a good domain host

Riaz Kanani on August 29th, 2008

It is often said that companies that do a good job do not get talked about as much as those that do bad things. So it was not altogether a huge surprise when I realised I had never mentioned freeparking on here before.

Freeparking manages my various domains and they do it for a decent price and with a good uptime. I rarely have problems with them and their DNS panel is simple and easy to use. Over the course of the last 7 or 8 years I have used them, I have switched to others mainly because I felt they hadn’t moved on at all (and they still haven’t). Each time though, the new provider has not been as flexible or as simple to use. 1and1 have been awful (more on them in another post as they are a poster child for how to give bad customer service); and I have now forgotten the names of the 2 other hosts I used – looks like they have disappeared from the web.

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Riaz Kanani

cheers :) never used their dedicated servers but not using their support can only improve matters!! :)
GVLS

I have used 1and1 for many years and I have to agree with Riaz, to a certain extent. They are very very poor at support. However, I have a dedicated server for which I use my own serve admin person and IO have not had to ask support for any help sine the early days so I am happy. I think this is true of most organizations. There are so many things that can go wrong with a serve that it is best to have complete access to your own dedicated server and then you don't have to rely on their support teams who know nothing.

Having said that, if you want a free host and get a free domain in the bargain (that's right: free monthly hosting and free domain name for life) see http://GoodDomainHost.com
Riaz Kanani

hmm have to say that the quality of the interface is nowhere near as simple as freeparking (though freeparking is not quite so colourful and looks dated).

That said the pricing is much better..
Riaz Kanani

oh and just so I have said it online somewhere - 1and1 are completely hopeless, worst provider ever.
Riaz Kanani

not used them before - thought they were spammers but maybe I am mixing them up with someone else ;) I'll check them out!
Jaf

well freeparking was the best in its day but now i have all my domains with 123reg. Much much cheaper and just as good. Better support as well (if needed). Freeparkings prices are out of date and expensive.