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| me to try Christian Web Hosting. How exactly are | | | | comes with a terrible price, and in our view is not |
| we defining this? In a nutshell it simply refers a | | | | worth it. |
| Christian owned web hosting provider. Sounds | | | | Additionally, important features like bandwidth and |
| good right? Well actually my experience as a | | | | storage space are severely limited because they |
| webmaster reveals that for the most part, using | | | | simply don't have large servers as those web |
| a one negatively effected the quality of my | | | | hosting companies servicing 100,000s of |
| website as well my pocketbook. Ouch! | | | | webmasters. If you do want extra features, |
| In our humble view you are better off going with | | | | there will be additional costs that the Christian |
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| service. Why? Let's get into a few of the top | | | | Hosting firm is a reseller which means if |
| reasons why this may not be such a good idea | | | | something goes wrong with your Christian site, |
| for your ministry. | | | | they are serving only as a "middleman" between |
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| - These Services Have Higher Prices Than the | | | | often translates into a longer waiting period to get |
| Most Popular Web Hosting Companies | | | | your site up and running smoothly again. |
| - The Vast Majority of Have Hidden Costs or | | | | Overall, the question begs itself. Why deal with a |
| Offer Sub-Par Features compared to the Major | | | | second rate company if you can can get better |
| Web Hosting Providers | | | | and cheaper web hosting else where, with better |
| - Generally Christian Web Hosting Has Poor Tech | | | | features, a better uptime ratio and a larger |
| Support | | | | variety of templates? |
| - The Top Cheap Web Hosting Providers Have | | | | I know some Christians may still wish to use a |
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| However, most of the problems with this kind of | | | | |
| hosting stems from the fact that: | | | | 1. Speak to the head of the company regarding |
| | | | their Christian faith and how their business vision |
| 1. They are simply too small to adequately service | | | | fits in with God's plan for their lives |
| their clients | | | | 2. Research whether or not they actually owns |
| 2. They by and large use reseller hosting. In other | | | | their own servers. When you do this, make sure |
| words they purchase servers from other large | | | | you also find the physical location of the Christian |
| secular web hosts and slap their own name on | | | | Web Hosting servers. |
| them. | | | | 3. Carefully read the Terms of Service (TOS) of |
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| Web Hosting services have to charge more than | | | | you will not have to incur any additional hidden |
| the original web hosting company would. Some | | | | fees for simple features that should come free. |