How do you choose which hosting company to go with???

I guess this post was the result of couple email exchanges between my friends.

How do you choose which hosting company to go with???

1. Figure out what softwares you need & see if the hosting company provides all those (ex:-php,mysql,tomcat,apache,perl etc…)

2. See what amount of space they provide(as you start loading your photos this will become a key factor)

3. How much money does it cost?

4. Make sure you check forums to see if the hosting company has any issues(I strogly suggest this cos’ couple of my coworkers have had issues with billing from the hosting companies)

5.See if the domain name registratin is also part of the sign-up.

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