Do I need to pay for web hosting?

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Do I need to pay for web hosting?

Greetings:

This question shows how little I know ...

Prior to iWeb '08 I registered my domain with my ISP and paid them monthly for web hosting -- just posting a simple page to direct to my pages built with mac (initially homepage). Now that I post iWeb pages directly to my domain, and I'm just asking them to point the cname record to web.mac.com, do I need to keep paying for the web hosting?

Many thanks,

Mark

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jan 1, 2008 8:20 AM

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Answer 1

Wyodor

Level 6

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Jan 1, 2008 8:30 AM in response to Mark S. Garland

Ask them.

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Answer 2

Apnewbie

Level 4

3,825 points

Jan 1, 2008 8:34 AM in response to Mark S. Garland

No.

Your site is on a separate server, your iDisk. If you are paying them for server space, (hosting), you are wasting your money. You'll be paying for two hosting services. If they don't like the idea then transfer your Domain name to a registrar that will cooperate with you.

-Mark

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 1, 2008 8:33 AM in response to Mark S. Garland

Now that I post iWeb pages directly to my domain, and I'm just asking them to point the cname record to web.mac.com, do I need to keep paying for the web hosting?

Your ISP is the only one who can tell you the answer to that. You may well have to keep paying them something for holding your name and pointing your www cname to web.mac.com.

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