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05-02-2013, 11:24 AM
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#1 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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| Good hosting companies not named GoDaddy, preferably Canadian
Hey all.
Anybody running a business website with a Canadian hosting company? I need one for my consulting firm, but I'd prefer a Canadian company, mostly due to privacy laws and Google search results.
Anybody using a Canadian company?
Thanks!
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05-02-2013, 11:30 AM
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#2 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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05-02-2013, 11:43 AM
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#3 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by Spoon  | Do you use both of them?
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05-02-2013, 11:54 AM
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Doteasy is what I've been using. At the very beginning, they were horrible to deal with, as in trying to get a hold of them. They have since gotten better over the years. I've been happy with their service. Based out of Burnaby, I believe.
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05-02-2013, 11:56 AM
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#5 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by MG1 Doteasy is what I've been using. At the very beginning, they were horrible to deal with, as in trying to get a hold of them. They have since gotten better over the years. I've been happy with their service. Based out of Burnaby, I believe. | How is their uptime? I'm not going to be running anything bandwidth-intensive, but 99.9% uptime is a must.
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05-02-2013, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr.C Do you use both of them? | Used Canadian Web Hosting when I was working with a web design company.
Doteasy I'm currently using. Not a lot of experience with their customer service so I can't comment. But I do know that they host for NCIX and quite a few local businesses.
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05-02-2013, 12:09 PM
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#7 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by Spoon Used Canadian Web Hosting when I was working with a web design company.
Doteasy I'm currently using. Not a lot of experience with their customer service so I can't comment. But I do know that they host for NCIX and quite a few local businesses. | Good to know, thanks. Do they bill in CAD or USD?
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05-02-2013, 12:09 PM
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Not a Canadian company but I am fantastically happy with Rackspace. They are extremely easy to get ahold of when you need, good product base, nice online control panel, and reasonable prices. I have taken all my business from a combination of Bell, GoDaddy, and Rackspace and consolidated with Rackspace.
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05-02-2013, 02:13 PM
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Not Canadian, but it was recommended to me in an RS thread: Stablehost.
I see their banner ad for 50% off, pop-up every so often. Their customer service is quick to respond if you have any questions. They have a very flexible control panel, too.
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05-02-2013, 02:22 PM
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Well how Canadian do you want? I mean Peer1 is not quite Canadian.
Cloud solution makes privacy laws even messier. Unless your business deals with nefarious things or vices (gambling, porn etc). I won't worry too much about being in Canada or not.
If you have high volume you can go with in2net.. I think ncix runs off them or at least used to.
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05-02-2013, 02:47 PM
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Company is based in vancouver island. The biggest downtime i had was when someone accidentally cut the fibre to the building. lasted about a day but other than that no trouble at all
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05-02-2013, 03:44 PM
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#13 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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05-03-2013, 07:47 PM
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05-03-2013, 07:57 PM
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There's no real reason to have hosting in Canada, unless you are doing something that is illegal in other countries
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05-04-2013, 07:09 PM
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#18 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp There's no real reason to have hosting in Canada, unless you are doing something that is illegal in other countries | Google/Bing search results prioritize a Canadian DNS for local results, or so I've heard.
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05-04-2013, 07:36 PM
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The might prioritize on domain name, but I doubt they would on IP address. Because most sites use a CDN anyway, so the ip for the site itself is meaningless.
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05-04-2013, 08:17 PM
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#20 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Shaw also can host and support is local as well. not sure about price however.
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05-05-2013, 05:45 PM
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#21 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by Anjew Shaw also can host and support is local as well. not sure about price however. | I checked them; they are ridiculously expensive.
I'll probably get a year at an American host and see how it goes.
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05-05-2013, 07:03 PM
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#22 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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HostGator is cheap and fast for basic needs (IE just a single site)
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05-06-2013, 10:36 AM
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05-06-2013, 11:58 AM
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best hoster ever.. 99.9% and i think its like 9$ a month :P
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05-06-2013, 11:56 PM
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