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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 ) :-

UNLIMITED / UNMETERED BANDWIDTH
	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. ;-)

UNLIMITED / UNMETERED SPACE
	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.

Reliability
	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.

Q. How do these companies benefit?
	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.

Q. What are the reasons that cause most of the companies to Shutdown?
	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.

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.

The following are the things that you should consider while selecting the right host.
Features
	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.

Cpanel Support
	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.

Safe Mode
	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.

Server
	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.

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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.

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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