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If you don’t care what address your web pages are at, there are a number of free web page providers such as Geocities, Yahoo, MSN and 50Megs, to name but a few. Search for more at Yahoo

If you want your web pages to be located at www.yourdomain.com, you’ll need a virtual hosting account. These tend to be more expensive, and the cost depends on the size of your site and the amount of traffic it produces. The following table lists sample rates of basic virtual hosting costs from a number of providers. They all have a selection of services with various options and limits.

Some options that might be worth paying extra for are FTP access, Telnet access, cgi scripts, Frontpage Server extensions, and if you’re thinking of starting an e-commerce site, you’ll more than likely need SSL Secure Server and SQL Database Server.