[thelist] dedicated server hosting

Dan McCullough dan.mccullough at gmail.com
Mon Aug 1 08:49:13 CDT 2005


I have been happy with RackSpace service and support.  However their
prices are starting to climb up towards middle tier hosting costs.  If
you are looking for the $69/mo dedicated server price then Rackspace
isnt what you are looking for.



On 7/27/05, Mattias Thorslund <mattias at inreach.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Here is "yet another" solicitation for opinions on hosting providers...
> Do you know of any reliable hosting provider that can do the following?
> 
> What I need:
> 
> Linux dedicated server, with some choices as to size, bandwidth etc.
> MySQL 4.1
> Apache
> PHP 4.3
> 
> I've already contacted (by email) rackspace.com, 1and1.com, and
> hostik.com with the request above, and had no response from any of them,
> in 24 hours.  None.  I'm disappointed, and surprised. I thought bad
> customer service happened only after you became a customer.
> 
> I know that MySQL 4.1 is only available in late-release distributions
> that apparently aren't favored by hosting providers, but I'd like to
> avoid having to compile MySQL from source, on a remote server (can't
> locate RPMs for Fedora Core 2, which is what 1&1 offer).
> 
> Any ideas will be much appreciated... Thanks.
> 
> /Mattias
> 
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