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Posted by Bodla, 05-20-2012, 03:29 PM
Hi, I have been in hosting business since last couple of years. I was working with some firm and now I am going to open up my own business. I am looking for hosts with such features. Location: Netherlands (location may vary depending on other features) Space: Virtually Unlimited (I want to Show my customers an infinity sign in their cpanels.) Uptime: 100% up Protection: DDoS Protection / Firewall Repute: Company offering must have some good reviews and atleast 2 years of service/ I will prefer servers with litespeed, cloudlinux, cloudflare type addons. I can pay using paypal and alertpay. << snipped >> Last edited by net; 05-20-2012 at 06:53 PM.
Posted by server-guy, 05-20-2012, 04:12 PM
Hello and welcome to WHT, I am not sure how you will find a real unlimited reseller since there is no Unlimited HD. However you can set packages to unlimited from WHM. Most hosting companies that offer reseller packages are well protected using firewall and other measures to make sure there server and clients are fully protected. You can check the offer sections for great deals as well.
Posted by Bodla, 05-20-2012, 04:19 PM
I mentioned virtually unlimited. Actually I have some bad experiences in past so, i want a dedicated firewalled host.
Posted by ParagonHost, 05-20-2012, 04:23 PM
If you are concerned about security, you may want to check out FireHost.com / they give you a cloud solution along with a Hardware Based Firewall. Cheers, Dave
Posted by ~Lee~, 05-20-2012, 05:49 PM
You can search the forums for providers in this area. Many will allow overselling, that is what you need to look for when ordering, this allows you to set unlimited plans. Not even prayer will help you with that expectation. Hosts can only base their uptime at best on past performance, will they suffer a hardware failure tomorrow? Who knows. Again, search and ask hosts these questions. << snipped >> Last edited by net; 05-20-2012 at 06:54 PM.
Posted by Collabora, 05-20-2012, 07:09 PM
You don't need an unlimited hd to offer an unlimited plan. You just need to forgo the traditional limit known as the web space quota. (I wouldn't recommend this to a reseller, however). The word unlimited refers to the quota not the hardware. This how many hosts offer unlimited email + unlimited databases + unlimited sites: these would also need unlimited HD according to your logic. It's because unlimited refers to the quota only that it is possible. You yourself offer all of those plus unlimited bandwidth. You will need to either change your plans or change your post. Last edited by Collabora; 05-20-2012 at 07:16 PM.
Posted by RRWH, 05-20-2012, 11:11 PM
So, once you get your 2nd client and also offer them "unlimited" are you not simply now only offering this 2nd client and the 1st client 1/2 each of unlimited?
Posted by JixHost, 05-20-2012, 11:19 PM
I'm assuming your budget is a few hundred dollars a month? If not, you may end up disappointed.
Posted by netmultiple, 05-20-2012, 11:56 PM
Have you try to see reseller offers section?
Posted by SSD-Greg, 05-21-2012, 01:04 AM
A lot of people including myself will tell you there is no such thing as unlimited and that it's a marketing schem. What's your budget for this? You may want to check out WHT offers forum as many company's post some great offers there. Also about 99.9% uptime it is possible but not many providers are able to keep their server online 24/7 and often get downtime due to upgrading or maintanice on the server.
Posted by Collabora, 05-21-2012, 01:43 AM
All hosting plans are marketing schemes. See post #6 for the true meaning of unlimited hosting plan
Posted by Peter_connetu, 05-22-2012, 07:01 AM
A provider who wants to offer dos protection and unlimited bla bla..? I think this combination says a lot
Posted by locke815, 05-22-2012, 07:56 AM
I think the virtually unlimited space is near impossible to find. And also what is your budget? I suggest you to look at reseller hosting offers section. You may find some reliable ones there.
Posted by Collabora, 05-22-2012, 09:58 AM
Statements like these are repeated like a religious mantra as they have already been rendered false by posts like #6 above.
Posted by kpmedia, 05-23-2012, 09:31 AM
You can offer "unlimited", but you'll still be limited by whatever your host has allocated. Plus cPanel won't necessarily allow "unlimited" for resellers, while Plesk will. "All hosting plans are marketing schemes" = hogwash. Not everybody wants to be a liar.
Posted by Collabora, 05-23-2012, 11:19 AM
You don't have to be a liar to do marketing. A hosting plan is nothing more than "signage" designed to extract the most amount of money possible from customer promising services they probably won't use. That is the whole motivation behind the multi-tiered quota based hosting plan. Its all about "perceived needs".... And there is nothing wrong with that either. The only lie is the one that states that one plan is holier than another. I pitty the fool that perceives a hosting plan as some sort of religious text handed down from the self-appointed Gods of Hosting.
Posted by kpmedia, 05-23-2012, 01:12 PM
A hosting plan outlines what you're buying. ---- It's no different from a 22oz box of cereal. It's supposed to have 22 ounces in it. That's the "plan". If you put "22oz" on the label, but only have 18oz inside, you're a criminal. Sadly, the FTC hasn't taken the hosting industry to task yet, but it will happen one day. Just wait and see.
Posted by Collabora, 05-23-2012, 01:19 PM
Including the pictures. Yet the government forces them to list "nutritional information." If you are correct in your intepretation of marketing, and the cereal box accurately portrays exactly what food is being sold, then such a list would not be necessary. Either that you are advocating a similar government regulation for hosting. You can't have your Fruit Loops and eat them too. Last edited by Collabora; 05-23-2012 at 01:25 PM.
Posted by kpmedia, 05-23-2012, 03:15 PM
What precisely would a photo of calories look like? You cannot photograph the nutritional information. That's silly!

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