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submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There seems to be a lot of options when it comes to companies to host with. Anyone have a favorite they'd rec to someone or companies to avoid?

Or, alternatively, anyone have recommendations for things to host? Things you're glad your self-hosting or glad you aren't self-hosting?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Self-hosting from home is very much possible with many ISPs and a dynDNS service (1984.is is nice and free and also has good prices for international domain names).

As for VPS hosting: I used ovh and netcup (tip: around easter they always do massive discounts) in the past and both are ok, but you get what you pay for... VPS hardware over-provisioning and fine-print hidden traffic throttling etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

is 1984hosting.com the same website?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I think so, yes. But their 1984.is site can also be switched to english (press the flag twice).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

alright, it seems reasonably priced, I'm gonna try it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

The dynDNS is free. You mean getting a DNS name with them? Their hosting offers are not especially good and more geared towards the ~~Islandic~~ Icelandic market.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

both hosting and for dns, they're private right? 1984.is excuse me also can you also explain what Islandic market is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Sorry, misspelling based on non-English name of the country.

They make a strong commitment about privacy on their website, but Iceland isn't part of the EU, so GDPR doesn't apply. In how far the Icelandic privacy laws are good I can't say, but in general the government there is quite progressive and likely does care about privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

well I love bjork, so why not. if they don't ask my personal info It's all cool.