State of the Shelanman

For about two months now, I've been on DreamHost... and so far everything's just Dreamy (they like that word). I get 7680MB of disk space, 192GB/Month of bandwidth, more e-mail addresses and mailboxes than I could ever hope to use, and all the usual perks.

Plus, they have a bunch of software installed already, and a handfull of "one-click installs" in their management console. Oh, and they have MailMan installed already, so you can run discussion lists... which is a nice random bonus

I pay $15.95 per month (because I pre-paid 2 years) for all this... Oh, and my disk space allowance grows by 60MB every week, and my monthly bandwidth limit grows by at lest 1GB/week (and it's already so high that I could never hope to use even 5% of it).

So far I've contacted their support team probably 5 or 6 times, and all but one of the times I got a very quick response -- sometimes in less than a half hour. Remarkably, I got (meaningful) responses within an hour or two even when I contacted them on a Sunday afternoon!

Anyway, I wanted to keep you all informed of my server move (which has gone rather well), and get in an ad for DreamHost too! You see, they've got this deal... They'll give me $97 of free hosting (or they'll pay-pal me about $90) every time I sign someone up! Well... I've now got a cool way to entice you all to sign up... I can give you a discount

You go to DreamHost, pick your plan, and enter promo code "SHELANMAN40" You'll get $40.00 off your first payment, no matter which plan you pick or how much you pre-pay (which comes out of my $97 -- so I'll "only" get $57 worth of hosting, assuming you stick around for at least 3 months).

Fine Print: This discount is subject to whatever terms DreamHost sets up on their site. This offer is valid beginning today, August 7th, 2005, and can be rescinded at any time for any reason, including "because I said so." You agree that I don't have to tell you if I change the discount deal, or stop the discount program, or if DreamHost increases my compensation from the current amount. While I've loved DreamHost so far, I don't promise that you will too -- though they do, and will give you your money back if you cancel within 97 days (and I'd call a few days early if you really don't like it and want out).

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Well, actually, it's not just an ad. I also told you about the server move that I did... so there's some content here, just not much...

— The Shelanman