$8 a YEAR for web hosting @ HostPC

This is a pretty nice deal for those with simple hosting needs.

It's $8 per YEAR and that price gets locked in so you'll never be hit with a price increase.

Also, it comes with FREE EasyAntiSpam, a service that uses the MailFoundry device to block slimey spam from your Inbox. It's been the most effective antispam service I've ever had.

I've had my site at HostPC for 4 yrs now and I've been so impressed with the service and support that I've recommended them to my business clients.

Here's what you get for 8 bucks a YEAR...

* * 200MB of disk space
* * 3GB/mo transfer
* * 10 Email accounts (pop3 or IMAP)
* * Unlimited Sub-Domains
* * 1 Database
* * Unlimited Email Forwarders
* * Cronjob control
* * DNS control
* * EasyAntiSpam
* * Daily Backups

Linky

It's only $10 a year normally, so hard to say if this is all that hot or not. But if you have limited needs and still want a real host (most features, no ads on your site), worth looking into.

This is a somewhat different hosting package than their standard, should still work for most, but read the fine print if you have specific needs:

"Ricebusters" details

One big plus is the DirectAdmin control panel - not that it's perfect, but it's good and makes sense vs. some other bizarre control panels.

If you think you may need more bandwidth or disk space down the road, you might be better off waiting for the next deal - that post at HostPC pretty clearly implies that they will be offering more deals this month.

Here's another vote for HostPC. Great service, and reliability.

WENEEDLIGHT said: Hmm, that sounds interesting. I'll have to refer to a friend- she's been looking for a better host. Thanks for sharing!

cheaper is never better with hosting

Redbeard25 said: Ricebusters in reference to e-rice.net??Yes, that's the reference, IIRC they offered it after problems at Rice - the idea being it addressed some of the limitations of Rice's hosting, especially the lack of backups and some features. Another link here, no more info but a slightly humorous "No Rice" image.

amrcel said: WENEEDLIGHT said: Hmm, that sounds interesting. I'll have to refer to a friend- she's been looking for a better host. Thanks for sharing!cheaper is never better with hostingMight be a shred of truth in that comment if you're talking about the here today gone tomorrow hosts you see posted here most of the time. Different story with a host that's been around for a while.

If you have another or a better suggestion about a host, let's hear it. Being able to see that suggesting a better alternative isn't threadcrapping is one of the big strengths of FW. Though unless you offer a better alternative, it is just TCing.

It seems like HostPC has been running pretty consistently for a while. Many of the problems in the past have been related to their multiple server moves and multiple billing system changes (with no data migration, so you had to reenter all your info). If that's behind them now, it should be hard to beat HostPC as a budget host.

The only caution is their attitude that if you had a problem (whether with all the server moves and system changes and accounting foulups, or something else) it was somehow you who had the problem. Not that they wouldn't help, but if you dared to mention that it wasn't convenient, or might even be something they could avoid doing in the future, you didn't get service with a smile. That attitude unfortunately doesn't seem to have changed.

One more thing ... while e-rice is a nice option for those looking for budget hosting or new to hosting - if it's a site that may grow over time, they don't have any real upgrade path. You might decide you want more space or features. Changing hosts is tedious if you have a site that's at all complicated (anything more than static pages). Clearly HostPC offers more room to grow if that's a consideration (and that's probably why they are offering this).

The lack of backups at e-rice is also something you need to be careful about, though if you're a little bit organized it's easy to keep a copy of a basic site on your own computer(s).

bimbot said: AuctionHugh said: Ricebusters is in reference to www.e-rice.net ... intended to compete with their $5/year deal I think.

I use both. So far I've found HostPC to be a good deal if you have multiple domains and don't need any help or support. I have a basic hosting plan with them for $26/year that has unlimited domains. I have 10 domains hosted on that plan, very cool. They also have automatic installer set up for blogs, message boards, shopping carts, etc etc, but note they do not support the installations if they go wrong. This is not for the $8 a year plan but rather the $26/year plan.

I have a message board running on one of my HostPC domains, you can check out if you want, it is mostly for SEO. It was set up using their auto installer and I really did not have to change anything to make it work, very cool.

Not positive if I can post the link to it here on FW, so mods if this is an issue please just delete this sentence: http://www.grand-rapids-michigan-web-design.info/

I've been looking to set up a forum exactly like yours (different topic, of course), and I was wondering if you can do what you're doing with the $8/yr. plan vs. the one you're using now. Could you elaborate a little on the differences?

Yes. I believe the $8 per year plans do not offer any sort of "installatrons". That is to say, I'm sure they must support forum software (since it does support one database), but the forum will not be auto-installed for you with a few mouse clicks.

Note that when I needed a forum on one of my www.e-rice.net domains, I put in a support ticket and they installed it for me. However it was not as easy as on HostPC. However the support is a bit better on e-rice, they will at least guess why there are problems, on HostPC if there is a problem with an installed program they refer you only to the program's support site.

I have been using hostpc for many years and I will continue using them. For the price they can not be beat. But, if you have a commercial website which needs to be up all the time you may want to look elsewhere.

Multiple times when my websites became popular and I started using a lot of bandwidth (but within the bandwidth limits of the account) I found that my websites had been taken down without notice. I was unable to get satisfactory explanations. I have asked for a refund for the downtime; I was told that I would receive one, but I haven't.

If you are paying $8 per year and use a lot of bandwidth hostpc will be losing money hosting you and they may try and encourage you to move elsewhere.

McDealer said:
The "ricebuster" special yall are referring to DOES include Installatron, which is the automatic script generator. All our

This link at hostpc says that Ricebusters do not have Installatron. Ricebuster link.

Refer point number 8
"
8. Do you offer installatron with Ricebuster accounts?
No, Installatron is not available with Ricebuster accounts. Contact HostPC for hosting if you need Installatron.
"

Hmm. Old write up I guess. I'll get that corrected. This package DOES include Installatron.

8. Do you offer installatron with Ricebuster accounts?
No, Installatron is not available with Ricebuster accounts. Contact HostPC for hosting if you need Installatron.

That was where I got my information too, when initially investigating the ricebusters option.

I really have to say the installatron is very cool, and if it comes with the cheapie accounts it makes them an extra value. However since the scripts are not supported, you can burn through a lot of time trying to make one of the "auto-installed" applications work if it does not work right out of the box.

nmridul said: McDealer said:
The "ricebuster" special yall are referring to DOES include Installatron, which is the automatic script generator. All our


This link at hostpc says that Ricebusters do not have Installatron. Ricebuster link.

Refer point number 8
"
8. Do you offer installatron with Ricebuster accounts?
No, Installatron is not available with Ricebuster accounts. Contact HostPC for hosting if you need Installatron.
"

relish said: Does this ricebuster account support addon domains? Can I have multiple domains under a single account?

No, this is a single domain package.

Those of you with multiple domains, do they assign a single shared IP address or are the domains on random shared IP addresses preferably on different C blocks?

I'm reasonably though not absolutely certain that all your domains for a given hosting package, plus a whole bunch of other ones, share one IP address.

I gone to the site sign up I chose the package I wanted. I wanted to put a sub domain but it will not let me get to the account and yes I did open an account. Any help would be appreciate. It did take me to where get custom domain that will cost a bit for a domain name. Can't you use a sub domain instead of a custom. For some people the cost of domain name isn't much but being disable and living on gov say so its a lot.Hope some one has some ideas and Thank you for reading this.

MelodyAnn: Although I don't care for some of their practices, 1and1.com, $6.99/year domain and small website. If you can use a .us domain there's a $2.99/year first year deal. All include email too and private registration. This might be acceptable for your needs and finances.

As for HOSTPC, I highly recommend.

So, McDealer... Any heads up on that promised silver medal for current customers?

yaijic said:
Yes, I too have seen that problem in the past and it is NOT cool and also the reason I am no longer with HostPC. I know that HostPC might be the cheapest but I've always gotten fast and FRIENDLY technical support from the guys/gals at ADT Hosting Nope, not at cheap as hostPC but I never felt like an idtiot asking them questions.

Of cause they are going to treat you like gold. You paid like 12 times more than what you would have paid at hostpc.

You can find most of the answers in the Hostpc forum anyway.

Just wondering... I have my domain listed with yahoo. I can still use this offer to host, right? thanks.

-Thanks for the answer, Scoot.

McDealer,

It looks like I missed the two-for-one special. I'd ask for an exception, but the post specifically tells me not to do so.

When will the next offer be posted?

McDealer said: We have a month long promotion on the Ricebuster package and new customers were given a special 2 for 1 sale here - but the month's not over yet, there's still another date with an 8 in it.
OK, I'm gonna wait. Since I missed the last sale cause I was in Vegas celebrating my 20th anniversary on the day of the sale. Yep, I got eights too, tons of them!