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Hosting Companies: Are You Happy With Yours?
DavidJackson
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We all would like to find the perfect hosting company. Unfortunately, it doesn`t exist. Like it or not, no hosting company is perfect. They all have warts. It`s just that some have more warts than others.
In that regard, tell us who your hosting company is and if you`re happy with it.
I`ll go first. My hosting company is Midphase. I`ve used them on several of my sites, and for the most part I`m satisfied with their service.
Okay, your turn.
David Jackson
DavidJackson4/1/2009 10:40 AM
In that regard, tell us who your hosting company is and if you`re happy with it.
I`ll go first. My hosting company is Midphase. I`ve used them on several of my sites, and for the most part I`m satisfied with their service.
Okay, your turn.
David Jackson
DavidJackson4/1/2009 10:40 AM
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I have a special list of top hosting companies that I`ve compiled based primarily on customer reviews. And as popular as GoDaddy is, it doesn`t make the cut. I`ll be releasing the list this summer, when I launch my new forum.
David Jackson
DavidJackson4/1/2009 2:02 PM
I use www.totalchoicehosting.com They have been a great company to me. I have used them for over 8years now and would have to say they have over a 99% uptime. That uptime figure, while it may sound impressive really isn`t. All hosting companies make that exact same claim. I`m not saying that TotalChoice isn`t a good hosting company. All I`m saying is 99% uptime claim isn`t all that impressive. Thanks for letting us know about TotalChoice! David JacksonDavidJackson4/1/2009 3:21 PM
Exactly right. If it ain`t broke...
David Jackson
I`m a reseller of hosting... I host a number of sites from static to ecommerce sites
Full cPanel with fantastico... that has a long list of free programs.
~Roland
Yep, that`s pretty standard.
David Jackson
You could do a lot worse than Yahoo.
David Jackson
But here is an article on "top 25 web hosts" that may be interesting.
That uptime figure, while it may sound impressive really isn`t. All hosting companies make that exact same claim. I`m not saying that TotalChoice isn`t a good hosting company. All I`m saying is 99% uptime claim isn`t all that impressive.
David is right. If you think about it, with 365 days in a year, 99% uptime means that the service is down 3.65 days per year! Not impressive at all. Downright unreliable in my book.
I have been heavily involved in the past in telecommunications / datacommunications as an engineer and the telephone companies have what they call "five nines" reliability - that`s 99.999% reliable, which means your phone is out on average about 52 minutes per year!
I consider a web hosting service with "three nines" - or 99.9% reliability - to be good. That means down about 1/3 of a day per year or 8 hours.
Gary
I consider a web hosting service with "three nines" - or 99.9% reliability - to be good. That means down about 1/3 of a day per year or 8 hours.
I agree, Gary. Unfortunately, very few hosting companies reach that lofty standard.
David Jackson
While I am very, very wary of Top 25 lists, I greedily read testimonials and reviews. That is how I found Arvixe.com, with which I have been very, very pleased. I have worked with them through a set of problems caused by some 3rd party tools I have used for a few sites and, rather than push me back to the developers, they`ve offered thoughtful customer support. I cannot sing their praises enough.
Furthermore, since GoDaddy has a NoDaddy.com site of displeased customers, I was happy to go with a different company that had so much praise from its customers. Simply put, cheap is not enough.
I recently shared the following list with a client. Happy to pass this along here :
Cyberland-USAwww.cyberland-usa.com
20845 Okemos Dr.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone #: 231-803-4215
Note: Business office hours are Mon-Fri.
from 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST
$41 annually for hosting 2 domains
$57 annually for hosting 5 domains
92% positive rating in 34 reviews
Paypal and all major credit cards accepted
Arvixe, LLChttp://www.arvixe.com/
PO Box 14738
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-4738
Live Chat, phone and email support
Personal Class incl. 6 hosted domains for $60 Annually
1 Domain name renewed annually for free
97% positive rating in 377 reviews
Paypal and all major credit cards accepted
AccuWebHostingwww.accuwebhosting.com
48 Bi-State Plaza #185
Old Tappan, NJ 07675
Live chat, phone
1-877-SOS-HOST (877-767-4678) (9:30 A.M to 5:00 P.M) (Monday-Friday)Time Zone: MST
$80 annually for 5 domains hosted
Free domain renewal in the first year for 1 of the 5 domains
98% in 300+ reviews
Paypal and all major credit cards accepted
Web Hosting Buzzhttp://www.webhostingbuzz.com
WHB NETWORKS LLC.
501 Silverside Rd, Suite 105
Wilmington, DE 19809
$83.40 annually for Buzz Lite, incl. a free domain
+1.302.407.0927 and +1.302.407.0937
92% of 1300+ reviews