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Jan 18^th, 2024 at 7:01am

Can anyone recommend a cheap web hosting provider suitable for this site? I need cpanel and it currently runs on a linux server. I need a full service, including setting up the site from a backup.

The last full website backup was 18GB. I think the number of files (inodes) may be an issue with the yabb forum, but I am still trying to figure out how many there are.

I am currently with hostgator on a VPS with 4 cores, 8GB of RAM, 240 GB SSD. I could probably scale that back a bit, but not much.

The advertising has not been covering the cost of hosting for a long time, so I am paying for most of this myself. I am also looking into alternative advertising options, but they are not easy to assess.

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Re: Web hosting provider
Reply #1 - Jan 18^th, 2024 at 7:50am

I have no idea Freediver, but don't go "cheap", it would be better to pay a bit extra for something trouble free and with some quality about it

Ask for donations, I'm willing to chip in

Here's a link for the sake of posting a link, I don't know if it's any good to you or not...

https://www.sitecentre.com.au/blog/best-hosting-providers-in-australia

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #2 - Jan 18^th, 2024 at 1:09pm Again, I suggest HostPapa, significantly cheaper than PacificData.
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Reply #3 - Jan 18^th, 2024 at 3:22pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Jan 18^th, 2024 at 1:09pm:

Again, I suggest HostPapa, significantly cheaper than PacificData.

https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/hostpapa

It only gets 1 star out of 5.

Another review - 1.39 stars out of 5.

https://au.sitejabber.com/reviews/hostpapa.com

Overview

Hostpapa has a rating of 1.39 stars from 33 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Hostpapa most frequently mention credit card problems. Hostpapa ranks 139th among Web Hosting sites.

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Re: Web hosting provider
Reply #4 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 7:04pm

I just had to cancel my credit card because of hostgator.

They sent me an email in December saying they did not have valid credit card details for me and I needed to update my information. I did not give them new details as I do not want them automatically charging me anything.

Then on Monday they notified me that they had made a failed attempt to charge my credit card. I did not notice this one at the time.

Then this afternoon my bank's fraud hotline called me because someone had made multiple attempts to charge just under $10,000 to my credit card.

So I got onto a "live" chat with hostgator. This went for over 2 hours, because the chat system was laggy. Sometimes it took 5 minutes for my own post to appear, and a lot of them appeared out of order. The responses from the other end were also quite delayed - not sure if due to technical issues or the person wandering off for a coffee.

Hostgator initially denied trying to charge my credit card, several times. Then I eventually dug up their email from Monday and gave them a copy, at which point they admitted to that attempt. So I called the bank back for more details and they said there had been six more attempts today, spaced in roughly one hour intervals, all for the same amount - slightly more than the attempt on Monday. All charges had the name hostgator attached to them. Hostgator is still denying the 6 attempts made today. They only admit to one on Monday and one from December, which they did not notify me about, other than telling me they need updated credit card details.

The weird thing is the bank said some of the attempts were made on the details from an expired card, and some on the current card, but I have no idea how hostgator got the details for the current card - perhaps they guessed the new expiry date. I think the 16 digit number is the same.

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 120163 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #5 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 7:12pm Hi FD, are you worried that hostgator will shut down this website claiming non payment?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53186 At my desk.	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #6 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 7:17pm They will eventually, but I am looking into alternatives. There might be some interruptions next week if I move to a new host then.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 120163 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #7 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 7:25pm freediver wrote on Jan 19^th, 2024 at 7:17pm: They will eventually, but I am looking into alternatives. There might be some interruptions next week if I move to a new host then. OK - HostPapa?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53186 At my desk.	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #8 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 9:25pm No. They don't have a plan with enough disk space for this site.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 120163 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #9 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 9:39pm freediver wrote on Jan 19^th, 2024 at 9:25pm: No. They don't have a plan with enough disk space for this site. May I suggest that you use Google to find hosting sites and then go to the review sites in my Reply #3 to check them out?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53186 At my desk.	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #10 - Jan 19^th, 2024 at 9:46pm Thanks Bobby. That's an excellent idea.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 120163 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #11 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 12:34am Ozpolitic is back online - yippee. it was down for about 10 hours with the upgrade to a new host.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #12 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 2:55pm It's much faster now
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #13 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 3:04pm John Smith wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 2:55pm: It's much faster now Yeah, i noticed that.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53186 At my desk.	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #14 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 3:25pm Unfortunately I don't really have records of how fast it was before. Does anyone else notice a speed improvement?
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