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| Does
Everyone Need Hosting or Can I Host My Own Site? |
Although
it is possible for people to host their own website
with the proper equipment, it is recommended that
you have a professional hosting company provide
you with reliable and secure hosting services.
Expiry Corporation is dedicated to providing you
with reliable, secure, fast website hosting.
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| What
is Hosting? |
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After
a website is built, you will need a place to store
the pages for quick response to viewers when
they access your site. When you are surfing the
Internet you are being taken (behind the scenes)
to the various servers (computers) that are hosting
the pages you are visiting. The ability to load
a page and have that page load quickly depends
in part on the services of the hosting company
(and the speed of the web surfer's computer and
Internet connection).
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| How
do I Check my Web Site Statistics? |
Automated
nightly website traffic statistics are available
with our Professional Hosting Package, or as an
add-on to any of our other packages. After activating
your account with us, we will email you detailed
information on where and how to access this information.
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| Do
Your Hosting Facilities Support Websites built with
Macintosh Programs? |
Yes!
Our hosting facility utilizes the latest in server
hardware and software, offering full functionality
using a wide variety of File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) utilities. Most web authoring programs use
FTP as a method of transferring data to and from
our network, except for Microsoft FrontPage that
has a proprietary method that are servers also support.
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| What
is Co-Location? |
Co-location
is a service whereby you provide and maintain the
server equipment to be located in our facility.
We provide the rack space, UPS System, Security,
and Temperature Control and a dedicated high-speed
link to our Super Fast OC12 Optical Backbone Connection.
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| What
is DNS and how does it work? |
DNS
stands for Domain Name System and it is the system
that the Internet uses to find the information
that you want. Domain names are registered with
a central organization in each country and each
domain name is associated with two servers, a
primary and a backup. In the United States the
registry is called InterNIC, and in Canada it
is CdnNET.
When
someone enters a Domain Name into a Web browser,
their Internet Service Provider's DNS computer
looks to its cache for an IP address associated
with that domain name. If the ISP does not have
an entry cached in its memory, it sends a lookup
query to InterNIC's or CdnNET's root servers which
returns the DNS location associated with the domain
name to back to the ISP. Once the ISP's computer
finds the IP number it can access the web site.
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| What
is an IP Address? |
The
Internet Protocol address or IP Address is a numerical
identifier for a computer (server) attached to
the internet. An IP Address is four numbers separated
with periods.
IP
addresses are like street addresses - they refer
to specific servers and their physical location
on the network. Domain names are like the names
on the mailboxes, they are associated with people
and with content.
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| Do
I need to have a server to register a domain name? |
Yes.
As part of the application process, InterNIC and/or
CdnNET requires two domain servers to link to
the domain name. By utilizing our free service
to register your domain, we will look after the
server information for you.
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| Will
I be able to access my site with or without the
www? |
Of
course! Your web site can be accessed either by
entering www.your-domain.com or simply your-domain.com.
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| Are
Dial-up Accounts Available? |
Absolutely
not. Our company is determined to provide the best
possible hosting solution to our customers, and
we feel that by offering dial-up accounts that we
not only degrade the service to our customers, we
also place a higher strain on our servers. You will
need to have your own account through a local ISP
in order to maintain your web site. Dial-up ISP's
crowd their bandwidth (data transfer) by providing
service to their local customers. We have devoted
our bandwidth to our customers, providing the fastest
Internet speed to serving your web pages to the
viewers.
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