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"Rob" <rob@nospam.com> wrote in message news:399F3B9B.67EBDB7E@nospam.com...
> Hi again to all,
>
> Thanks for the responses received so far via the newsgroups and e-mail.
> I now have a couple of leads to followup.
>
> One webhoster I came across during my own travels is www.ozlinx.com.au.
> Prices seem quite competitive, you only pay for what you are using and
> they are on the Telstra backbone.  Anyone have any comments or
> experiences on this company?


If your site takes off unexpectantly (which is what we all are ultimately
aiming for), you could get very stung. Note that they state "if your web
site generates more traffic than you have specified, you will be charged at
a rate of $11.00 per 100 MB block"...so you don't only pay for what you
use...if you use more than what you "specify" you plan to use during signup
(at $6.60 per 100 MB!) you're going to be taking out a second mortgage.

And they only mention "data transfer" in their pricing tables...as well as
state "How much data is going to be transferred to and from our Web Site?"
elsewhere...so you could very well be clocking up $$$'s just uploading your
site as well. I've seen that happen before.

You've got to work out your disk space ($1.65 per MB per month, or 8.25c per
MB per month if over 25 MB), plus $2.75 per month for each lot of 5 email
account boxes you require (in lots of 5), plus $3.30 per month for each 50MB
block of traffic your site is *likely* to transfer (inbound *and*
outbound??? I'd be checking that...upload a few changes you could have
checked locally and you may be paying $$$s for that), plus $11.00 per 100 MB
block above and beyond your own estimation (no doubt that's a block
too..even if you only go 5MB over), plus a $25.00 setup fee, plus if you
don't have your domain name you're up for domain registration ($132.50 for
two years, regardless of whether it's a .com or a .com.au name!!! - .com
names are only $30/year elsewhere), plus $75 if you want them to register
and delegate it for you.

My advice...be very careful here Rod.


> Regards,
>
> Rob...
>
> e-mail:  robert-at-shannon-dot-wow-dot-aust-dot-com