# Is This A Good Deal?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 7, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632 "2004-08-07T15:12:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/1 "2004-08-07T15:12:38Z")
Okay I found this deal on a site for a domain name ([paddyduke.co.uk](http://paddyduke.co.uk)) but I don’t know enough about this kinda thing to know whether this is a good deal or not. Can I get everyone’s opinions on this?
Is this a good deal?
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/2 "2004-08-07T16:16:47Z")
The only thing I don’t like is the 50MB space, you can get a better deal elsewhere.
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/3 "2004-08-07T21:38:24Z")
> [@Maxtr0sity](#):
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> The only thing I don’t like is the 50MB space, you can get a better deal elsewhere.
Like where? :beam:
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/4 "2004-08-07T21:48:23Z")
You know what? I don’t know in specific, but 50MB seems a bit low for the price.
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### Author:  [@bj\_italize](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bj_italize)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/5 "2004-08-07T22:11:21Z")
Try [http://www.icdsoft.com](http://www.icdsoft.com)
Am happy with my Hosting Co.
Cheers,
Bj
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### Author:  [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/6 "2004-08-07T22:55:53Z")
[http://www.surpasshosting.com](http://www.surpasshosting.com) will be better i think.
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/7 "2004-08-07T23:12:15Z")
I’m looking for British sites guys. Also they are both considerably more expensive. I’m on a really, really tight budget. Anyway, why do I need more than 50MB? What’s an average swf file, like 1-2MB?
The site I got the deal off gives you the domain name for free if you buy hosting so I’m gonna get the more expensive [paddyduke.com](http://paddyduke.com) with hosting and the cheaper .co.uk separately. Total cost is about £35-36 inc VAT.
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/8 "2004-08-07T23:33:41Z")
I just checked and I’m currently only using just over 13MB on my freewebs account. Also Freewebs have started bugging out about people not putting the official FreeWebs links on the pages of their sites even though I have one in my swf. That’s one of the reasons why I want paid hosting and I also like the idea of having ‘my\_name.com’ as my url. The site also do a 100MB hosting package for just a little bit more. I’ll check that out too.
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/9 "2004-08-07T23:46:51Z")
> [@Flash Gordon](#):
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> The site I got the deal off gives you the domain name for free if you buy hosting so I’m gonna get the more expensive [paddyduke.com](http://paddyduke.com) with hosting and the cheaper .co.uk separately. Total cost is about £35-36 inc VAT.
Change of plan. You don’t get .coms for free with hosting. You only get a slight discount. That means it’s gotta be the exact same as the picture in the first post there. My budget is about £40. Anyone can find me [paddyduke.co.uk](http://paddyduke.co.uk) either with more space for around the same price or cheaper than what I found with the same space I’d be very grateful and I’d also link to your site if you have one.
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### Author:  [@grimdeath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimdeath)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/10 "2004-08-07T23:53:22Z")
i suggest you contact our fellow kirupian unflux check out his hosting site [www.unflux.net](http://www.unflux.net) either email him or pm him he will contact you he always does especially if its business :beam:
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/11 "2004-08-08T00:18:21Z")
Tried [Unflux.net](http://Unflux.net). Great facilities but the lowest price is $8.50 a month. Too much.
Anyway I found a bettter deal:
> [@Streamlinenet.co.uk](#):
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> \>paddyduke.co.uk domain for 2 years
> \>2 years hosting with 100MB
> \>MYSQL support (so I can have an XMB forum, yay!)
> \>10 POP3 Email accounts
> \>10 Email forwards
> \>10 Auto reply emails
> \>PHP support
> \>24/7 FTP access
> \>Unlimited bandwidth (or full refund if they can’t cope with traffic!)
> \>ASP, Perl, CGI, ISAPI, SHTML and IHTML scripting support (whatever they are)
> \>Instant account activation (just seconds instead of days!)
> \>plus loads more stuff like easy access to Domain Control Panel (unbranded) etc.
All for the princely sum total of just **£47.98 for the whole 2 years**. Good deal or what?
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### Author:  [@Xero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xero)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/12 "2004-08-08T00:24:01Z")
I am currently paying 10$ a month at [http://www.pointbasedsolutions.com](http://www.pointbasedsolutions.com). And you can get a server for only 5$ a month. Its run through FTP so its really fast. I have had no problems so far and am really happy with the service.
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/13 "2004-08-08T00:30:15Z")
I like my deal. It works out at about $3 a month. Plus there’s FTP access 24/7.
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### Author:  [@johnbruce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnbruce)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/14 "2004-08-08T00:36:16Z")
Try [streamlinenet.co.uk](http://streamlinenet.co.uk)…Happy with them so far!
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/15 "2004-08-08T00:38:13Z")
lol Look three posts up. The name in the quote box.
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### Author:  [@Xero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xero)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/16 "2004-08-08T00:46:01Z")
dude… 10$ for 2 gig and 5$ for 500 MB
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/17 "2004-08-08T00:51:51Z")
Oh right. Wait…_calculates_…yeah thought so. Why should I pay an extra £10 a year for 400MBs of space I don’t need. I won’t use up all that 100MB. Hell, I’d be surprised if I filled up half of it in the two years before renewal. I’m still shopping around so I’ll check out your host.
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### Author:  [@paddy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paddy1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-this-a-good-deal/118632/18 "2004-08-08T00:57:06Z")
I looked at your host and I don’t think it’s worth it. Plus with the host I found I will get unlimited bandwidth or all my money back if their servers can’t cope. (Which is unlikely but hey, it’s nice to have that insurance.)