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Digigamer
October 9th, 2003, 10:06 PM
http://www.1and1.com

I kid you not. They are offering a promotional deal where you can get 3 years of web hosting free!
ahmed
October 9th, 2003, 10:11 PM
hmmm... *signs up*

let's see if this actually works :)
Yeldarb
October 9th, 2003, 10:16 PM
keep us informed ahmed, i may try this after my hosting expires (if it's all its cracked up to be)

thanks for the link digigamer
ahmed
October 9th, 2003, 10:21 PM
I signed up, I got an automated call telling me my PIN number, and I think im supposed to get an email with my log-in info within 30 minutes

will let you know how it goes :P
Marz
October 9th, 2003, 11:04 PM
Interesting.. I have a lifeitm emembership at my own personal server... I can give out yourname.mentalconcepts.com for free.. But that's all.. Can't abuse my own server :-p hehehe
andr.in
October 10th, 2003, 12:54 AM
That's US/Canada only :(
Not2Sure
October 10th, 2003, 05:17 AM
www.1and1.com is a great place to host stuff.

i use www.oneandone.co.uk that is the English version
andr.in
October 10th, 2003, 08:08 AM
It says "everybody can have a ..." in the FAQ but it's Uk only! :*(
Yeldarb
October 10th, 2003, 04:21 PM
ahmed, did they contact u yet?
ahmed
October 10th, 2003, 06:54 PM
Oh yeah, it's online now :)

http://s87681380.onlinehome.us/

Supports PHP, mySQL and a whole lot more lol

All i need to do now is point my domain name at their nameservers.. :)
Yeldarb
October 10th, 2003, 07:02 PM
cool, tell us if you find any problems :)
DDD
October 10th, 2003, 07:06 PM
do you get a real URL or one of those. www.thehost.mywebsite.com? Makes for a good playground if it is true.
Digigamer
October 10th, 2003, 08:04 PM
Originally posted by 3d-iva
do you get a real URL or one of those. www.thehost.mywebsite.com? Makes for a good playground if it is true.


they provide hosting. I don't think they provide the domain name. You probably have to get that yourself.
DDD
October 10th, 2003, 08:19 PM
yeah I know that but....I had seen one free host that makes you get a name that has their name in it also. Hard to explain. But I was wondering was this the same thing
ahmed
October 10th, 2003, 08:20 PM
Nah, they don't do that :)
DDD
October 10th, 2003, 08:25 PM
DANG! as I suspected all linux. No windows :( I really must try PHP. But those Dollar Signs scare me.
kirupa
October 10th, 2003, 09:05 PM
Just wondering, if you sign-up, will they start charging you money after the 3 years has been up?

Cheers!
Kirupa :ub:
ahmed
October 10th, 2003, 09:06 PM
It doesn't ask for a credit card number nor does it mention that anywhere (at least i didn't notice) .. can they actually force you to pay? :)
kirupa
October 10th, 2003, 09:07 PM
.....then no lol! That's a really awesome offer then.
Marz
October 10th, 2003, 09:50 PM
Not too bad... But I'm guessing that the server's downtimes will be astronomical at times... I wouldn't out an important site on there at least... Cause you can't really yell at them, they are free ya know ;) :)
Digigamer
October 10th, 2003, 10:14 PM
Originally posted by playamarz
Not too bad... But I'm guessing that the server's downtimes will be astronomical at times... I wouldn't out an important site on there at least... Cause you can't really yell at them, they are free ya know ;) :)
yeah, your probably right. But hey, take this host and get a free .tk domain and your all set to have a nice site that you can mess around with that isn't subdomained off of anyone.
Marz
October 10th, 2003, 10:16 PM
That's true though.... Might wanna do it just for testing :)
mdipi
October 10th, 2003, 10:36 PM
sweet, i am gonna sign up just for kicks.