I know there are several aged topics on webhosting, and yes, I have browsed them. The information is dated.

I am in charge of the website for a small nonprofit organization on a shoestring budget. The site is already designed and is temporarily being hosted on the personal webspace provided by my ISP. I would like to register a single domain name and get ad-free webhosting (updated through FTP access) for what would probably be fairly light traffic. Can someone point me in the right direction on one or both items?

1/26/2008 12:42:06 AM

I like site5.com. I use godaddy to handle my domains, but most hosts will do that for you. You can get everything you mentioned plus a lot more for less than $100 per year.
http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=13604

1/26/2008 2:04:56 AM

http://www.1and1.com

2.95 a month, 6.95 domains.

1/26/2008 2:37:03 AM

dreamhost will host a registered 501c3 for free. just search their wiki for non-profit.

1/26/2008 9:09:01 AM

^ That's cool.

1/26/2008 1:50:57 PM

and their building system will screw you and over bill you for hundreds

1/26/2008 1:57:53 PM

^ what's a year worth of $0/month end up at?

1/26/2008 2:34:58 PM

building billing

Fixed that for you, just like they fixed their billing system

1/26/2008 2:35:39 PM

Cool about DreamHost for 501c(3), but this is a volunteer fire department which I believe is 501c(4).

1/26/2008 6:47:56 PM

I'm looking at the 1and1 Linux Beginner Package. I do not need any site creation tools. Just FTP access and ad-free pages. I think it would take a LONG time to eclipse 10 GB or content or 300 GB of monthly bandwidth. Right now, the whole site is about 5 MB. I could conceivably see it growing to a few hundred MB after several years. Anything I am missing that would handicap this package?

1/26/2008 6:56:21 PM

That package should be PLENTY enough for them. Unless they are making a video/photo site of some sorts, I dont see a way they would eclipse that, or even get close to the bandwidth limits.

1/26/2008 8:55:44 PM

There will be photos and video, but this is a small-town department. I don't think it could ever garner enough traffic to exceed the limits.

1/26/2008 9:53:15 PM

i'd still check with dreamhost. free is good.

1/26/2008 10:39:46 PM

Just sent an inquiry. We'll see what they say.

1/26/2008 10:52:02 PM

yeah 10GB is plenty of space. I'm hosting about 8 sites right now on my 1and1 account. I probably have 1GB of shit on there, but that's mainly thousands and thousands of pictures.

1/27/2008 1:28:46 AM

honestly, retard tech support aside, 1and1 has been a pretty amazing host for me. any time ive had an issue they have been extremely professional and responsive to it. I can honestly say they have been FAR better that my experiences with dreamhost (again though, just my singular experiences)

1/27/2008 4:46:36 AM

I really want to get the FiOS business class and host my own servers. Shit, I'd be willing to pay $160 to have 30mbps download and 15mbps upload on a static IP.

1/27/2008 6:23:08 AM

DreamHost said REJECTED! Unless we are actually 501(c)(3), we're out of luck. I'll have to clarify the department's status, but it looks like 1&1 is it.

1/27/2008 4:50:16 PM