No, cheap is not necessarily a bad thing (well, not always), but when it comes to a services industry as competitive and with as thin margins as the web hosting industry, customers better watch out. Hosts offering low-cost services tend to offer the world for Rs. 900 per year but, usually fail to deliver even the most basic of services. Surprised? Im not. Let me explain some basics for the benefit of the vast majority who would still be unsure as to what Im rambling about.
A web host is a company (well, most like to think of themselves as such but thats a whole new article) that is in the business of procuring bandwidth (internet connectivity) and servers (glorified computers) with the intent to re-sell the same, in smaller bits, to people who need storage space for their e-mails and websites. This is usually (read always) accomplished by renting out dedicated servers with a decent hard drive and bandwidth quota and then using a hosting automation suite (control panel) to divide the server resources up into smaller chunks called hosting plans. The goal is to price these plans in a way that they remain affordable for the client while helping the host maximize profit from...