I’ve switched most of my hosting from Powweb to Hostgator .
My sites moved to Hostgator include:
DrawingOnTheWeb.com (this site)
TerrysComputerTips.com
blog.TerrysComputerTips.com
PCRepairSite.info. I’ve still got some more to go…
I’ve noticed a lot more speed in my page delivery, download speed on files and, especially, anything that requires MySQL database access. WordPress blogs run much faster now!
Hostgator has a 20% off special running until February 1st, 2008 β coupon code NEWYEAR It’s good for the initial purchase, e.g., for 3 years on a 3-year purchase or 1 month if you purchcase monthly hosting. I went for the 3-year “Baby” hosting package, which has 600GB space, 6,000GB monthly throughput, and a lot more. They even offer reseller hosting β and the coupon code works for it, too!
As always, I recommend purchasing your domain name from someone other than your web host (even if they’re willing to give it to you for free). I use GoDaddy for all my domain registration.
I wrote recently that I had just signed up for Callwave’s Fax to Email service. I’m impressed by it.
Recapping the information about Callwave:
CallWave Fax to Email lets me have a local fax number in whatever area code that I desire that receives faxes, turns them into Adobe Reader PDF files, and emails them to me.
I get all that for $7.95 per month, with an unlimited number of faxes received (some of their competitors have higher prices AND limits on how many faxes you can receive!). CallWave offers a risk-free trial try it for 30 days. If you don’t like it, cancel it before the 30 day trial is up and owe nothing.
Amazingly, this whole service costs much less than a phone line would cost, plus, I don’t to worry about the machine itself, paper, ink or toner. PDF’s are easier to keep, too of course I can print the PDF if I really want a hard copy.
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Powweb is still running their “coupon” special — not really a coupon, though — you just have to sign up via the Powweb special discount page.
Powweb’s regular web hosting price is $7.77 per month for their “One Plan” package - It’s a great package (I’m using it!) with 300GB space, 100GB throughput per day (per DAY, not per month!), FrontPage extensions, POP3 mail, webmail, SMTP (outbound) email, install wizards to install blog software, photo galleries, ecommerce shopping carts and more. Plus, get a free domain name for a year!
If you don’t want to use the wizards, you can download server packages like WordPress from elsewhere and then upload them yourself to get the ultimate in control. Apache, PHP, Perl, MySQL - the big packages that let you do everything you need to do — without Windows servers!
See all the Powweb services in the One Plan here.
Their special is $5.77 per month — and you can get it on their main page — but you can get another $10 off the total by using this special Powweb discount page