Looking for web host

[davegil]

I am looking for a web host that supplies chat room software with their package any suggestions ??

[Technics]

http://www.kdawebservices.com/ - My Webhost they use chatroom software that comes standard with CPanel and i think theres a java version and a cgi version.

KDAWebServices is a well run company with excellent support.

Some other hosts that use these same features are -

http://www.site5.com
http://www.wizardshosting.com
http://www.hostrocket.com

All have good reputations.

[davegil]

okay forget about the chat software Ive found what I need for $30 a month what I need is a host with Unlimited email POP accounts and a decent CPU usage allowance I would estimate 15 hours CPU usage a month

[Jaiem]

At the risk of being a broken recording, be careful of the "unlimited" part. Nothing is unlimited. Maybe very high, but there is a limit.

Can you quantify about how many POP3's you need? IOW, why do you feel you need "unlimited" POP3's?

[Phoenix]

Originally posted by davegil
decent CPU usage allowance I would estimate 15 hours CPU usage a month

I'm not sure what you mean by this, davegil. Do you need exclusive use of all CPU resources for 15 hours per month?

The CPU(s) are a shared resource. All the sites on that particular server share the CPU's at all times.

Running a web server isn't something that is CPU intensive, especially if the OS is *nix. Windows-based servers are a whole nother ball of wax.

Same with RAM, everyone shares the same RAM with the OS and whatever else is running on the server.

[davegil]

I have a cgi discussion board and my present host says I can only use which is my share I guess 6 CPU hours a month. My current host is a unix operation

[Martie]

Hi Dave,
Humm, well every host has different policies. About the board?
Is this a ubb, vb or what type board?
How many members?
Also, do you know what you are transferring per month in the way of bandwidth?

[davegil]

Its a YaBB board Im using about 4000mb of bandwidth but bandwidth isnt the problem its the CPU usage

[allera]

Originally posted by davegil
Its a YaBB board Im using about 4000mb of bandwidth but bandwidth isnt the problem its the CPU usage
15 hours a month really isn't that bad. That's 30 minutes a day. There's 24 hours in a normal day (only about 4 in mine, it seems), so 30 minutes really isn't that bad on a good server.

Btw, you've got a private message.

[davegil]

how do I get a private message

[Tommy]

You can send private messages within the forum from the user cp (control panel). Click on the [user cp] button at the top of the page of the Private Messages text link at the bottom of the homepage.

[davegil]

I need a webhost with these minimum requirements:

6000mb a month transfer
100mb webspace
unlimited POP3 email accounts
an allowance of 15hours CPU usage a month
cgi-bin

I need a webhost urgently

[allera]

Check your PMs again.

I don't think anyone can _honestly_ offer you unlimited POP3s. There is a limit to everything. POP3s potentially take up disk space, and there aren't any unlimited drives yet. They also have the potential to take up a good deal of bandwidth (unlimited has th potential to be A LOT). Be weary of anyone to offers unlimited anything (aliases, autoresponders, forwards, and mailing lists can be unlimited because they don't consume any resources -- or VERY little. They are just pointers.).

[Jaiem]

As I asked before, why do you feel you need "unlimited" POP3's? Are you going to offer email as a service on your site?

On my e-tail site we only use 4 POP3's and could probably reduce it to at least 3. When combined with forwards and aliases you often don't need a POP3 for every person or subject involved with your site.

[davegil]

we currently offer everyone.net html based email addresses but we have become a community with everyone within the web community sharing the costs of the website. Therefore we want to be banner ad free and offering members a POP3 account would be more acceptable to the members

[Jaiem]

In that case, while I agee that "unlimited" POP3's would be nice, if the cost is being borne equally by everyone in the community, most hosts can add extra POP3's for a small one-time fee. Might even be able to do better if you order the POP3's in bulk.

[webjeff]

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