# Canadian Rails Hosting?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 8, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564 "2007-11-08T00:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/george_b)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564/1 "2007-11-08T00:16:40Z")

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Does anyone have any experiences with a Canadian-based hosting service?

From looking at BlueFur’s feature list it seemed like a good choice,  
but before signing up I did some searching and found some recent bad  
reviews.  
Others that are supposed rails hosts barely even mention it.

Any opinions?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/george_b)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564/2 "2007-11-08T00:31:13Z")

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Is there any reason that you have a preference for a Canadian host?

I have a site on Site5 and it works well. It is a low traffic site, so  
I have never had issues with low bandwidth, but for price and ease of  
setup I would recommend it.

Hope that helps.

BTW you might as well take advantage of the high Canadian dollar by  
buying from the states. Most prices haven’t been lowered up here in  
relation to the high dollar value.

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**Author:** ![george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/george_b)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564/3 "2007-11-08T01:57:11Z")

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On Nov 7, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Chris O. wrote:

> Is there any reason that you have a preference for a Canadian host?

It’s not up to me. The company I’m doing the work for specifically  
wants Canada.

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**Author:** ![george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/george_b)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564/4 "2007-11-09T00:13:06Z")

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On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:01 PM, sness wrote:

> t’s not specifically Ruby on Rails host, but I have a dedicated  
> server with iWeb.ca that I’m running all my Rails websites off of, and  
> it works great.

Thanks. I’m a one-man show here, and having to care for a dedicated  
server is one more task I don’t have room for. I need something  
simple. I’m going to try BlueFur and see how it goes.

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**Author:** ![george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@george\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/george_b)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/canadian-rails-hosting/119564/5 "2007-11-08T03:02:37Z")

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It’s not specifically Ruby on Rails host, but I have a dedicated  
server with iWeb.ca that I’m running all my Rails websites off of, and  
it works great. Plus, you can pay for it in USD, which makes it even  
cheaper, given the current exchange rates.

I use the smallest dedicated hosting plan, which is plenty for a  
normal Rails site.

yours,  
sness.