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truland@albany.net (David W. Truland) wrote:

> I've recently seen accounts advertised in national magazines for
> virtual domains on web servers at seemingly low prices.
> 
> For instance, one deal [icebear.com] was for 75megs of space, the
> virtual domain, 5 email addreses, unlimited hits, etc for $20 per
> month with no setup fees if 1 year paid in advance. (internic fee not
> included) 
> 
> Locally, I think I'd be paying three times that to add those services
> to a basic account. Granted, there are no dialup services, but I've
> already got that.
> 
> Does anybody have (or know of)  a local deal like this for web space?

I don't know of any local ISPs who have a deal that attractive.  However,
you don't really need to look locally for a web hosting service, as long as
you've already got a local ISP.  Usually, you'll FTP the web pages from
your machine onto the web server -- you don't need to dial into the web
server.

For instance, I use AlbanyNet as my ISP, but ICorp (www.icorp.net) down in
New Orleans is hosting my web site.  They charge only $50/year for a
non-commercial site with 5MB of disk space, plus $5/month for a virtual
domain, plus $1/year for each additional MB.  So for a 75MB virtual domain,
you'd pay $180/year (provided that it's not a commercial site).  Of course,
that doesn't include the InterNIC fee for registering your domain.

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