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Before you look around and
switch on to other's hosts, Look
here
for all the Hosts which have eventually shutdown their business and
packed away. This huge list of more than 430 companies just
bring about one Question, "Is this Host Reliable?". Imagine,
you are hosted with a hosting company and had a nice working
site and one fine day, Everything is gone. Thousands of users get
cheated every day and lose their hosting. Not only that, some hosts
simply pack up, so suddenly those users lose their files and data
too.
With all our experience and
research, we have compiled the best free hosting package, But before
you chose or select us to serve you, we would like you to go through
the following.
We have collected these
results based on our experience. According to our survey results and
analysis, we have concluded with the following results and guides
which will help you decide the right hosting company for your site.
We are not trying to promote us or prove anyone else wrong.
It is only the result of our findings and research. These are
applicable to pure hosting companies which give you hosting
*without* putting any ADS/Popups ( Absolutely free web hosting
providers ) :-
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UNLIMITED / UNMETERED
BANDWIDTH |
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There
is no such thing like UNMETERED BANDWIDTH. No one enjoys
internet for FREE. So BW is never Free. Even if the
company claims like giving 10 GB BW for FREE. Imagine
for yourself, is it possible. If the company gives out
100 Free accounts, that clearly means it is giving out
10,00,000 mb of BW. Just surf the net and get the market
value of this much amount of BW. Well, if the company is
putting ads on your website, then it is possible, since
the company is earning from your site. But for
Absolutely free hosting companies, giving this much is
clear indication of RED Flag!
A 2 GB BW is enough for a site which receives 14
MILLION hits and 2.5 MILLION page views.
Well, if you really have such a massive traffic and
require more, then please contact us.. We can have a
nice business. ;-) |
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UNLIMITED / UNMETERED SPACE |
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OK,
another thing, there is no such thing like UNLIMITED
SPACE. This can be possible if there is a Hard-disk with
unlimited Space! :D Unfortunately, Space is expensive
too. Why would anyone give you free web space like 250
or 500 mb which is sold on the web @ $ 10 to $ 15 a
month. If you require to put up downloads and other
stuff, it is recommended that you create a small home
server and put up pc on the internet 24/7. That is the
cheapest source of space and BW we can suggest. There
can be exceptions to this fact. If the host is a
dedicated gaming host, it may allow you, But they also
put up ads and other stuff. So Practically speaking,
Unlimited space or huge space is impossible for
Absolutely Free Web hosting providers. |
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Reliability |
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Look
out for only those companies, which are backed with
other sources or supported by other companies. Or ones
which are part of a network. These companies are less
likely to fall down or cheat you. Because you can always
catch up and sue the partner company. |
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Q. How do these
companies benefit? |
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The main source of
income for most of the companies in this business is
Advertising. While companies which are part of a
network, do it more for their own personal advertising.
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Q. What are the
reasons that cause most of the companies to Shutdown? |
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The reason is
competition and patience. Most of these companies want
to have a Kick-start of their business and want to reach
the top. As a result they start giving more offers and
accounts outside their own limit and
OVERSELL. As
accounts start using up more and more resources, these
companies then fail to provide up with their demands.
And instead of investing more and keeping the service
alive, they find it beneficial to take the cash and
close down. |
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So it is important
for the you to think wisely before you select any free
host. It may be difficult to get the hosting at the
beginning but it is always good to be assured. We hope
that, we have cleared most of the hidden things of
this whole business strategy that is taking place in
this web-hosting business world. |
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The following are the
things that you should consider while selecting the
right host. |
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Features |
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Features and facilities provided by free-webhosting
companies are also an important aspect. Like PHP, Perl,
JSP, Tomcat, MySQL database support etc. The more the
better. But most of them lie about these. So beware with
those companies who falsely claim that they do support
all those features. Most of the companies will let
you see their demo Cpanel if they having nothing to hide
from you. |
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Cpanel Support |
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The
Cpanel gives you the ultimate power of controlling your
website. It was a technology developed to for web-hosts,
to allow their clients have complete control over their
site. Maximum hosting companies, block various cpanel
capabilites and features. So, by the mean time, you
signup with the host, you realise that the setting you
needed the most has been disabled by the host. Once
again, Most of the companies will let you see their demo
Cpanel if they having nothing to hide from you. |
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Safe Mode |
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Most
of the scripting languages now support safe - mode.
Check to see that this is OFF! Turning on
safe mode means, a lot of restrictions are put on your
scripts and several of the functions are disabled. |
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Server |
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Is
possible, check to see that the host reveals the servers
information. If your site is hosted on a Celeron server
with a 5-10 mbps connection. Then you can imagine the
performance and the response of your site. Recommended
configuration are at least a P4 powered server with 100
mbps connection. If it has added security features then
that is a plus point. Servers are now equipped with
Backup connections, power supply etc. |
Looking at all the above
points, you should be able to make up your decision for your perfect
host. We have carefully planned our hosting packages. We have put up
this guide only to help you and we have no intension to promote us
or our services.
Any Additions or suggestions
or improvement :
webmaster@astahost.com
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Frequently
Asked Questions
Once Again the Question is, The
RELIABILITY of ASTAHOST?
Free Hosting Accounts do not
yield any profit to the Webhosting provider. To compensate with the
expenses, they may tell you to be active at the sites or click ads
or visit other of their sponsored sites. Astahost has been
supported by a very much reliable source. We also depend upon
advertising, but to a much lower extent. We have far more vast
strategies. We are partnered with hosts which have DEDICATED SERVERS
and we are given space and BW which we are providing to our
member's. Our partner depends on us for advertising requirements and
the monthly revenue we pay them. So, it is an unbreakable contract
we have had from day one. Till now, our expenses have been so small
that we have not advertised them. This is because, we pay only for
the number of account we have on yearly basis. So now, if we approve
an account to you, we only pay for your account and we do not
purchase everything in BULK. This reduces a huge amount of revenue
which usually gets wasted due to unallocated space and BW. Hadn't we been like other hosts, we could have allowed member's to
SPAM and get our revenue. But there are some reasons, because of
which we want member's requesting hosting to make posts. Spamming
the Forums is a huge way for us to earn profits. But we are not
interested in profits. In fact, Astahost was launched because we
wanted a community. If you don't want to post GENUINELY, or you
think you cannot post much here (due to the technical theme of the
forum) , you are free to shift to Trap17 (one of our network site).
Trap17 has Arcade, Off topic categories, Reputation points, Vent
(place where one can post anything), Army System, RPG game,
Shout-box (where members are seen chatting with each other) and lot
more. At Trap17, Getting hosting is like a form of Entertainment.
There are no strict rules for spamming etc. However, Spam is deleted
but the rule is not so strict. Member's there still make small
posts. We get huge number of hits and also have a huge member base.
So, it is obvious that we will be staying up forever. And I think,
we have proved our point that we are not depended upon advertising
only.
Then the next question arises? - What was the need to start
Astahost? Why should I post here when I can get almost the same
hosting on Trap17 with any type of post?
Most of the member's look only the facilities provided. While
Hosting goes far behind conventional topics about space and BW.
Astahost member's enjoy hosting on fast computers powered by 4 XEON
Processors (2.8 GHz each ). High end datacenter. Advanced monitoring
system. In short, each account at Astahost costs $30 annually while
at Trap17 it is about $15 to $20 ( depending on the hosting package
).
Quality never comes Cheap! There are hundreds of host in the market.
Why have most of the member's have
chosen us after being KICKED out of other hosts. It is only because
of reliability. For the sake of reliability, we have changed our
Server 3 times, upgraded more than 5 times. We give our first
priority to reliability and Stability. Don't Fall for Unlimited
Space and BW. None of them is Free and no person in the world is
having such a huge kind heart to give you for free. He is openly
Cheating you. Even if you don't chose us to be your trusted host, we
ask you to go to hosts which offer less (below 3 GB BW and less than
300 mb space). These are the people who actually live out forever.
Because there are the maximum affordable limits. We give what we
have. We do not OVERSELL.
:: REMEMBER ::
You are posting here to keep your hosting account alive. We ask you
to post, just to make sure that you are interested in your hosting
account and to see that you are a part of this community. Remaining
*ACTIVE* is necessary to keep your Hosting account running as well
as keeping this site and community up! Unknowingly.. You are
contributing to this site..
Do you think, you need a lot of space and BW?
By the way, Let us make one thing clear. Go for any of the
competitors FREE Web hosting company and get your account of about
20 GB BW. Upload some Zips, Songs and put it for Download and give
the link to everyone! Within a day your account would be deleted!:D
Dear Members, BW is one of the most expensive factors in Web
hosting. Don't get carried away by those UNMETERED BW slogans.. All
these Companies assume that you don't use more than 750 mb Approx.
Every 1 GB extra BW is sold @ $1 - 2... depends on the hosting
company. So, it is practically impossible to get FREE BW.. Because
BW itself is not FREE and is charged at each and every place on
earth. Because the Host himself is purchasing BW to provide you. All
of them OVERSELL.
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What is Overselling ?
( WE DO NOT OVERSELL )
Overselling is a
process in which a Hosting Provider may provide more than
the allocated amount, the host himself has. Suppose, we have
altogether 100 GB BW. We can provide 100 accounts with 5 GB
BW assuming , No one is going to use over 1 GB. This can be
a great risk if most of the users actually use it. Astahost
Does NOT OVERSELL! Hence, We provide only that much as we
successfully can. So you don't have to worry about
Reliability. Your Website is SAFE at our Servers.
Other Hosting
providers charge a lot for these web-hosting services while
here at , you get the same web hosting package absolutely
FREE!
:: Your Account is Safe with us, You can Trust US! ::
So, Don't Get Cheated Elsewhere... If you want, We can
cheat you Right HERE!!
Just put up a mass POLL and We will start overselling
giving out UNMETERED SPACE and BANDWIDTH! |
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