Crucial Free Web Hosting Plan Being 'retired' What Alternatives Are There?

davlap on 24/02/2015 - 09:41

I thought these were free for life, so look at the crummy reason for retiring them - old hardware.

Having a look for alternatives, not being lazy, just wondered what the best freebies are that you guys are using.

From crucial:
From 2009, our extremely popular free range of plans helped Australian start-ups, students and small businesses get started on the web.

As part of a vital technology overhaul, the server that powers your Free Hosting services is being retired, and you will need to make arrangements for your website.

All of our free products will be retired on Friday 5:00PM AEST, 30 March 2015. If you would like to keep your service, get in touch to take advantage of FREE migration and a FREE first month on our paid Web Hosting plan.

What is happening?

Your product is being retired - Recent reviews of the hardware powering these free products highlighted that they are heading towards end of life. On Friday 5:00PM AEST, 30 March 2015 the server your products reside on will be retired.
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Comments

  • ESEMCE on 24/02/2015 - 10:05

    Servers Australia have a free hosting plan.. search for it here.

    • davlap on 24/02/2015 - 13:15

      Not seeing anything free here or on their web site - not cheap either.
      They did offer free business hosting (with ABN) in 2012 !

      Please post a link if you know of anything active

      Cheers

      • ESEMCE on 24/02/2015 - 13:49

        Yeah it was the free business hosting..
        Was working not so long ago.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/02/2015 - 07:48

          They did have a page about it last year but some reason it is not there anymore..

  • retiredfeline on 24/02/2015 - 14:19
    +2

    free for life

    It was, but the life of the hardware :)

    I've got one of these free plans but I never put anything important on it. Now I can say goodbye to all those maintenance notifications.

  • dylanando on 24/02/2015 - 18:15

    000webhost?

  • [Deactivated] on 25/02/2015 - 07:49

    What about http://zuver.net.au/web-hosting
    $2/mo with a trusted company

  • davlap on 25/02/2015 - 08:34

    Thanks for the replies.
    I keep meaning to maintain a decent active web site but never get around to it.
    So for now will stick with free.
    I found http://freewebhosts.com.au/ who have a free offering, $1 per year if you have banner ads - or $5 without.

    Cheers

    • ESEMCE on 25/02/2015 - 09:09

      Surprised that your ISP doesn't have some webspace..

      • davlap on 25/02/2015 - 16:42

        I'm with Belong. Cheap for 'Telstra' owned (lots of discussions about this)
        So they cut corners, no email, no web space.

        Time to move on really

        • ESEMCE on 26/02/2015 - 07:45

          Try Exetel for even cheaper, but corners cut elsewhere…
          They have webspace anyway..
          Ridiculously cheap, make sure you stay on the Telstra DSLAM, and don't get moved to an Optus one. Should be able to Churn from Belong.

        • davlap on 26/02/2015 - 09:13

          Last time I checked Belong was not in their churn list
          Also, not sure if we will be here in a year.

          Over a year it works out about $10 a month cheaper with line rental.

  • sydoracle on 25/02/2015 - 20:09

    Depending what you are looking for, you can do a static site using GitHub pages.
    https://pages.github.com/

    If you're not worried about using your own domain name, you can use weebly for free.

  • zfa on 05/03/2015 - 19:46

    Have you considered hosting at Google App Engine? Free for small(ish) sites.

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