I joined because of the no-ads promise, The idea of having this forum is great but there are al ot of topics that i cannot post in because i am not into that area. like somebody stated above, you could provide a small icon that could be added to the users "links" or an icon just saying that the webpage was hostied by astahot. I have not received any Hosting privelages yet but am hoping to do so.

obviousy what you could offer as alternatives would not havre ot be forced, for example, the user could add the "hosted by asta host" icon anywhere in the page and make it moveable, or they could just lump it and use the forums

Many people have cited different reasons for selecting Astahost.com.
In my case, I was searching for a Ad-FREE MySQL PHP FREE hosting service. I did not have much confidence either that there may be a service like this present in this world when I started the search. But when I found Astahost, I was simply delighted.
We, who are opting for FREE Hosting Services, are ready to compromise and co-operate with the Host in every possible way.
So, earlier I have spotted some hosting services that place Ad-banners either at the TOP or Right Frame of your website.
In each case, I had to change the Layout of my webpages to accomodate for Ad-space. And as you can imagine,what it means.

So far as Astahost.com, though I have not hosted my site here as yet, but every thing is OK.
Regarding compulsory postings, you have clarified your stand at the time of signup and I appreciate your rules. Also staying attached in such an active forum gives me lots of pleasure, information and updates.
Personally, I have got quite a number of fresh information from the forum postings here at Astahost . And in course of our online activities, all of us find so many interesting things, and I think, when we get an opportunity to share those with like-minded persons from all corner of the globe, it really carries a sense of satisfaction.
You may also encourage good posting by selecting the best post of the month or something like that.

However, I have a small request. As in my case, it really takes good time to post a quality posting. So please give more preferences towards the merit/quality of a post rather than its length.
And if possible, please publish some model posts so that I may work on improving the quality of posts in future.

So, go ahead with your present services. Best wishes for you.

I will be more exact in my answers:
1> Are you ready to accept ads on your website ?
No, i left the previous host cause of forced ads, not because i'm not grateful, but that prevents me from putting my own ads, my site depends on ads for now.

2> Are you ready to make a small payment for not posting?
If this will be the rule i think first i would get to know the price, compare it with other sites considering services, then i will decide to park here or not, but a way or another i like this forum, i have friends here now

3> Do you feel that you are compelled to post? If yes, Suggest about other methods in which we can ask you to come up and support us. We are supported by advertising networks.
Posts is a good way too, because a lot of users now have no patience to stay, post good posts to get anything, even if it's a good service like this for free, such like that user left yesterday because he post a long spam post and when it been refused he left i also suggest to make users put a refering small button on thier sites main pages, that will bring more people and more traffic, even users with package 1 so they will work to get package 2 "by the way i'm on package 1 too ".

4> Do you feel that the facilities provided by this host is enough for you. If not, what do you require.
It's so enough i think for me, just may i need more space, at this time only i will apply to upgrade my account to package 2, for now i don't need it so package 1 is enough, and i want to ask a question, who else gives this number of databases, e-mail addresses and ....etc for free?, i didn't see like that before "just when i was having my own VPS i was having my hosting with everything unlimited for free ".

5> Do you require Cpanel. [ We provide the most advanced cpanel ]
Yes, it's one of the best features here.

6> Can you comprise Cpanel with more hosting facilites like space and BW.
NO, i prefer to have Cpanel more than having 2GB storage space or BandWidth.

I hope my post will help, really it's a very good service you introduce to users for free, Thank you Astahost.

Answer things like :-
1> Are you ready to accept ads on your website ?
No, Ads are the reason why I left previous hosts. They cause a very huge distraction in the design of the webpage as well as the optimization of the webpage itself.

2> Are you ready to make a small payment for not posting?
I believe that those that dont want to contribute in posting and helping others in this community should pay a small amount. But those that are willing to help others than they should be awarded with a free host.

3> Do you feel that you are compelled to post? If yes, Suggest about other methods in which we can ask you to come up and support us. We are supported by advertising networks.
Well, at times I feel a pressure to post but I can understand that I have to give something back to the person that will be hosting my page for free. Not many sites out there like this would give people free hosting packages without a devious catch. So, the posting to keep my hosting service dont bother me at all, I find it to be very reasonable and a great deal and cant get any better than this.

4> Do you feel that the facilities provided by this host is enough for you. If not, what do you require.
Although I have not been hosted, I believe the features of the regular package to be very promising. It seems to have everything I will need to design a professional webpage, except the free domain name...hehe

5> Do you require Cpanel. [ We provide the most advanced cpanel ]
I believe the feature of cPanel provided will indeed come useful in many future aspects of my designing plans. So yes, I would most likely love cPanel.

6> Can you comprise Cpanel with more hosting facilites like space and BW.
Dont quite comprehend this question...

1> Are you ready to accept ads on your website ?
No, because Ads are very nasty, distract the user, make a lot of troubles in the design of the webpage.

2> Are you ready to make a small payment for not posting?
No definitely.

3> Do you feel that you are compelled to post? If yes, Suggest about other methods in which we can ask you to come up and support us. We are supported by advertising networks.
No, i'm happy to share my knowledge and help, and i think that other members feel the same.

4> Do you feel that the facilities provided by this host is enough for you. If not, what do you require.
Not yet been hosted, reviewing the options i think that is ok, maybe in a future i can complete this.

5> Do you require Cpanel. [ We provide the most advanced cpanel ]
Yes, Cpanel is a good set of tools, i used it in other websites and helps a lot.

6> Can you comprise Cpanel with more hosting facilites like space and BW.
No, i prefer to have it rather than get more space and BW

Suggestions:

• Implement some templates Ready to Use.
• Telnet access.

Regards,

I heard of this site from another forum. I'm a newbie web designer, I still learn html, php and mysql. I search for a good free host, although I still don't have my website. This place looks promicing.