ASP.NET Hosting and Bad Hosts
As I keep progressing on development of DevCampus, occasionally I get sidetracked thinking about having to choose a hosting company. Right now a friend of mine has been gracious enough to loan me an IP address and some space on a server of his that's hosted by MaximumASP. However, I think (or I should say I hope) after DevCampus has been around for a while it's going to be chewing through a lot of bandwidth and become a burden to the other sites that might share the box with me. So, as I come across sites with the .aspx extension I check around to see if they mention who their host is.
I'm also wary of going through an experience like this guy did with his host recently where they deleted all of his files and canceled his account. Seriously. Read here. Beware of BlazerNetwork.
So far, the hosts I keep hearing mentioned for ASP.NET hosting are ORCSWeb, SecureWebs, MaximumASP, FullControlNetwork, and DiscountASP.NET. Is there something special about these hosts or is it just coincidence that I see them mentioned on a lot of ASP.NET sites?
I know everybody seems to have different experiences and opinions on web hosts but I thought I'd post this anyway.
Also - does anyone that runs a site with a lot of traffic know how to get a host to give you a server in exchange for advertising for them on your site? I'd be happy to put ads for my host on DevCampus if they gave me a free (or heavily discounted) server.