New Career

[TimBoyce]

Hello,

I ve been searching this forum for weeks trying to decide what host to use in setting up a web hosting company. I am have concerns about getting in over my head.
it seems alabanza offers me the best way to avoid excessive tech support while di appears to offer better prices and better tech support for admins.

any thoughts? this is a career change so the advice is appreciated.

thanks

[SWestley]

If I were you I would rather go with http://www.VDI.net than http://www.Alabanza.com if you are looking for a complete solution. http://www.Hostopia.com is alright to but seems limited. If you can afford to get a control panel I would get a dedicated server from http://www.Rackspace.com or http://www.dedicatedHosting.com. So if you plan on switching providers your customers they wont be pissed about the different control panel that they will have to use because you can take your panel with you no matter were you go.

Simon

[greg]

A dedicated server is the way to go...FREEDOM! Do what you want, run the programs you want to use, offer what YOU want.

Also the nice thing is that if you do not like the dedicated server provider that you have, you move everything over to another dedicated server company and your customers keep the same features...

My 2.8438 cents worth

Greg

[Alien]

YHeah dedicated servers are all well and good but won't you have to pay a fortune for all the software. Especially if you want to offer Real media serving.