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Question

Need A New Web Host (NOT I-Page!!!), any suggestions???

Nov 12, 2012 11:19AM PST

I had a website with I-Page web hosting... it ended badly. Now I need to pick up the pieces and go somewhere else with the site that I had to rebuild thanks to I-Page.

Trying not to make the same, or similar, mistake that I made the first time! Dose anyone know of a good FTP web host that has large disc space (at least 5GB), and good site speeds?

((I-Page Review))
I had a website with IPage that ran smoothly for the entire first year that I was with them. Their customer support was good, with good response times as I needed them. The ease of use and user interface was really good as well. I tried another web host before them and could not navigate their interface or get a good response from the technical support staff. Where things went bad for me was the renewal. My renewal came up while I was between jobs so I ended up having a family member pay for my renewal. My first year was dirt cheap but the 2nd year was $120.00. After paying the renewal fees, I called to confirm that everything was taken care of, and was assured it was. A month and a half later my site was down again. I found out that somehow my hosting and domain security was renewed, but not my domain name! Because I didn't find out quick enough the $14 fee was now an $85 fee +tax. They could not explain how it happened that way, and because I didn't get the name of the person that told me my account was in good standing, there was nothing they could do for me. To their credit I did get a refund, but I still can't use my old domain name for 6 months!

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Maybe try the big guys
Nov 12, 2012 8:02PM PST

You could try one of the big guys like:

Hostgator or Bluehost?

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I-Page is one of the "big guys."
Nov 13, 2012 12:08AM PST

From what I've seen on the "web hosting rating" sites, I-Page is one of the big guys. Have you delt with either of the 2 sites you suggested?

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Try this one!
Nov 13, 2012 10:04AM PST

I quite enjoy my host now, https://redrangerhosting.com/
They are great and flexible and very helpful when needed! I currently run 2 websites from them!
You can choose from having the server in the US or Germany.

Note: This post was edited by a forum moderator to remove referrer in url on 11/16/2012 at 8:59 AM PT

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Thanks for the info!
Nov 14, 2012 9:28AM PST

Thanks for the info! I might just try them out.
-Do they have website size limits?
-Do your websites load fairly fast?
-Do your websites go down for server maintenance, or any other issues?

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Maybe these guys
Nov 17, 2012 5:23AM PST

I used urljet.com for an ftp site and a couple others i used to do stuff for. Always got great customer service and support detail. lots of different options based on your needs