Ask YC: Whats the Best Shared Hosting around?

3 points·spoiledtechie··5 comments

Currently, I can't afford a dedicated or a Virtual Dedicated box, but I need something to speed up my site.

I currently host with Godaddy and over all during peak times they just seem slow to me.

I would like to speed it up a bit. What do you suggest?

P.S. - I require a windows box.

I had a good experience with DiscountAsp.Net. However, if your site gets a lot of traffic or if you want extras, I think it could get pretty expensive. You need to pay extra for subdomains, domain aliases/pointers, or additional sites. Disk space is only 1000 MB and bandwidth is 80 GB for the base plan.

They have a bunch of 3rd-party extensions that is included in the hosting plan but if you leave DiscountAsp, you will need to get licenses for these extensions yourself.

I have since moved to Mosso. Great service though a little expensive ($100 a month + $5 SQL Server db). I can host several web sites though under 1 account.

I see that you've added you need a windows box, but the best shared host around is Dreamhost by a long shot (however, they do linux only I think). Shell access, svn, etc. No other shared host comes close IMO.

I have hostgator accounts and MediaTemple accounts

MediaTemple is the best host I've ever used (and I've been through many hosts in the past 9 years) although hostgator is a close second.

Well I use dreamhost.com but not sure if it's the best. I used to be on mosso but too much downtime and too expensive.

Hostgator, though it's Windows Hosting is coming soon.

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