Yup, astahost definitely leads the way in terms of free webhosting. MSE's right, if people posted like crazy, there would be no quality to the posts and spammers would find it easier to foul up the forums. I like astahost, and hope it continues to succeed, which, by the number of members, looks like it is assured!

I have yet to be accepted for hosting, yet this is one of the most informative forums I've ever been to. I have yet to even look at 1/8th of what is here and have posted just enough to get the application even looked at but the community has me coming back every day. I'm looking forward to continuing to come back and, not only visit when I get to know more people here, but to learn from the vast knowledge base that has acumulated here and someday be able to contribute to it so as to it as a way to thank everyone.

As for the service itself, I haven't found any other place that offers what Astahost does, and asks so little in return. You have done something truely amazing and unique here. Whether or not I get hosted I will keep coming back. The community here is great and the people friendlier then anywhere else I've been.

Thanks

You know what I like the best about this forum?
<er...ahem> (/me clears throat)

NO FREAKIN' FLAMES!!!!

Jokes apart, I thought this was going to be another one of those forums with no activity and no interesting topics. But I was proved wrong. I've been on and off this forum for the whole day. I've noticed that people on this forum are VERY friendly. Nobody flames you like

"...blah blah blah, you moron, you didn't take the time out to RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual), blah blah blah".

Every body does their bit to help out. Infact, I've learnt a lot of things already in my short stay here. And coming to the web hosting. I was a bit apprehensive at first, but after getting my account today, all I can say is WOW!!! This is amazing!!! I've never seen so many features even on some of the paid domains that I had a chance to look at.

YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST!!!

It's been a while since anyone posted in this thread, so I'll take this opportunity to add my own kudos.

I admit that, like many, I joined up because I was looking for a good hosting service. The blurb I read on Astahost looked good and so did the terms, so I signed up immediately and went looking around the forums. Now I was a bit hesitant when I learned that you had to maintain your hosting credits by posting regularly since I'm more of a lurker, and I thought I wouldn't be able to keep my credits up. Well, surprise surprise! I hadn't reckoned on just how interesting the forums were.

As of this writing, I have only 22 posts to my name (remember, I'm a bit of a lurker), and even with only so few posts I already have enough credits to last me almost a month. Normally, in other forums, I could go for weeks without posting a single thing. Here at Astahost, it's much easier to find something that interests me, so now I have no problems finding something to write about. Post counts never used to matter to me, and it still doesn't. While I do keep track of my hosting credits (who doesn't? =P), it's not something I have to worry about because I know that there's no end of topics to keep me interested in posting.

And now we come to the reason I signed up in the first place: the web hosting. So far, my experience with this side of Astahost has been wonderful. I never expected to have my hosting request approved so quickly (truth to tell, having read some of applications by other members, I expected it to take a bit longer). Now that I'm hosted and have tried out some features... well, what can I say? And most webhosts are asking people to pay for these features that Astahost is giving away for free! Imagine that. =^^=

I can agree your site has turned out very well....
this is the best host so far.... I ve been in freewebs.... not to good.....
awardspace... well I uploaded files aand I get the 404 error file not found, no luck there, some are ok but they don't have mySQL databases etc. and iv'e been doing this for let's see 4-6 months,

untill I came acroos to astahost

well I've got to go to bed now its late here

GOOD LUCK

I hope to get my hosting tommorow, no luck today....

This post has been edited by cherri: Apr 24 2006, 10:08 AM

I am sad to say that i don't know too many people that are interested in web pages. however if i find oone this is the first place i'll send them. i haven't even gotten my 10 creds yet however i can tell this service is unique and more people should be here to support these forums and pages hosted here

Thank you all for offering me a hosting space!
Now I will be able to learn about php! HAHA