Free Web Hosting is it too good to be true?

[DogEater008 0]

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

i just found that link from another site. And it seem too good to be true. 30gb of bandwidth and 3gb of space. It is free.. and i believe.. no ads are require...

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

that is the link too their plans

I read their terms and conditions.. it mentioned about paying and billing. I'm not sure if it's a scam or not. Has anyone of you guys tried this before?

I'm registering to see if it works.


Features Common to all accounts:
Fantastico
Cron Jobs
Frontpage Extensions
SSL
Custom Error Pages
Control Panel

Kind of like Xisto. =P

[research2012 0]

It looks pretty good. I am very comfortable here though, I don't mean to be close minded. I have bookmarked it but its late here. I will check them out later.

[Saint_Michael 3]

funny I'm getting a dead link to this site you sured you put in the right url? plus I couldn't leave trap its like my 2nd 3rd and 4th home.

[Compute 0]

Its not just how much Bandwidth and space they give you, you should also look at the service. I in no way have plans of leaving.Look at there contact page... They have yahoo email addresses in there, I think that?s kind of unprofessional but that?s just me

[Spectre 0]

Also look at Xisto's record. It has been around for over a year and a half, with very few problems (certainly none that are uncommon amongst long-standing hosting providers). Whilst CDNHost may offer what seem like fantastic packages, they have only been around for a very short time. Although I could turn out to be wrong, I think they are going to realize what it takes to keep a quality free host running, and most likely shutdown without warning. A quick glance shows no ads on their site, and they presumedly don't put ads on peoples accounts - the chances of them continuing to put up funding for a service which is going to cost them a great deal of money if they give away such packages for free isn't all that likely.

Apart from the use of Yahoo!/Hotmail email addresses (which I agree as being unprofessional), take a look at the quick profile the owner has placed there:

Andy Shen - Founder- Age 16
- Canada
- Programmer / Designer

Now, I mean no offense to anyone of or under that age - I'm only 18 myself - but young people tend to have unrealistic views on things, and not foresee problems that someone with a little more experience might. Such as money, for example. Most 16 year olds are in school, and if they aren't, then they almost definately don't have a high-paying job. Unless they are severly overselling (which is entirely possible - even likely), providng such resources is going to cost whoever is paying for it a great deal. Granted, it could be the kids parents or friends pooling money to help him run it, but I have high doubts as to how long it is going to last. It also seems as though the kid is trying to bignote himself, which is fine, but shows lack of maturity and reveals him as just being a typical 16 year old.

I don't want to put anyone off CDNHost and their free service, but I would be cautious of free web hosts offering packages that do seem too good to be true - because they usually are. Personally, I would much rather have 250MB that was available at all times than 3GB which disappeared after a couple of months.