Virgin Media, a British ISP is shutting down its web hosting service called Webspace. Customers that have websites with the Webspace service will have until April 28, 2016 to relocate to GoDaddy. Virgin Media & GoDaddy are offering customers that make the move over to GoDaddy, 12 months of free web hosting with additional bonuses. […]
3 things to do before you pay for web hosting
Before you decide to hit the “Order” button and order a web hosting plan. You should do these three things. Research your web hosting provider and read other customers reviews of the web host and how they treat their customers. Does the network go down every other day? Does tech support answer their emails? How do […]
Web hosting contracts
When it comes to signing up for web hosting. Some web hosts may require a long term commitment. When signing up for a new web hosting account. The web hosting provider may not provide any information upfront that you have to provide 15 days, 30 days, or even 3 months notice in advance before you […]
How to install mtr on Linux systems
You can always do a simple traceroute to diagnose where the network issue or latency is or you can use mtr to do the job. The mtr application is a basic tool to help do traceroute and provide more information to help administrators diagnose where there are issues. The mtr application provides pocket loss information, […]
Pay for web hosting by the week
If you need to purchase web hosting and want to pay by the weeks instead of by the month. You will need to contact your web hosting provider and work out an arrangement with them. Most small web hosting outfits will make reasonable accommodations if you have a reason why you want to pay by […]
Using Western Union to pay for your web hosting
Yes, there are web hosting providers that will accept Western Union as a form of payment. Typically small web hosting outfits will be more accomodating versus a larger corporation. Some web hosts may consider Western Union payments as more time consuming to process. Collecting a Western Union payment versus depositing a check or money order […]
Web hosts that accept checks and money orders
Are there web hosts that accept money orders and checks as a form of payment? Yes, there are web hosting providers that will accept checks and money orders as a form of payment. There are web hosting providers that provide shared web hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers that accept checks and money orders instead of […]
Prepaying for a year of web hosting in advance and refunds
When you prepay for 12 months (a year) of web hosting in advance this can result in savings. Depending on the web hosting provider they may provide a discount of 5-10% off the regular price. When prepaying in advance the only issue is if you want to cancel the service you may not be able […]
OpenVZ or KVM is more like a dedicated server?
With OpenVZ the resources like memory (RAM) can be shared by different users. The term often used is called “burst” RAM or memory. If one or a few users are using a lot of resources than they can impact your VPS’s performance. With KVM the memory/RAM commited to your VPS is only available to you. […]
Non-technical: OpenVZ vs. KVM
Depending on what kind of website you are hosting the choice between KVM vs. OpenVZ can make a difference. Most KVM VPS plans cost a little more than OpenVZ. OpenVZ plans are often cheaper when compared to KVM plans. The main difference between OpenVZ and KVM is that KVM resources are isolated. If a web […]