On Thursday 09 December 2004 04:09 am, Josef Lowder kindly wrote:
> What would y'all recommend as a good, low-cost, total-package ISP.
>
> I have too many different vendors for various aspects of my Internet
> related services that I wish I could consolidate into a single vendor
> and perhaps, I hope, reduce my costs.
>
> I currently have dial-up access for $5.95/month
> A dozen domain names registered with Dotster at $14.95/year each
> and with email forwarding on two of them.
> A web hosting package with another source for $14.95/year
> (with each of my domains included as virtual domains
> in subdirectories (parked and pointed at no extra cost)
> within the main web host package)
> A merchant account for credit card processing for $20.00/month
> Plus an online payment gateway for another monthly fee
> (that hasn't kicked in yet).
>
> I have very litlte "merchant" activity at this point, but need to be able
> to accommodate online credit card purchases.
>
> Surely there must be some way to consolidate all this to a SINGLE,
> more cost-effective vendor source.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Joe@actionline.com
>
This doesn't answer your question, but my suggestion is to consider the
downside of consolidating everything under one provider.
If you have your domains registered by your ISP and then find yourself unhappy
with that ISP's service, they can make it difficult to change. I had my
domains registered once with a webhost and the webhost went belly up. It was
a hassle to change things.
I have a great ISP now (Intergate) but their website hosting (support) sucked.
I now have excellent providers for my website (Zettai.net) and domain name
registration (SimpleURL.com). They all give me fast, personal service. As
much of a pain as it is, I've found, for myself at least, it's less of a
hassle to have different providers for different services that excel at what
they do.
FWIW,
Siri Amrit
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