[GTALUG] Web hosting questions

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On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 05:39:32 -0500
o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> Greetings
> I bought web hosting and registered 2 domains with a company. The
> domains need to be renewed annually but the hosting is on a three
> year rotation. The renewal is going to be about 2.7 x the original
> hosting contract.
> Is this normal?
> What do you of those that have a personal or small business website
> do - -
> - move before renewal - - - or ?????
> I have managed to setup a webserver here at home. I tried to use one
> of my domains - - - that doesn't work because dns resolves to my host
> and not here. Any suggestions on what and/or how to setup things to
> experiment here before I go live with something?
> (I want to try things like horde's webmail groupware (Have it
> installed locally already) and other tools in the running of the
> business.)
> 
webserver at home sounds fine... I can help you with your dns if you like (free of course :) ) 

domains - depends on the domain, like .com is about us$9 or us$9.5 per year) 

mail me off list if you like and i will help you :)

Andre