July 11, 2004
Dear WebServer Spammers
I keep getting offers in E-Mail for hosting my site. As low as $5 month for a pitiful offering. Heads up people. You need to beat my current host on two fronts.
First: while I only have 300M/15G they offer 1000M/45G for the same price of $8 a month. (I'll switch later, no rush -- I am no where near my limits yet.) But that $8 month isn't exactly correct, and I'm not talking about a nickle. It is $10 a month on a month to month basis. On a one year pre-pay it is $8 a month. But if you go with a two year pre-pay it is only $6 a month. You want my business you will have to beat 1G storage 45G monthly transfer with all the bells and whistles for $6 a month. AND
Second: I subscribe to a service that accesses my domain once an hour and reports back. Actually they check the main domain and a co-hosted domain -- I figure the site is down only if both are down and I cannot get in either (different routes.) Ain't been down for quite a while. How can some newbie soliciting me in E-Mail beat the proven reliability that I have?
Posted by at July 11, 2004 10:06 AM