Web servers have limited capacity. Any host who says that they can give you "unlimited web space" is intentionally misleading you. And somewhere in their terms of service they will specify limits on the amount of space you can use on their servers. The average website is well under 100mb in size. The "unlimited space" hosts bank on these sites charging them more than they need to pay for their small usage. When someone like USGenWeb comes along with needs of gigabytes of space, it throws their entire business plan into chaos. And if you leave and go elsewhere, they are pleased. They will continue hosting the small sites, charging them more than they need to pay. Losing genealogy sites would not upset an "unlimited space" host because it costs them substantially more to provide the hosting services than they would be receiving from the customer. Dale Grimm OHGenWeb -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike St. Clair/ST Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 12:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Hosting plans & file limits I too share your disappointment and have warned Larry Flesher that we may hit the same problem in MOGENWEB. I've also attempted to let the Bluehost president know of the problem and impact of this new unadvertised policy. Time will only tell if I really got through. If the policy remains the same, it's going to cost them literally hundreds of accounts in the world of genealogy. I suspect a similar impact will occur in other areas. And if they don't get that limit posted for new users, I will feel impelled to stop recommending them. I am looking at other hosting options in preparation for a potential move of MOGENWEB. IDGENWEB appears to currently be well within the limit. I'd greatly appreciate hearing from other states about their experience with other hosts. And by the way, this does break my heart because I've been a long time Bluehost user and have a good number of accounts. The performance, features and service have been great. I can't say the same about half a dozen other vendors I used before. It's been somewhat like rolling the dice before I came to Bluehost. There were massive downsides on every vendor I had used. Mike St. Clair SC - IDGENWEB -------------------------------------------------- From: "Debby Beheler" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:20 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [STATE-COORD] Hosting plans & file limits > On Tuesday, we were informed that our account at BlueHost.com was over > their (heretofore unheard of) file limit of 50,000 at a whopping > 202370. I believe I have found a workable solution that we can pay > for through donations from our CCs. Over half the Indiana Counties > are sharing the ingenweb.org domain. > > > > We are currently moving to DreamHost.com with a much higher file limit > and the ability to upgrade to VPS for $218. more per year. > > > > Are other states having these issues as well? > > > > Some of you may want to be aware of this for future reference. > > > > Debby Beheler > > [email protected] > > State Coordinator INGenWeb Project > > http://www.ingenweb.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message