Should I get Dedicated Server?

US$50/mth approx I spend a mth o�n Web hosting alone, bulk goes to Powweb.
They are good for the initial promos, but when you have finished with the promotional period, there is no more honeymoon.

I got with powweb , what since they started and I was still pondering about. Then it was $7.77 for 250MB Space which was good enough for HTML and some pics, as I don’t do porn o�n them!

Now it’s 12GB Space 10GB daily limit. Didn’t hit them yet (except last week as I was bombarded for some of my files.) and I got 2 packs, PREPAID for 2years get 2 years free.
I was greedy and thinking ahead, for next 4 yrs what cybersquatting scam can I pull off this time round.
Last time, it landed me with a $50,000 bounty for a nice domain name I held in 1994.

Coming back to the point.

Each ISP has their own limitations and I like the space and pletiful bandwidth I get for $8 o�n Powweb but needs more UNLIMITED DOMAIN NAME. Hate doing the HTACCESS stuff cos I keep o�n messing things. Especially the subdomain referrers.

What can I expect for $10 ? I thank God that for the 1M link equivalent. Trouble is when you renew, they don’t hand out the goodies to let you stay, hoping you are too lazy to move as it takes alot of time and effort, esp the downtime and database syncs.

Tell me about it. I got my wife’s site, and the huge chunk of images o�n BBS.NU and my CHAT.NU and TEMASEK.NU cos if I move, I need to change NameServers which cost me $10 at Nunames (better I renew em! $25/yr Free changes). Too much hassle.

It’s all about cost effectiveness. Gator is good in terms of Domains and SQL but stingy with Bandwidth, 75GB o�nly compared to almost 320GB o�n PW. Not to mention the 5GB space.

Haiyah! What Am I Gonna Do?!

Then, look at dedicated servers.
I frankly speaking, don’t trust to put all my eggs on One ISP, after the NETAPP problems at Powweb One weekend, everyone were down for a few days! Then DDOS have to be considered.

RedHotServers offers good value, 100M link for $100/mth aka 9.5 TB of data! 40GB Space though.
Their top ends, starts from $139 for AMD 1400 (1.0Ghz) which is not bad if u don’t need that quite powerful service. Enough for normal stuff like me.Processor wise I mean. but space is small though.

Their recommended $219 is for a 3Ghz ,1GB Ram, 200GB HDD is quite reasonable.With Unlimited IP Address, I could resell the service, IF I CAN GET A GOOD LINK.