Telus Hosting
Now why even bother? … I ask myself. Well, if you live in Canada and you happen to be thinking of getting some sort of a business package with telus that includes some sort of a hosting plan, please, please don’t. For the sake of that web developer you plan to hire please!!! Hahaha … Seriously though, I have had the misfortune of having to work on a website hosted by telus. The verdict? Their hosting sucks from any and every point you look at it. First off, as many people would agree, their customer service is non-existent. Their hosting plan has absolutely no features whatsoever, and the performance on their servers just suck … and I’m being kind here. If you plan on doing anything with mySQL, or even just installing WordPress for example, you’ll have to set everything up manually yourself, including all the database upgrades and maintanence, so if you don’t know much about PHP and mySQL be forewarned. It’s not that difficult, really, but honestly if you can save yourself the trouble, time, and money, why even bother with Telus as a web host.
If you need a good host go with Host Gator. If you want a good Canadian host, go with Host Papa. And if you already have a good host and are just looking for a good domain name registrar, go with Netfirms or GoDaddy, and remember to always shop around, because you never know who is offering the best deal at the moment.
HostPapa is currently offering a really good promotion
$3.95/month – NO COUPON NECCESSARY … this is an awesome deal, wish they had it when I signed up with them a few years back. You might see other Canadian Web Hosting companies offering prices as low as 1.99/month, but make sure you compare the benefits and features, such as bandwith, number of addon domains available, number of email accounts, etc. … which comes much more in play if you’re thinking of setting up more than one blog or site. Because HostPapa allows you to add unlimited number of domains on this single account, if you want to set up another 20 or 30 different blogs, all you need to do is get a whole bunch of domain names from a cheap domain name registrar, like GoDaddy or Netfirms (it doesnt have to be HostPapa), and use HostPapa to just host those sites for free .. again all on this one single account. All you’ll need to do is purchase each additional domain name for 10 bucks/year .. or whatever deal you can find anywhere online. I also know that many of these “cheaper” companies do not have cPanel with Fantastico on their administrative back ends, and that alone is worth the couple of extra bucks simply in terms of the time you’ll save when setting up your site(s) … and you still get your first free domain name for life, which is automatically included with any hosting package you sign up for with HostPapa.
… well enough of that promoting : )
later
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I completely agree with the writer. If I were a technical support rep at telus, I’d have to force myself to not look at the web to see how each and every other hosting company is years… let me rephrase, Telus is stuck in the 90′s with the hosting services. they clearly do not care about being competetive so WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANYONE CHOOSE TELUS?? DO NOT! You’ll regret it. Godaddy or Hostgator are good choices.
THanks for a good article. I was considering going with Telus. But not any more.
I’m a web developer, recently having the misfortune of working with a Telus hosted site. It is by far the worst hosting service I’ve ever dealt with, and currently trying to figure out how to install Wordpress (a should-be simple process) is a pain in the ass.
Like the author said, please for the sake of web developers DO NOT CHOOSE TO HOST WITH TELUS!
Great post. I am working on a web site for a client using this God awful web hosting. I am really scared to try and set up the wordpress install I am supposed to install for them.
Why do people use Telus at all?! Good grief!
I will try to convert them to godaddy.com or something better. The interface for telushosting looks like they made it in 1997 and said, “Awesome it’s all done. Let’s go listen to some REM and watch the new episode of Friends” and left it. Bah!
Thanks. I was looking at a client’s website and thinking WTF? You’ve saved me some time. I’ll jsut get him hosting somewhere else.
Yeah, I can’t believe how hard it is to install wordpress, does anyone know if localhost is how you connect to their database!!!:)
Sorry, but it was a while back when i last set one up on telus, and i’m glad i havent had to do it again. Just look around on line, also on the wordpress site follow their manual install procedure.
good luck
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