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Looking for info on Dreamhost.com

Posted by geeknews at 5:46 AM on April 10, 2006

This weekend I had a conversation with someone that is in really bad bandwidth trouble. He is eating up about 3 TB a month, and has very little money. He said he was going to go to with dreamhost because they have some pretty awesome bandwidth deals. I always get leary when I hear of any service provider offering bandwidth at the levels they are, at the price they are. Anyone have any feedback on them, so I can give advise to this person in need.

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4 Comments

  1. From Lee Potts at 8:45 am on April 10, 2006

    I’ve been with DreamHost for over two years and have been very happy with them. Their support response time isn’t as amazing as it once was, but it’s still much better than what I experienced with other providers in the past. It’s also hard to beat a hosting plan that increases disk space and bandwidth every week. One caveat, I don’t require a huge amount of bandwidth (although I am hosting several WordPress installations and a couple wikis).

  2. From Jeremy Emberling at 9:11 am on April 10, 2006

    Dreamhost has been around since 1996, so you don’t have to worry about them going away any time soon. I use them, and I am real happy with their service. They are always adding features every month and their support system is great. They ask you what your level of knowledge is for the topic your getting support for, it ranges from “Please explain everything to me very carefully” to “Not to be rude, but I probably know more about this than you!”.
    They seem “happy” all the time, those who are hosted by them, you know what I’m talking about.

  3. From Mike Wills at 9:34 am on April 10, 2006

    I have been a customer for a few months now. While they may not be the greatest, they are a solid performer. Todd, Skype me if you want to ask me some questions. I should already be on your skype list.

  4. From Ryan at 3:10 pm on April 10, 2006

    I’ve been with Dreamhost since very nearly the beginning (at least nine years). They’re a quirky company, with their share of hiccups (they’re no Interland or GoDaddy), but I’ve always been happy with them and refer my friends to them regularly. I wouldn’t know about their bandwidth, though – as soon as my podcasts/video podcasts started picking up, I moved the media files to Libsyn.