I know, we spend all day killing spam like this, but I have an honest question.
I'm looking for an inexpensive shared hosting account; it will host a small not-for-profit organization's web site and possibly one or two other domains. Probably WordPress. A dozen or so e-mail accounts. We're in the US.
Of the major players, the only "killer deal" at present is 1and1's -- they have a "free year" (with a 2nd year commitment) on their "1&1 Dual Advanced" middle tier. It comes to about $83 for 2 years of service.
Another provider in consideration, HostGator, would come to about $161 for 2 years (after 25% coupons). DreamHost and others would be in the same range.
I'm learning a bit about the hosting marketplace. For example, apparently a conglomerate called Endurance International owns about 30 different seemingly independent hosts such as FatCow and Dot5 and iPages. I was checking on FatCow and found they only support 250 MB e-mail boxes.
I know 1and1 isn't the best (I've had issues with their obscure e-mail login requirements in the past, but I think that's been fixed) but I suspect it's good enough. And "half" is a pretty compelling deal.
Naturally being able to run an UltraVNC repeater would be great, but I don't expect that's going to be happening with these lower tier providers... Still, the more flexibility (and stability and speed) the better.
So, any advice?
Thanks in advance...