Suggest a good (canadian) webhost

[fischkopp]

I am thinking of starting a private website and don't mind to pay a couple of bucks every month for good service. Things I will need is good availability/reliability, email, own domain, maybe databases. I don't really know what else I would need at this point, but I guess the more there is included for little $$$ the better.

I know there are some folks on this board that do have experience with this. Any help is appreciated.

[JetJumper]

I use Netfirms.ca for mine.  Price was right as I got 2 Domains / Hosting for $120/year.  Find the right coupons and you can get it even cheaper   I wouldn't use them for rHigh Volume sites unless you upgrade to dedicated services, but so far I am happy with them over all.

[fischkopp]

Thanks, they do have an interesting offer with 2.49/month:
http://www2.netfirms.com/netfirms/special-offer.bml?page=canada-offer&LinkName=No_Name

Kinda strange though that I can't seem to find the regular rates in CAD from them.

[JetJumper]

Thanks, they do have an interesting offer with 2.49/month:
http://www2.netfirms.com/netfirms/special-offer.bml?page=canada-offer&LinkName=No_Name

Kinda strange though that I can't seem to find the regular rates in CAD from them.

They were based in Toronto when I went with them, don't know if thats still the case however my bills from them are always in US funds.

[Nyx]

I use http://myhosting.com/. They are Canadian owned and operated. I've experienced very, very little downtime with them. They have a $4.95 US per month service that includes free domain name, unlimited space and bandwidth, 3 MySQL databases, etc. I've had my site with them for about 15 months and haven't had any problems at all.

[Greatwhite]

I used Coolcom.com...  They're in Brandon, Manitoba.  I switched to them after Network Solutions (American provider) failed for OVER A MONTH to update their DNS to fix a horrendous mail delay.  The DNS error was caused by them, as I didn't have the ability to change the priority of MX records (same priority = confused mail delivery, it seems).

As soon as I switched to Coolcom.com, everything flowed beautifully.  They're very helpful and had me up and running in no time.

Free domain, $5.95 /month for web hosting... I really haven't scratched the surface of the features I get from them.  (in other words, I haven't had time to build a website there)

[garnpet]

I'm using dotcanada.com, no problems with them for the past several years.  A change in ownership 4-5 years ago was a bit of a disaster, but they seemed to have learned their lesson.  Hardly any downtime, lots of email addresses, bandwidth, etc. 

[fischkopp]

Thanks everyone for their comments so far.
Maybe you can also share if you had some bad experiences with any web hosting company.