Shared web hosting or Dedicated?

[Chris Gray]

I run four sites (soon one more) and I'm paying around $50 a year to host each of them. I notice that the speeds aren't crash hot, but neither is the price I'm paying for them. The speed isn't an issue but for one site, though the new site I'm starting will need decent speeds to keep up. Storage on both services is plenty, so speed is my only concern.

Is dedicated hosting (ie, one box that hosts all my sites) worth the $180 p/m cost, or are there cheaper alternatives for comparable speeds? I don't want to commit to something that expensive without knowing if I'm going overboard. Alternatives (or recommended dedicated hosts) welcome :)

[Andrew P]

$50/ a year is a pretty good price, but if you are looking for better speeds you might want to try looking around at other hosts. I doubt that you need a dedicated server for only 4 sites unless you are getting a overwhelming amount of traffic. You could consider looking into VPS (Virtual Private Server) and see if that might be a better option for your situation.

You can email me at sales@erupt.com if you have more questions.