Web Hosting you get what you pay for

There is a reason I pay for quality web hosting.  In my years of web design I have herd war stories about companies jumping on with the cheapest web host that offers the most amount of space.  There are always issues about  what you are allowed to put on the supposedly unlimited web space you receive.  If I’m paying for web space, I better be allowed to put what I want up there.  That would be like renting an apartment, and the land lord saying you are only allowed to put in furniture that is the color green.  I dont know about you, but if my money is going somewhere I’m gonna pay a little extra to get what I want.

I’ve now been web hosting for 3 years (www.ferrethosting.com), and the company I partner with in this last year just bought an under ground shelter in Stockholm Sweden.  This facility is powered by 2 submarine engines and they are even giving tours to those of us who want to visit Sweden.

There are soo many shared server hosting services out there, that offer ridiculous amounts of space and it seems to be to good to be true.  How much of that money is being put back into the facilities you are being hosted on?  Thats the real question, and why in the privacy policy do they say you are only allow to place web files up there?  And who are they to decide if a pdf or a .wmv isnt something your going to incorporate into the website?

My point is that I’m tired of working with clients who are on these web host and complaining about the lack of service.  This is exactly the reason I setup ferret hosting.  Its your web space and you are paying for the Gb’s of storage space, backup your computer files if you want.  The web should be open, and companies like this are locking down what you can and can’t do on the web.  Thats my small 2 cent rant…