Freehostia.com - Great free host!

reconraiders

Jun 10 2007, 01:17 PM

I've been using freehostia.com as a free web host for a while now. They have been very very good to me. I actually have several accounts with them. Their system is set up very good. Easy to use control panel. All kinds of good stuff. PHPMyAdmin is preinstalled. They have elefante script installer which can install a nice selection of scripts like phpNuke, phpBB, OSComerce etc. The thing I like most about freehostia is how clean it is for a free site. There are absolutely no forced banners or ads of any kind. Whatever you upload is exactly what gets served. They allow lots of things other hosts don't. They only thing they don't have is the mail() function. I have been using the free hosting for a while and I think I'm actually going to switch to paid hosting with them. They are a really good service. The cheapest paid hosting plan is $1.95 a month. It gives you 10GB bandwidth and 500MB storage, which I think is pretty good for the price and the service. They also have domains at freehostia for $9.95 a year(not bad). Their support system is really good too. They use a ticket system. They say there is a 24hour guarantee response time to tickets with the free hosting plan, but I have never had to wait more than 2 hours for a response. For the paid hosting plans it is 1 hour response team guaranteed. If you're looking for a free or cheap host with all the best features and php,mysql,perl. Freehostia is definitely one of the best.

bk2070

Jun 10 2007, 06:45 PM

There a great host to try out scripts on, and maybe have for a little while, but they're not a good site to have a professional site on, as their basic features are not matched to trap17's

reconraiders

Jun 10 2007, 06:50 PM

Yeah, true. Nothing beats CPanelX. But for free or very cheap (without posting in forums) they are quite good.

insaneinnovations

Jun 10 2007, 09:31 PM

I've had freehostia and they definitely aren't the best. I'd much rather have Trap17.

Mariana

Jun 11 2007, 01:47 AM

Freehostia is gone, I guess. When I try to access it, it just doesn't open. My site is gone. Maybe it was because they started hosting too many people for free and the server couldn't take it and... that is it.

reconraiders

Jun 11 2007, 02:01 AM

QUOTE(Mariana @ Jun 10 2007, 09:47 PM)

No way. I just signed up for another account yesterday. You must be doing something wrong.

zak92

Jun 11 2007, 03:40 AM

Freehostia is messed up among all my trials it was very nice among all else but when I stumbled upon trap17 i dont mind wasting 2 hours a day for this service and community. Great place.

bhavesh

Jun 11 2007, 04:24 AM

This is what offered at freehostia

Now a comparison with Trap17

Domains 9 in Trap17 while 2 in Freehostia
Subdomains 99 in Trap17 while 9 in Freehostia
Emails 99 in Trap17 while 3 in Freehostia
Mailing list 99 in Trap17 while 0 in Freehostia
FTP 99 in Trap17 while 1 in Freehostia
Database 99 in Trap17 while 1 in Freehostia
No limit for Database space in Trap17 while it is limited to 10 MB in Freehostia
Bandwith 10 GB in Trap17 while 5 GB in Freehostia
Storage capacity 500 MB in Trap17 while 250 MB in Freehostia
No of files limited to 50000 in Freehostia while no such limit in Trap17
File size is limited to 500 KB in Freehostia while no such limit in Trap17

So everything is open now and you yourself decide where you want to go.

reconraiders

Jun 11 2007, 04:31 AM

QUOTE(bhavesh @ Jun 11 2007, 12:24 AM)

Domains 9 in Trap17 while 2 in Freehostia
Subdomains 99 in Trap17 while 9 in Freehostia
Emails 99 in Trap17 while 3 in Freehostia
Mailing list 99 in Trap17 while 0 in Freehostia
FTP 99 in Trap17 while 1 in Freehostia
Database 99 in Trap17 while 1 in Freehostia
No limit for Database space in Trap17 while it is limited to 10 MB in Freehostia
Bandwith 10 GB in Trap17 while 5 GB in Freehostia
Storage capacity 500 MB in Trap17 while 250 MB in Freehostia
No of files limited to 50000 in Freehostia while no such limit in Trap17
File size is limited to 500 KB in Freehostia while no such limit in Trap17
So everything is open now and you yourself decide where you want to go.

Okay... I'm confused as to what Trap17 Offers. Up at the top of the Forums index page it says package 2 offers 150mb space and 5000mb bandwidth. However, you say 500mb storage and 10000mb bandwidth. I believe it also says this on the trap17 homepage. What's the deal? Can you explain to me?

sylenzednuke

Jun 11 2007, 04:54 AM

QUOTE(reconraiders @ Jun 11 2007, 10:01 AM)

That was the official size until a few months back but then all the package 2 plans were upgraded to 500 MB storage space and 10,000 MB bandwidth. They might need to change the description then, but if you want, I can give you a screenshot of the CPanel where I have 500 MB storage and 10,000 MB bandwidth.

http://www.trap17.com/forums/default-hosti...ade-t45575.html You can check up this link for the official announcement.

And for Freehostia.com, I figured out Trap17 way before I could even make up a decent site, and then I never had to try anything other than Freewebs.com which was way back...

And Trap17 "Pwns!" any other free web-hosting service anytime, I bet Freehostia will never be as good as Trap17.

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Lyon2

Jan 26 2008, 04:53 PM

I use freehostia.com free web hosting service for a long time now and they never sent me spam or whatever, only an email per year telling me to activeate my account for one more year, and they do not have ads, and their control panel is very good, not as good as everything in trap17 free web hosting control panel but, if one just wants only the basics and a litle more, freehostia.com free web hosting service is the best besides trap17.com.

I am not saying that trap17.com is the best just because i have an account and because i am posting at their forums, no, i am saying trap17.com free web hosting serbice is the best because it really is, is it my favorite after years now, and besides sometimes i went nuts with some errors and stuff on their server, despite the fact that that hapens to all, even to the most secure and well programmed serves, i am happy with the trap17.com service.

tricky77puzzle

Jan 26 2008, 03:13 PM

I considered FreeHostia when I was surfing around for my first host (a few years before I came across Trap17). The only reason I rejected it was because its info input is really complicated and they require all this information like a home address, phone number, etc. (and remember, this is for FREE hosting.) I don't feel like divulging that information because, well... because of my privacy. I'd much rather keep it on my email address where no one cares to look for such info.

indrazam

Jan 26 2008, 12:19 PM

QUOTE

And Trap17 "Pwns!" any other free web-hosting service anytime, I bet Freehostia will never be as good as Trap17.

Probably true. Freehostia is one of the very few website hosting services which allows instand activation and good uptime. But trap17 is better that freehostia if you look at the service it offers.

I hate that 10mb database size restriction in freehostia and also its only 250MB diskspace. (looking it that way,) trap17 is better!

Thanks
Alen

waliux

Jan 21 2008, 09:31 PM

The best hosting i have ever had was Shellsnet. There i had ~4 accounts in different hosters, for exmaple niconet2k and so on.. because admins was so attentive...
But shut downed.. that why i'm searching for the new free hossting.

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Jan 14 2008, 04:40 AM

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