Pretty good hosting deal

Bergamot

Saw this on Daring Fireball...

It's a pretty big initial investment ($500), but you never have to pay for hosting ever again (as long as you stay below 20gb a month, and extra traffic seems pretty cheap), and they throw in a decent backup.

I'm not familiar with the company, but they seem ok, and i think a few people on here were looking for hosting plans. It's a little out of my price range, but it is tempting...

AmbitiousLemon

asmallorange.com was running a similar offer (might still be). I guess its a new thing some hosts are doing to get some quick cache to upgrade servers and such.

c-unit

I figured it would be some shady company when I read your description, but TextDrive hosts A List Apart so I trust them. Thanks for the link man.

jesusphreak

That's cool and tempting. I know they are a really solid host.

Not sure what to make of it, though. I can pay around $90 a year for some awesome hosting at Site5 with just as many features. I'd have to use this account for 5 years to jusfity the expenses, and if was a decent sized site, I'd end up paying extra fees for traffic and such.

lech

Very tempting indeed, however, this offer is only good for "as long as they exist" in that case, I hope they're good for at least another decade.

Bergamot

I think if they're around for two more years, you'd probably still come out ahead on the hosting alone by their prices.

jesusphreak

Like I said, you can get equal or better service at Site5 and other hosts for cheaper - around $90 a year.

lech

only hitch is that 20gb cap on traffic, seems a bit lame but reasonable for small sites.

Kosmo

Lech, make your sites light and you can support easily 10-20k unique visitors per month

TextDrive is one of the best hosts out there.

lech

Well, for "light" content as you say, that's a breeze. Not so great for moving files and such however :/

Kosmo

I think that is the point. No cheap file sharing space, since they already offer a solution for that.

lech

true.

jos

They ask 2.50 per month to add another domain.

jaseone

2.50/month for additional domains? *ouch* Also try reading this: http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=8371 and then see if you really want hosting from a company with admins that behave like that....

giginger

That's just not on in a normal forum. In a support forum however that's just beyond words. Lets hope they remove admin rights from that person.

jaseone

I believe that is a support employee ie. a server administrator and not a forum administrator......

giginger

That's even worse.

3stripe

Woaaaahhhh crazy evil thread going on there

c-unit

oink oink. Wow, there's no way I'd want someone that immature to handle my server. :-\

Kosmo

Jason Hoffman aka. jason on the forums, is an complete ass all the way, but he knows his stuff.

I hate that kind of guy as much as the next man, but even if my personal views differ from his, that doesn't mean anything in corporate world. I bet there are hundreds of people working at Apple who are just complete bitches and eat babies, but I still think Apple is a super company and I'm proud to use their products.

And since we are here, I can say to you that I'm not a people person, I just hate people, especially retard customers who can't think logically and call here to ask stupid questions. But I'm not a sales person, nor do I answer the phones so it doesn't matter, I'm good at what I do, and that is all that matters.

giginger

That's the difference though, if you're the public face then you have to be polite no matter what.