Web Hosting .NET

[Robby]

Does anyone know of any good .NET Web Hosting?

 

[Nerseus]

I'm not 100% sure, but I know Crystal Tech used to be made for developers, including the ability to send your VB6 code which they would compile and put into COM+ for you! They offer a .NET control center for "near system adminstrator" access to your website, but I don't know if they allow hosting .NET applications; you'd have to check their site for more details.

They are very nice as far as other features (SQL Server, front page server extensions, etc).

-Nerseus

 

[Robby]

Good show Nerseus.

They seem to have it all, and the price is fair.

Here's their price comparison page for anyone who's interested...http://www.crystaltech.com/compare.htm

Thanks much Nerseus.

 

[Nerseus]

Did you discover if they host .NET pages?

There's also search engine just for finding hosts. I think it's webhostdir.com
if anyone wants to do a bigger search...

-Nerseus

 

[Robby]

yeah, I used http://www.webhostdir.com before.

And yes, CrystalTech does host .NET.

 

[Robby]

Too good to be true? I found a free service http://dotnetplayground.com/features.aspx

I'm sure they sell your name/address to everyone on the planet. (and maybe other planets as well )

 

[divil]

Brinkster does .NET hosting as standard (not sure about in their free account though).

Whether or not I'd recommend them depends on what the site is for, really.

 

[Robby]

I don't have anything mission-critical, but a solid up-time and
speed are needed. (Whether it's for myself or a client)

Until I host the site myself, I don't mind paying $30 US/month.
After all, I've been paying for four years, so what's another few
months.

 

[divil]

I'd skip over Brinkster and find something a little more professional.

 

[Robby]

The one that Nerseus suggested looks pretty good.

 

[Nerseus]

My company has been using it for years with NO problems. We even have them hosting our email though we could just as easily host it ourselves. Again, no problems in years...

And no, my company isn't Crystal Tech

-Nerseus

 

[Robby]

It's great to hear that you have experience with them. Thanks.

 

[VisualDeveloper]

I personally prefer Brinkster's web hosting solution. The free account also includes the use of ASP.NET in your web application.

 

[Volte]

Like divil said, it's probably best not to use them, and find something
a bit more professional. Please read the entire thread before posting.

 

[divil]

Brinkster is great for an amateur website.

 

[Volte]

Yeah, I know, I used to use it myself. But for a professional website,
or even one where you're going to be getting a lot of traffic, Brinkster
isn't very good. Not to mention the lack of free FTP. :-\

The pay one is not too bad though.

 

[Nerseus]

I didn't mention this before, but my company doesn't host any applications or such on Crystal Tech (mentioned above) so I can't speak for volume-performance. I'm not saying they're bad, I just have no experience with them for that. All of my company's websites are hosted by the client or locally (for Dev and QA servers that don't need internet access - just intranets).

If you're looking for a host for large web apps I couldn't suggest anything. My experience has been that a client that wants good performance in a web app is usually going to host the servers themselves or find a dedicated solution (some clients use one in Phoenix, AZ that hosts the servers with dedicated optical lines) rather than an out-of-the-box web hosting company.

-Nerseus