Painless GCI info please (esp. hosting)

[Richard Gaskin]

Thomas McCarthy wrote:
 > I'd like to put some of my work (for teachers-mostly text
 > manipulation stuff) onto the web for easy access. My current
 > provider doesn't allow much in the way of CGI access.
 > My question:
 > Is there a provider you'd recommend for Rev CGI hosting. My
 > primary concerns are cost and ease in that order. Since I
 > don't plan to make any money from my effort, I'd rather not
 > pay monthly to make it available.

Hosting services that let you run custom C-based CGIs and don't charge 
are hard to find.

If a decent monthy rate becomes acceptable, I can't say enough good 
things about TierraNet:  <http://www.tierra.net>

I was turned on to them by one of my clients, and I've been very happy: 
their fees are in line with market averages, their infrastructure is 
solid (redundant T3, on-site generator, nightly backup, etc.), and their 
service is among the best I've encountered after six years of reselling 
hosting.

TierraNet maintains a server farm pre-configured with the BSD libraries 
needed for the Rev engine -- if you sign up with them ask to be a server 
farm 2 to run MetaCard (I've been with them a while, so they only know 
the engine by its older name <g>).

I have half a dozen domains running Rev CGIs on TierraNet servers, with 
more in development.  FWIW, their FTP servers give me a really fast 
handshake -- that's a small detail, but when you log in as often as I do 
to upload scripts it makes a good difference in one's workflow. When I 
was hosted with Earthlink and XO the handshake would take several 
seconds, but with TierraNet it's rarely more than a second (then again, 
we're both in California so there are few hops to make).

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Media Corporation
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