# Web hosting **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495 "2002-08-12T04:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![denivri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@denivri](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denivri)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/1 "2002-08-12T04:32:20Z")
hi everyone… does anyone have any recommendations on a good webhosting company? i’m totally new at this… so one that is “nice” to newbees would be preferrable if there is such a thing.,. thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/2 "2002-08-12T05:02:39Z")
It really all depends on what you are looking for in a host, and on what kind of site you are doing. If you are doing a major site, you will need a big hosting package. And if you are doing a small personal site you wouldn’t need a very big hosting package. Each company has different standards. Kirupa hosts this forum on [www.racknine.com](http://www.racknine.com), they sounds pretty good, you might want to check out some of their packages. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/3 "2002-08-12T05:20:46Z")
well its just for a socail club on campus at my colege… it shouldnt be much… just a few pages…and a forum… i dunno… but thanks… any more suggestions!!?!? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/4 "2002-08-12T08:19:54Z")
yet another question… what is … telnet/shell access SSH access?? thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/5 "2002-08-12T16:36:14Z")
Telnet is a command code. It is used in networking. If you use Windows XP you can use the command prompt (Start/Run/command) to access Telnet and check the status of your server. You can also use Telnet to check which version of Perl or PHP you have installed on your server. As for SSH access, I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/6 "2002-08-13T03:16:42Z")
i guess a better question is… since i dont understand the terminology… what are these things used for… and do i REALLY need it? thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/7 "2002-08-13T03:28:20Z")
You only really need it if you don’t want to contact your tech support to find out what is on your server and whether or not you can support certain things like PHP scripts or MySQL(databases used for things like this forum, etc.) I know I am really bad at explaining things, but I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/8 "2002-08-13T16:18:16Z")
[www.registerfly.com](http://www.registerfly.com) i bought my domain from them and am about to switch to the hosting, i like them alot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/9 "2002-08-13T18:29:01Z")
another terminology question… what is bandwidth?? thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/10 "2002-08-14T00:31:12Z")
bandwith is the amount of vistiers that it can take, not to be technical. I cant really explain it though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/11 "2002-08-14T03:13:49Z")
Bandwidth is the amount of data traveling through a line. Certain hosting services only allow a certain amount of bandwith, this means they only allow a certain amount of data to go from your site to the viewers computer (like the downloading of images to display them, etc). If this limit is exceeded (due to too many viewers or you linking your files from a different location), your site will be temporary diabled. Sorta like a time out. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting/4495/12 "2002-08-14T14:29:44Z")
Exactly, i couldnt say it better myself. I time out on geocities all the time, i need a good paid server, i think i got one though. [Registerfly.com](http://Registerfly.com), good stuff.