Comments on: New Host: Bluehost http://commadot.com/new-host-bluehost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-host-bluehost UX = User Experience by Glen Lipka Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:57:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: Glen Lipka http://commadot.com/new-host-bluehost/#comment-843 Glen Lipka Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:49:17 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=623#comment-843 Although parts of the cheapy hosts are the same, I find significant differences on a couple of items. 1. Time to pick up the phone. From 5 seconds to 20 minutes. Lunar is the worst on this. 2. Speed. My PowWeb was about 3X slower to upload/download. Lunar was faster on this. 3. Uptime. So far with Bluehost, I have way fewer failed pings. Check the link in the post. I switched a few days before the month started. I dont have a comparison of Powweb on that. At work we use Media Temple. Uptime is great. Speed is great. Plesk is the worst UI ever made. (Like cPanel, but completely obfuscated) Although parts of the cheapy hosts are the same, I find significant differences on a couple of items.
1. Time to pick up the phone. From 5 seconds to 20 minutes. Lunar is the worst on this.
2. Speed. My PowWeb was about 3X slower to upload/download. Lunar was faster on this.
3. Uptime. So far with Bluehost, I have way fewer failed pings. Check the link in the post. I switched a few days before the month started. I dont have a comparison of Powweb on that.

At work we use Media Temple. Uptime is great. Speed is great. Plesk is the worst UI ever made. (Like cPanel, but completely obfuscated)

]]> By: Rachel http://commadot.com/new-host-bluehost/#comment-842 Rachel Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:36:29 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=623#comment-842 I just got my invoice from PowWeb and need to decide before the 29th whether I will re-up for another year or move one. I get the sense that in the $8 - $12 a month zone, the differences between webhosts are pretty minimal. I just got my invoice from PowWeb and need to decide before the 29th whether I will re-up for another year or move one.

I get the sense that in the $8 – $12 a month zone, the differences between webhosts are pretty minimal.

]]> By: Glen Lipka http://commadot.com/new-host-bluehost/#comment-486 Glen Lipka Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:46:10 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=623#comment-486 I did get lunarpages to switch me to PHP5, but it was a huge pain. I sat on hold for a long, long time and then had to fill out a change request. They moved my account eventually. You should check out siteuptime.com. They have a free version that pings your site every 15 minutes. So far, Bluehost is pretty good. The new cPanel is nice, but overall, it's fast and they pick up the phone. We will see how it goes in the next month though. I paid for 5 min pings, so I will get a good read within 30 days to compare. I did get lunarpages to switch me to PHP5, but it was a huge pain. I sat on hold for a long, long time and then had to fill out a change request. They moved my account eventually. You should check out siteuptime.com. They have a free version that pings your site every 15 minutes.

So far, Bluehost is pretty good. The new cPanel is nice, but overall, it’s fast and they pick up the phone. We will see how it goes in the next month though. I paid for 5 min pings, so I will get a good read within 30 days to compare.

]]> By: Gabe http://commadot.com/new-host-bluehost/#comment-483 Gabe Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:16:02 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=623#comment-483 Is Bluehost giving you PHP 5? I use Lunar Pages for several clients' web sites, and haven't had any problems with them (admittedly, the traffic to them is fairly low), and they are actually significantly better than the company hosting my personal site (IX Web Hosting.) I can't even get them to upgrade me to PHP 5. Keep us posted on how Bluehost works out for you, my contract on my personal site expires in a few months and I want to move it to a new hosting company. Thaks. Is Bluehost giving you PHP 5? I use Lunar Pages for several clients’ web sites, and haven’t had any problems with them (admittedly, the traffic to them is fairly low), and they are actually significantly better than the company hosting my personal site (IX Web Hosting.) I can’t even get them to upgrade me to PHP 5. Keep us posted on how Bluehost works out for you, my contract on my personal site expires in a few months and I want to move it to a new hosting company. Thaks.

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