June 30, 2009
If it sounds too good to be true…
Posted by: fork : Category: Hosting
As mentioned in another thread I started today, I'm considering moving to a cheaper dedicated server instead of renewing the old one I'm on now.
I just discovered the forum for web offers here (Web Hosting Talk: Advertising Forums: Web Hosting Offers: Dedicated Hosting Offers) and a brief perusal revealed offers like this one:
Intel Xeon 3320 Quad Core (4 x 2.5Ghz)
- 8GB RAM
- 2 x 500GB SATA HDDs (Software RAID1)
- 2000 GB Bandwidth
- 100 Mbit port
- 29x Usable IP Addresses
- Free Setup
$149.95 / month!
There were a few similar offers but this one looked the best to me -- almost too good to be true.
As I investigated further I couldn't find out much about the company, their site seemed slapped together and seems like a one man show, perhaps someone buying colo space/servers and reselling them. But then again, that's just my impression.
I compared the price and system features with offerings from my current host, and a number of other brand name hosts, and they are all more than double the price listed in this offer.
Has anyone found deals like this here and used them satisfactorily -- or are most of these listings just scams? (Sorry if scams is too harsh a word.)
I just discovered the forum for web offers here (Web Hosting Talk: Advertising Forums: Web Hosting Offers: Dedicated Hosting Offers) and a brief perusal revealed offers like this one:
Intel Xeon 3320 Quad Core (4 x 2.5Ghz)
- 8GB RAM
- 2 x 500GB SATA HDDs (Software RAID1)
- 2000 GB Bandwidth
- 100 Mbit port
- 29x Usable IP Addresses
- Free Setup
$149.95 / month!
There were a few similar offers but this one looked the best to me -- almost too good to be true.
As I investigated further I couldn't find out much about the company, their site seemed slapped together and seems like a one man show, perhaps someone buying colo space/servers and reselling them. But then again, that's just my impression.
I compared the price and system features with offerings from my current host, and a number of other brand name hosts, and they are all more than double the price listed in this offer.
Has anyone found deals like this here and used them satisfactorily -- or are most of these listings just scams? (Sorry if scams is too harsh a word.)
