Opulent Posted May 25, 2003 What is the best free webspace provider? I only need html (no DB/cgi support) and ftp access would be preferred. What I don't want is geocities or similar which only allow some tiny amount of daily transfers... but I'm not too choosy. It is not that I am not willing to pay, but paid hosting is always a tricky business -- bandwidth size and download charges are 2 of the unforeseen issues that can be deadly. Can you help? thanks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted May 25, 2003 Well, Opulent, if you have Roadrunner Cable, they let you host your own server as long as it doesn't gobble up too much bandwith (like, a lot = 30+ gigs) a month. 0 Share this post Link to post
Opulent Posted May 25, 2003 I have Cox.net, they don't allow any server applications to be running.(no ftp, filesharing, etc..) of course, I *could* just do it anyway, but I rotate which machine is connected to the internet, so that isn't a very good solution for me anyway. thanks, though, that was a good suggestion. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Epyo Posted May 25, 2003 Opulent said:no ftp Really? Wait, what do you mean by no ftp? 0 Share this post Link to post
NightmareZer0 Posted May 26, 2003 insertwackynamehere# said:I use GeoCities. GEOSHITIES SUCKS ASS! 0 Share this post Link to post
insertwackynamehere Posted May 26, 2003 I never said it was good. I'm just to lazy to switch. However, I don't think they're necessarily bad either. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted May 26, 2003 Not necessarily bad? The only thing worse than Geocities is AOL (but not by much). 0 Share this post Link to post
Opulent Posted May 26, 2003 Epyo said:Really? Wait, what do you mean by no ftp? no ftp server running on my pc. I can USE port 21/23... it is against the user agreement(that means they can sue you) if you run a server on your box that others connect to. like all things, if you just run a temporary webserver overnight or something so people can see your CS stats or something, they won't bother you; but if your Britney-porn ftp is hitting GB transfers a day, they will be knocking on your door. (Cox's lawyers, not Britney :) edit: Geocities is something like 2 MB transfers per day or something unbelievably small. for html-only, that would be fine; for files that is not worth the bother. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lüt Posted May 26, 2003 Ichor said:The only thing worse than Geocities is AOL (but not by much). Actually, I think AOL doesn't run out of bandwidth every time more than 3 people visit your page in a day. I've never seen an AOL members site shut down for excessive bandwidth usage. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted May 26, 2003 Yes, but AOL is the spam and lamer capital of all the internet. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted May 26, 2003 Try Crosswinds. Decent enough, but there will be some ads or popups every time people visit your site. I don't know of any daily transfer limit. EDIT: Shit. They had a free service a year or two ago. Doesn't look like it anymore. 0 Share this post Link to post
netnomad312 Posted May 26, 2003 Erm... I used to use Tripod. When I still updated my crap-ass site, that is. They weren't bad, 'cept they decreased their space allowance to 20MB somewhere along the line... 0 Share this post Link to post
mmnpsrsoskl Posted May 26, 2003 freewebs.com Not bad, 100MB I think, about 500MB transfer a month, and you only have to have a link back to the freewebs site. 0 Share this post Link to post
Opulent Posted May 26, 2003 thanks mmnpsrsoskl, that looks great. IE only, 40 Mb max, only 100MB/month, and you can only upload 1 file at a time :( but what do you want for nothing?! :) thanks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted May 26, 2003 mmnpsrsoskl said:freewebs.com Not bad, 100MB I think, about 500MB transfer a month, and you only have to have a link back to the freewebs site. Yeah, except every file I upload to them gets corrupted after a week. 0 Share this post Link to post
mmnpsrsoskl Posted May 26, 2003 Well, you can request that you get 100MB, and for the first week you only have 100MB bandwidth...but otherwise it's a pretty damned good provider. Corrupted? Damn that sucks Dan. Just go throw a bunch of sporks at them :P 0 Share this post Link to post
999cop Posted May 26, 2003 http://netfirms.com The best thing about it is that it provides FTP access 0 Share this post Link to post
Julian Posted May 26, 2003 999cop said:http://netfirms.com The best thing about it is that it provides FTP access heh, that's where I hosted Deimos Lab. 0 Share this post Link to post
Darkstalker Posted May 26, 2003 If you understand French : http://monsite.voila.fr/ftpweb/boot/accueil.shtml 100Mo, good speed and I got a small script to take away the ad. That's the one I use now and I never had corrupted files, email spam or anything bad with it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted May 26, 2003 Imp said:GEOSHITIES SUCKS ASS! geocities.com/dragon_69283]I know that. 0 Share this post Link to post
pritch Posted May 26, 2003 I still use tripod for my lame personal site. Quick and safe, and not too annoying. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted May 26, 2003 I remember back when FortuneCity was cool... 0 Share this post Link to post
netnomad312 Posted May 26, 2003 Yeah, those were the days. Then they started corrupting all my files and locking up all the time... 0 Share this post Link to post