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Catalog.com |
DirectNIC |
Catalog.com with SiteBuilder |
Namezero |
Stargate |
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Cost per month (average of all costs)
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$2.91
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$3.33
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$7.08
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$7.45
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$7.69
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Breakdown of costs
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$35 domain and hosting
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$15 domain Web site; $15 to remove ad banners; $10 e-mail; annual renewal
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$35 domain; $50 SiteBuilder; annual renewal
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$29.95 per domain; $4.95 Web hosting
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$8.85 domain; $6.95 per month hosting
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E-mail options
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1 POP3 box; 1 forwarding address; 1 autoresponder
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1 POP3 box (15MB space; 2MB attachment limit); 1 forwarding address
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1 POP3 box; 1 forwarding address
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1 Web/POP3 address; 10MB capacity; unlimited forwarding addresses
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20 POP3/Web boxes; size not limited
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Web server space
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20MB
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20MB
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20MB
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15MB
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20MB
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Data-transfer limits
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500MB per month
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2GB per year (averaging 167MB per month; Additional at $6 per GB)
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500MB per month
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None
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1GB per month
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Server type
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Apache 1.3.12
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Tigershark 1.0.13
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Apache 1.3.12
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Apache 1.3.19
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Microsoft IIS/5.0
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Graphical site-building software
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$50 per year extra
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No
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$50 per year extra
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Trellix
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No
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Traffic stats
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Graphical, text-based, and raw logs
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Limited (daily stats with raw and unique hits only)
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Graphical, text-based, and raw logs
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No
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No
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Upload options
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FTP, Web-based, FrontPage
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FTP
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FTP, Web-based file manager, FrontPage
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Web-based file manager, FTP, FrontPage
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FTP, Web-based, FrontPage
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Extensions
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FrontPage 2000, Active Server, JavaScript, VBScript, SSI
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N/A
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FrontPage 2000, Active Server, JavaScript, VBScript, SSI
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FrontPage
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FrontPage 2000, cgi-bin
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NetMechanic performance results (Oct. 2001)
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Good
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Good to fair
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Good
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Very good
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Poor to fair
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Support options
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Toll-free phone (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT)
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E-mail trouble ticket system; toll phone support (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT)
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Toll-free phone
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Toll-free phone (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET); expedited e-mail support
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E-mail; Web chat; toll phone support (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT)
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