.ca domain hosting?

October 26, 2005 10:06 AM

Recommendations for Canadian domain registration and hosting?

I'm going to register a .ca domain or two for personal use (small home page, email forwarding and some assorted images that I can hot link). Of course I'd like to do this on the cheap. I'm considering Register4Less as they have yearly .ca registration plus limited hosting for $25. Anyone use these guys? Anyone else I should check out?

posted by Mitheral to computers & internet (9 comments total)

I've used domainsatcost.ca for a few years, but only for domain registation, and not for hosting. I've registered about 10 domains in total, and have never had a problem.

I haven't used them for hosting, however.
posted by sauril at 10:19 AM on October 26, 2005

I have used Black Sun for a couple of years and am very happy with their service.
posted by mikel at 11:20 AM on October 26, 2005

I've never heard of that host. I host at Dreamhost and I buy .ca domains thru netfirms.ca ($10/year).
posted by dobbs at 11:24 AM on October 26, 2005

I've heard nothing but good things of Black Sun, as for domains, I've used Domainsatcost.ca for a few years now and have been very satisfied with price and service.
posted by furtive at 11:51 AM on October 26, 2005

EasyDNS and nothing but! Really, they have never done me wrong *at all*, and their telephone support, if you need it, is great. You can also pay by cheque, which not a lot of other companies permit.
posted by joeclark at 12:02 PM on October 26, 2005

Be careful! CIRA can yank your site if they want to - even if your registrant and site are in Canada - just because its content isn't "Canadian enough" - and then they don't care when it's re-registered by a linkfarm. Sorry for the self-link, but that really chaps my hide. Internic.ca wasn't helpful in the least, and didn't even stand up for us, even though one of our founding members - the registrant - was a Canadian citizen.
posted by luriete at 2:15 PM on October 26, 2005

Well, I want a site that reflects my nationality so I guess I'll have to risk it. Besides which this isn't any different than any of the many abuses inflicted by ICANN.
posted by Mitheral at 2:58 PM on October 26, 2005

luriete, that's just sick.

If you have recommendations on who I can write to protest (parts) of what CIRA did, please post.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:29 PM on October 26, 2005

My domain has been registered. I went with Dreamhost (basic plan for two years which includes way more transfer than I'll ever use) after I found one of numerous $97 discounts on the web. Registration with domainsatcost.ca which is $2 more a year than netfirms.ca however they offer cloaking for free.

five fresh fish writes "If you have recommendations on who I can write to protest (parts) of what CIRA did,"

You might want to become a member of the CIRA. That'll allow you to attend meetings, vote, etc.

Or here is their contact information:

Mailing Address
CIRA
350 Sparks Street, Suite 1110
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7S8

General Inquiry and Customer Service:
Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 20:00 (Eastern)
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Administration: [phone]
Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 16:30 (Eastern)
posted by Mitheral at 7:42 PM on October 26, 2005