[clue-talk] Blog Hosting?

[Gary T Threlkeld]

Jed S. Baer wrote:
> Hi Folks.
>
> Well, I gotta move blog within a month. Given the huge number of hosting
> companies out there, I thought I'd see if anyone has any recommendations,
> or companies to stay away from.
>
> So far, I'm looking at either:
>   http://www.anhosting.com/
>   http://www.bluehost.com/
>   https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
>
> or maybe the 800 lb gorilla of blog hosts, Hosting Matters.
>
> Nearly free speech is interesting in that it's a pay-as-you- go plan.
>
> Though I guess I could live without it, I'd like ssh access.
>
> Your thoughts appreciated.
>
> jed
>   
Hi Jed,

My experience, FWIW, I've got two websites running on bluehost and am 
happy so far.  They have SSH access and if you want to play with Ruby on 
Rails, they support that too.  Not free but you get a fair amount of 
space for the basic account level.  Another comment, again only from 
personal experience, I would NOT use lunarpages.com - even though my 
research indicated they were one of the top-rated hosts.  I have another 
account with them and its been a small nightmare.  No SSH (Problem for 
me) ... Spam mail comes through like a sieve but mail going out from 
people with mailbox accounts through my website are blocked by Comcast.  
I've sent trouble tickets and nothing...I call on the phone and listen 
to music for half-an-hour then get automatically routed to a mailbox 
that is full and won't take messages.  Lunarpages is part of Add2net and 
they seem to have just gotten too big to maintain their client base.

my two cents,

gary