On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote= : > Update: Finally I went with the Namecheap, also bought the shared hosting > from them -- thought it was a good idea to keep things in one place. Thin= gs > are ok, I could transfer the site fine, db and php files etc are up and > running -- however, it seems much slower than the previous provider. I > guess that's what you get for 1/3 price. It was $47 per year for 3 domain= s > which free whois protection and a shared hosting with the bare minimum th= ey > have (25GB storage and unlimited download -- which is unlimited as slow > enough not to exhaust their system, anyway...) > > I had not got much time for the selection as the 5 day notice I have got, > but maybe I will talk to them how to increase the speed. > > Thanks > Tamas > Yeah, they're a good company with good principles from my experience ( http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/369074-lets-set-record-strai= ght-namecheap-com.html). You should be able to request a server move if it's slow and any good hosting company will move your account to another server. Another tip, be very careful where you search for your domains, because some companies will snatch the domains that you search. Don't ever search anything on GoDaddy. ---- unrelated ---- Honest question: can someone please tell me why every single ISP and hosting company calls allowed monthly data transfer "bandwidth"? It's completely wrong and it irritates me to no end. ...unless I'm wrong and the magnitude of transferred data is actually bandwidth in some weird E=3Dmc^2 way? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .