python-friendly web hosts: buyer beware

[Graham Dumpleton]

Rob Andrews <rob[nospam]@uselesspython.com> wrote in message news:<Xns921761E866B7Drobuselesspythoncom at 24.28.95.158>...
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> (http://valueweb.net/products/enterprise_hosting.html proudly advertises 
> Python as an "Advanced Feature" of their $299.00/month Enterprise Hosting 
> package.)

For that amount of money, you would be much better going to iServer (now
part of viaVerio). From about a third of that price you get your own
virtual host to which you can telnet/ssh and get full UNIX shell access
to do what you want. This includes being able to set up your own email
accounts, manage your own HTTP server configuration as well as being able
to install a whole host of different prebuilt packages as required, including
Python and Zope. They have a range of different configurations of the
Virtual Private Server type based on BSD UNIX, each giving different amounts
of disk space from 250MB up to 1.2GB. There is also no additional bandwidth
charges, just the fixed monthly fee. For details, check out:

  http://www.iserver.com

BTW, I am a happy customer, no more.