year web hosting:

1&1

Let me know what those who are knowledgable of web hosting if this is a great deal or what

And if you sign up let them know I let you know about it: Tag

Tag

 

[jono1]

crikey....that is good...no, that's excellent!!
except for the fact you have to be a US or canada user. typical.

 

[pinPoint]

thats cool! i like it too. i have a host already though.

 

[Pseud]

whoa.. that does rock. 5Gb bandwidth per month, and only 99cents per extra GB. Awesome deal, get it while it's going..... if only I wasn't a limey/pomme

 

[SirKenin]

if you go to http://www.firsthostweb.com/ you can have free web hosting forever. You pay a $50usd signup fee and never pay another dime. It's very good. I use them myself. Worth looking at.

 

[Deacon]

When I am not building webpages and working on the police force I help a friend with his web hosting services.

Viper Web.

We offer more then the usual Webhosting, we do custom packages, and we are up to date on the latest languages.

 

[OpenBook]

with the 1&1 offer, what happens after the three years. Do you have to continue with their service?

Book

 

[Pseud]

I've heard horror stories of people registering their domain name with a hosting company, and the domain name being locked in the company's name. When they've wanted to redirect the domain name to a different server the hosting company said no, thus forcing them to have to stay with that company.

One of those internet stories I heard from a friend, so i don't know how much truth there is in it...

 

[Shamash Of Yeshua]

with the 1&1 offer, what happens after the three years. Do you have to continue with their service?

Book

I would say if you decide to stay with them that you will be paying the regular $29.00 per month fee. About whether you will be able to transfer to another host I don't know. I suppose since you can transfer to them you should be able to transfer from them as well. You will have to talk with them about that or any other questions you have. I was just sharing this with you all since I see it as a great deal.

Tag

 

[PennylessZ28]

Wow, seems almost to good to be true, I bookmarked it. I think I might take them up on that offer and use it as junk space until I have something useful to stick there.

 

[Reader Nilus]

I signed up for them. For three years it is a great deal and you have 500 megs of storage space! And there are no ads.
If you do not have a domain you will get something like s12345678.onlinehome.us/ for your domain name.
Jeff the Finn

 

[flowergirl]

if you go to http://www.firsthostweb.com/ you can have free web hosting forever. You pay a $50usd signup fee and never pay another dime. It's very good. I use them myself. Worth looking at.

FYI - I used Firsthostweb.com for 2 sites and it was fine for the first 30days then it was down hill. I ended up pulling both sites off their servers after 6 months

 

[Mister Ale]

Wow, seems almost to good to be true...

That should be a red flag that it's not a good thing to go with.

First problem with this host is their bandwidth offer of "No limits on simultaneous hits/bandwidth". This is impossible to provide. Allowing unlimited hits and/or server requests could possibly cause their server to shut down. I believe a typical server can handle about 20-25 requests at one time.

I have just performed a few searches for 1&1 at a few different sites, from what I have read they have terrible support. Also a lot of people have stated that 1&1 have many restrictions in their TOS, which seems to be burried quite deep in their site. 1&1 also has a Firewalled MySQL server, which allows requests only from their own servers.

All in all, like I'd say about any 'free' host, don't go with it. You can find good paid hosting quite cheap, onehost.ws provides $0.99 hosting.

 

[YouthPastor]

A good hosting company is www.crediblehost.com you can get good space for 30.00/year plus domain registration is like 9.00 for for 39.00/year you get alot.

 

[SirKenin]

FYI - I used Firsthostweb.com for 2 sites and it was fine for the first 30days then it was down hill. I ended up pulling both sites off their servers after 6 months

I still have my site there, and have had for a year. I'm very happy with them. It's funny how individual experiences vary..

Here's my site, to take a look at how it functions: http://www.northernprotocol.com/

 

[Telstar]

What is a good amount to expect to pay for hosting? I have seen it vary wildly.

 

[Mister Ale]

What is a good amount to expect to pay for hosting? I have seen it vary wildly.

It really depends on what you plan on using it on. If you take a look at http://webhostingtalk.com/ quite a few people will always be happy to hook you up with a custom plan, and the different people allow you to compare prices.

EDIT: Just wanted to add that I created a topic about 1&1 here.

 

[Jill]

I think that there are many Web Hosting companies with very close and low prices.
I believe that several USD a year wouldn't pull down anybody.

The Good hosting is those you count as good.

Try this: God's Power

 

[gusto5]

For those who are looking into a server provider for a christian/fellowship or church related site, goto www.credibleHost.com which offers more or less unlimited free stuff for that!

 

[Jill]

... which offers more or less unlimited free stuff for that!

definitely less - there is no free stuff!!!