[infernus]

Hi, this is my first post

In your opinions, what makes a good web host and what is the maximum you would pay for web hosting (on average requirements, say around 500mb webspace).

Regards
infernus

[KGB-911]

a good webhost is a reliable webhost.

about £3 - £4 for 500MB

[Ian]

Support and Reliability are top priorities for me.

The max I would pay? Depends on lots of things... bandwidth, features, etc... £5/month should buy a nice basic account, but that is at the low end for smaller sites - its not worth the risk for larger sites or forums (as information can easily be lost).

[silver]

avoid anything that tries to tell you that it's "unlimited", e.g. unlimited bandwidth or unlimited disk or unlimited cpu*,.. any and all hosting has limits on these things... don't be fooled..

Sil

PS, if it's a light traffic site then consider hosting it yourself on a dsl connection - works for me

* if you're paying for your own server then cpu is yours to do with as you wish

[infernus]

I actually run a web hosting company, this site came up in our referrers list so i thought id take a look.
Consider this to be market research with intent to improve our services to consumers.

[KGB-911]

That is OK by me... i am glad that you are not actually adertising and posting links to your site all over the place

[infernus]

Its for the benefit of people like you ( the webmasters ).