I would normally post this in the site section so it doesn't all show up in the RSS feed, but I figured that the content may contain some relevant information for folks who want to have their own webhost some day.

For the last couple of years, I've had this site hosted by Wiredhub. I connected with them because they also hosted the510realm.com, a Datsun 510 message board. The staff at Wiredhub been nice, and they're quick to respond to trouble... but I think I've had a few too many site and e-mail outages, so it was time to look for a better web host.

One of the forums I frequent is hosted by Dreamhost, and they're constantly running promotions to get more people signed up. The latest promotion: $50 off a 1- or 2-year hosting subscription, and for the cheapest level of service, that brings it down to less than $6/year.

I figured I'd do the numbers and see how the two hosts stacked up against each other. I've just listed the differences here between their two cheapest hosting plans.

WiredHub
Webspace: 6 GB
Bandwidth: 100 GB
Price: $6.95

Dreamhost
Webspace: 200 GB + adtl 1 GB every week
Bandwith: 2 TB + adtl 16 GB every week
Price: $5.40 $5.86

So... there's no comparison. And Dreamhost is hosting one of the largest forums on the planet, housing over 60,000 active users, and as the site is always up, I think the reliability issue isn't a concern.

I made the switch yesterday, and have been moving all of my content over slowly. I made the mistake of switching the DNS entries for my site too early, knocking my site offline for most of the day yesterday. As you can see, it's up and running again, and most of the site is functional. If you bump into any errors, please send me a comment and I'll jump right on it.

webhost dreamhost