All, There is an Ottawa company that offers very good service and support. www.media-hosts.com They are very affordable, offer good service (I have had my websites with them for a couple of years) and are 'linux friendly'. They include a customer control panel for most of your admin needs. Nick -----Original Message----- From: linux-bounces [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca [mailto:linux-bounces [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca] On Behalf Of Nataliya Korovkina Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:59 PM To: John C Nash Cc: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Re: shared web hosting Hello everyone, I agree with John. To deal with locally based company is useful (you can reach them in person...) If anyone has experience with any Ottawa-based hosting company please share it! Nataliya. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:34 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Hi Nataliya, > > Did you send just to me, or also to the list? > > I'd suggest posting the info on the BC company you are with and asking if > anyone has experience with the other company. My Google search of "ottawa > web hosting" did not turn them up, but I would have certainly checked them > out. Interesting. I did hit canadawebhosting, but it is useful to have a > business address in Ontario if there is trouble -- one can sue in Small > Claims Court more easily for up to several thousand dollars. > > It would be good to share information and experience on who is good, and > who is not. CADNS did not look so good from their web site, but the personal > treatment was wonderful, which I really like. Primus wanted about $30 per > month for less features and no service. > > Cheers, JN > > > Nataliya Korovkina wrote: > >> Hello John, >> >> I have couple of hosting companies too. "Canadian Web Hosting", I'm >> currently with: http://www.canadianwebhosting.com/standard_hosting.asp. >> They give up-to-date packages, ssh2 (Value package), large bandwidth and >> storage for $120/year. Servers and Office are in BC. >> Recently I found Ottawa-based hosting company: >> http://www.sibername.com/en/canadianwebhosting/features.php. It looks >> good too. They have 3 physically separate locations in Canada. >> >> Nataliya. >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:23 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca <mailto: >> nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>> wrote: >> >> OCLUG members may find this useful if they need a smallish web >> site (10-40MB). >> >> Having been with Magma for better part of a decade, and recently >> finding the service with Primus who took them over to be less than >> stellar, I sought other options. Since 2003 have had at least one >> domain name with cadns.ca <http://cadns.ca> and found service >> good, and added another last year and moved nashinfo.com >> <http://nashinfo.com> this year (from Network Solutions set up >> back in 1996). The cadns web page is a bit busy, and I found I >> needed to ask about Linux shared web hosting, which they do indeed >> offer at about $130 / year for the package which will suit us for >> now. Has emails, a web-based panel for control; simple ftp to >> upload files, some CGI scripting. (Uses >> apache 1.3.29 >> mysql 3.23.58 >> php 4.3.4 ) >> >> Bit dated, but fine for what we need. >> >> The transfer went VERY smoothly, in part I think due to the cadns >> service. For info, they and servers are located in Oshawa and are >> a company called Beck Web Services. I don't think I do anything >> even vaguely suspect (except run Linux, of course!), but prefer >> to have my info outside of the jurisdiction of the US Patriot Act. >> >> In my research, I also came across Cirrus Web Hosting in Toronto. >> Similar offering, and when I called I got a real person! Amazing. >> However, since Beck/cadns had the domains and did the dns setup >> for me (no charge), as well as my past experiences with them, it >> was a no-brainer. >> >> JN, Pres. OCLUG >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux