https://signup.dreamhost.com/

promo code: 202

normally like $200, you get it for $10.74

this has apparently killed their main site, so just keep trying until you get in

1/3/2009 5:16:42 PM

I guess that's a good deal and all but...really? What does that say about their service if a coupon code can bring more traffic than they're able to handle?

1/3/2009 5:20:21 PM

not much, but i've heard fairly good things about dreamhost... and for $10, you can't go wrong

"unlimited" bandwidth and storage

1/3/2009 5:21:11 PM

my dream host was always brooke burke

1/3/2009 5:24:13 PM

meredith viera

1/3/2009 5:24:38 PM

wait

is this hassell's new site?

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM. Reason : those were glory days]

1/3/2009 5:32:01 PM

meh

it's working now, but they downed it to 90%

still, $21.48 isn't bad for 2 years of hosting

Quote :

"Hello Evan Kinney, This is just a note to let you know that your account with DreamHost has been approved! The following FTP user will be activated within 30 minutes (you'll receive another email when it's done): FTP Username:"

1/3/2009 6:46:46 PM

never had any problems with dreamhost in ~3 yrs of having them host multiple sites. This is a good deal. Just had to renew last month for the normal rate (didn't bother looking for discount codes).

1/3/2009 6:57:29 PM

Just search "dreamhost issues" if you want to know why shit is so cheap. Just stay away.

1/3/2009 7:03:46 PM

woot, I'm in for one

1/3/2009 7:05:43 PM

^^ there are anecdotes about everything

1/3/2009 7:56:47 PM

Earlier this year Dreamhost screwed up and billed virtually all of their customers for an extra three years, all on the same day. The damage was in the hundreds of millions of dollars, I think. Thousands of people faced overdraft charges. That's hardly "anecdotal". I was only saved because I'd already canceled that credit card.

That said, when they're not financially ruining their customers, they provide good service. And mildly amusing monthly emails.

1/3/2009 8:08:58 PM

^ True, that was a big screwup. But the good thing is they quickly admitted exactly what went wrong, and put in a lot of effort to return everyone's money and make sure it didn't happen again.

They're really good with customer support, too.

1/3/2009 10:15:20 PM

Tell that to the guys that missed a mortgage payment and were stranded with no cash for a week.

1/3/2009 10:21:34 PM

that's also why you don't use your credit card to pay for shit like that

if a merchant takes paypal or google checkout, i'm sure as hell not giving my credit card info out to one MORE merchant unnecessarily.

the way they process their paypal and GC payments, it's a one time shot. they're not recurring, nor do they set up a billing agreement. you have to explicitly PAY them.

as far as hosting companies go, dreamhost is pretty fucking awesome. yes, there are always people that are going to have problems.




that aside, you'd be an idiot not to jump on this. $20, people.

1/3/2009 10:26:51 PM

any idea how long the deal is going to last?

1/4/2009 2:23:38 AM

I just did it and it was $21 like evan said.

Thanks!

1/4/2009 7:56:07 AM

I've used dreamhost for about 3 years now.

I have never been over billed or had a huge service outage. All my questions have been answered promptly.

not sure where you guys are getting your info.

1/4/2009 9:49:07 AM

I've been using dreamhost for a couple years too. I wasn't affected by the billing screwup. They used to have downtime pretty frequently ( not quite as bad as hassell's hosting got to be) but it's been much better in the last year or so. Their customer service is very very good

[Edited on January 4, 2009 at 10:28 AM. Reason : Overall I'd recommend them especially at that price]

1/4/2009 10:26:38 AM

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"that's also why you don't use your credit debit card to pay for shit like that"

1/4/2009 11:01:24 AM

just signed up for this. $21.48. not bad.

1/4/2009 11:44:53 AM

home page says 70% now... but will the 202 code still work to make it 90?

1/4/2009 1:08:06 PM

just signed up.. 202 code works, but i paid $29.95 (~86% off). Not bad.

1/4/2009 1:27:39 PM

i got in on it

it was $21.xx when i used it

1/4/2009 1:52:47 PM

I find it hard to believe that an ubergeek like the OP didn't have hosting before now.

1/4/2009 2:28:06 PM

everybody knows it's so much more l33t to host yourself

1/4/2009 2:48:44 PM

i still have more than a year left on my hostmonster account...it was $70.80 for 2 years

1/4/2009 2:53:56 PM

Quote :

"I find it hard to believe that an ubergeek like the OP didn't have hosting before now."

who says i didn't

1/4/2009 3:24:48 PM

I don't find it hard to believe that the ubern00b, nattrngnabob, didn't believe the OP had hosting before now.

1/4/2009 7:10:52 PM

Why would I know something like that?

1/4/2009 7:20:49 PM

How is Dreamhost's php and MySQL support?

Some of the reviews said it was slow and prone to frequent outages. How has your experience been (for those that use Dreamhost)?

1/4/2009 8:17:07 PM

I signed up and have been trying some stuff with it. They put the MySQL server on a separate box from the Apache server. It was pretty groovy until I started to write this message.

Broadcast message from root@aquaman (pts/1) (Sun Jan  4 17:37:52 2009):

The system is going down for reboot NOW!

Using username "philihp".
Server refused our key
philihp@aquaman.dreamhost.com's password:

philihp@aquaman:/$ pwd
/
philihp@aquaman:/$ cd ~
-bash: cd: /home/philihp: No such file or directory

1/4/2009 8:45:51 PM

That's what I'm worried about.

I'm not doing anything business/professionally oriented--personal/friends/family website, dick around with php and what-not, and move some of the things I serve locally to the big-ole intertube.

If it's going to be an exercise in frustration, however, I'd rather go somewhere else.

1/4/2009 8:52:52 PM

^^ where in the package did it say you were getting a home directory?

I kid, I kid... but on an unrelated note, is this package capable of hosting Java servlets ? I don't see Tomcat mentioned as an option anywhere

1/4/2009 10:29:08 PM

up to $42.96 now....

1/4/2009 11:32:37 PM

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"ubern00b, nattrngnabob,"

not an ubern00b, but an alias.

1/5/2009 12:03:32 AM

Quote :

"I signed up and have been trying some stuff with it. They put the MySQL server on a separate box from the Apache server. It was pretty groovy until I started to write this message. Broadcast message from root@aquaman (pts/1) (Sun Jan 4 17:37:52 2009): The system is going down for reboot NOW! Hmm, that's odd. Okay, restarted SSH session... Using username "philihp". Server refused our key philihp@aquaman.dreamhost.com's password: Okay, uh... strange. That worked before. tap tap tap password. Login is okay. philihp@aquaman:/$ pwd / philihp@aquaman:/$ cd ~ -bash: cd: /home/philihp: No such file or directory That's messed up. You get what you pay for."

Were you trying to do this immediately after your account was activated? All that you've tried and more are working for me. My site is on aquaman as well BTW

[Edited on January 5, 2009 at 2:05 AM. Reason : ]

1/5/2009 2:05:05 AM

I've had a few outtages, it sends me an email every time it goes down. They have gotten pretty good over the last year.

1/5/2009 2:07:26 AM

All of the people that just signed up in the last few days with this deal were thrown onto the AQUAMAN server.

I read it on one of their forums - wonder if you can request to be moved to another box. You know that the people who signed up are going to pound that box to death.

[Edited on January 5, 2009 at 7:57 AM. Reason : jm2c]

1/5/2009 7:56:18 AM

Quote :

"not an ubern00b, but an alias."

not just any alias, but State409c?

1/5/2009 8:19:54 AM

Anybody use or 'heard things' about Host Gator?

1/5/2009 10:45:51 PM

Server's down again.

1/6/2009 10:28:44 AM

^ Get what you pay for.

1/6/2009 11:29:09 AM

I got moved off aquaman to a different server

1/7/2009 3:59:42 AM

i, too, was moved this morning

1/7/2009 8:37:51 AM

Quote :

"All of the people that just signed up in the last few days with this deal were thrown onto the AQUAMAN server."

they put me on wolverine from the start

1/7/2009 9:15:53 AM

^prob because aquaman was down.

I got moved to Venom this morning; where were you guys moved?

1/7/2009 12:14:52 PM

looks like i'm still on aquaman

1/7/2009 2:34:04 PM

i got put on venom as well. Weird I can access my website by ssh'ing to both servers

1/7/2009 4:50:07 PM

Quote :

"I guess that's a good deal and all but...really? What does that say about their service if a coupon code can bring more traffic than they're able to handle?"

this is unrelated, but has anyone ever read a post by El Nachó that wasn't negative in some way?

1/7/2009 7:02:08 PM