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# Toast in web nightmare help please kthanxbie

My web host it would seem despite all assurances is losing my Emails, people are sending me work requests that I never get.
Can someone recommend a really good and reliable host?
I need stability, guaranteed Email and if possible decent bandwidth so that I can start hosting my animations again.
Fingers crossed some top Internet bod is reading this and can offer me the best hosting in the world in exchange for a nice HappyToast picture or even advert :D
Anyone got a rock solid suggestion? I kind of need to decide within the next 24 hours.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:20, archived)
# I use Easily. s'ok I suppose
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:22, archived)
# Nice :)
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:22, archived)
# No, I'm technically retarded (as in retarded vis-a-vis technology, bastards)
but I hope you get it all sorted.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:23, archived)
# I've always used these guys:
www.doteasy.com/

never had a problem with them.
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:23, archived)
# My hosting's pretty good, but I don't know what it's called or anything,
I met a local guy who gave me some for free, so I don't know the cost either.

He is a b3ta lurker, though, so maybe he's reading this now?
He's seen your work before, anyway, so he knows who you are.

I could give you his email if you like?

I have a free gold account with unlimited bandwidth etc.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:24, archived)
# I use Averdata in the US
www.averdata.net

never had a problem in 8-ish years
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Aargg!
I've already done my draw off pictures.

Now I've gotta wait over 24 hours to post the fucker. Aaaaaaaaaaargh the waiting is already killing me!

Also, its a pity its totally shit; over 24 hours waiting just to post something thats shit. Eugh.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:25, archived)
# this is also why it should be announced on the day
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:27, archived)
# No, no
Now I have the time/opportunity to make one this evening :)
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:30, archived)
# You will be even more pissed off.
When I use the couple of hundred proxies I have saved to rig the poll and change the winner to whatever I want it to be.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:46, archived)
# Oh you and your poxies:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 15:03, archived)
# Ah!
So thats why all the open proxies that I tried didn't work? You'd already used them, you git! =P
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 15:58, archived)
# I use zen
only basic stuff but service and reliability are great.
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:26, archived)
# I use
SliceHost for webs and GMail for email.

SliceHost is dollars only but is pretty sturdy and they're good at maintenance type stuff.

GMail, well say what you like but it's only busted once and they're unlikely to lose emails, plus their spam filtering is pretty good. You can link it to your domain, with A records or some technical shit like that.
(I helped save b3ta! robinw77 has no little comedy thing to go here, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:29, archived)
# Mythic Beasts have a good reputation
www.mythic-beasts.com/
(This is a 2nd-hand recommendation -- I don't use any such services myself. But if I wanted to, I'd try there first.)
(I helped save b3ta! Bee Nice |-|, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:30, archived)
# We use
dreamhost.com for a society - seems pretty stable. I'm using UUUQ for image hosting because it's free but it's not 100% reliable.
(I use blueyonder and gmail for my own email)
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:33, archived)
# I'm switching to these
kimsufi.co.uk/

on the 1st of next month but that's so I can shift lots of data really fast. I've not looked into the site hosting and if you want tools then you'd have to research them.
I'm going on a number of recommendations from people using them so have no concerns about reliability. Best thing for me is that it's twice the last package I had for half the money.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:34, archived)
# haku.co.uk is hosted with Fasthosts and I don't have any real problems with it
but my friend who's in the business of designing & maintaining websites reccomends names.co.uk as that's what he uses for all his clients (he's pretty much ditched fasthosts for names.co.uk)
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 14:34, archived)
# Blimey, how ironic
I just sent you pictures of Jerry the fluffy Red Panda from the press photocall this morning, I hope you get them :(
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 15:31, archived)
# Internet Africa (MWEB) are the business
Like all South African ISPs, you are heavily capped, they shape P2P and charge the earth.
But they are the biggest ISP and have lots of staff. The helpdesk shuts at 10pm during the week and 8pm at weekends but hey, you should be in bed after those times anyway and it's good of them to think of their customers' health.
They charge the earth for this wonderful service and their traffic is routed via the far east, some God-forsaken hole in a dodgy part of the USA and then back via Timbuktu.
It's great!

(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 15:31, archived)