Overall Rating: 78%
Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 78%
easyCGI has been in business for several years. With a top-of-the-line data center and customer support office, Host Excellence has continuously improved its performance and outlook. While recently re-launcing their web site with more aggressive hosting plans and prices, easyCGI has really started putting the heat on the competition. Their very large and generous selection of hosting plans, coupled with superb customer service and network reliability, have resulted in extremely quick loading websites and high customer satisfaction. During our review, we had very few complaints and many great observations and feel obligated to rank easyCGI great on our blog page.
Price & Cost Effectiveness
If you're looking for great deals on web hosting services, look no further. Being a very customer-oriented business, easyCGI has a large selection of services and payment options. When combined to fit your specific demands, they provide the most bang for your buck. Savings start the moment you sign up. With options to pay in advance, setup fees are waived and free months can be tacked on for no additional charge!
Reliability
During our extensive hosting experience with easyCGI, we have had hardly any server outages. It would be a lie to say they have never been down - everyone of the hosting companies we reviewed have had downtime, on occasion. The question is not IF downtime happens, the question is when it happens - and on that occasion, it is very important to have a hosting company that is capable to quickly resolve any ongoing issues, so your site is back online in no time.
Data Center (toured)
As the title indicates, we have personally visited and "examined" easyCGI's data center. The importance of doing that is obvious. You might have heard of the story that 90% or more of the web hosts are just resellers, and another 9% are just co-locating in some other data center, without direct physical access to the machines. That's not a story, that's plain reality.
This is why we have personally verified that easyCGI's data center facility actually exists by paying them a visit at their facility. You can find the data center's address on their website.
easyCGI currently has two redundant (SONET) fiber-optic connections. They have built their own fiber-optic loop, which means that they do not depend on any telephone companies for the last mile, or the local loop. This automatically gives them a higher reliability than any other "rented loop" hosting company, or co-location facility.
easyCGI has multiple DS3 and OC3 connections to various Tier1 network providers such as MCI, Qwest and ATT. The connections are delivered by Bell South and KDL over two separate fiber-optic loops. At the time we visited their facility, they were busy getting a new OC-3 line (155mbit / s) from ATT for their future expansion.
Customer Service
The support they provide can be rated as excellent, especially their LIVE CHAT feature. What's nice about their support is that you have 24 / 7 support via an online ticketing system as well as real 24 / 7 live chat tech support and sales service. While we only encountered a few small problems, their support staff was quick to provide us with answers and make any necessary adjustments. We commend them for their prompt and reliable support!
Control Panel
easyCGI has developed a unique control panel for their hosting sites. Frankly, their control panel software is one of the best available in the market.
Through testing, the control panel has been very fast and very reliable. It is very user-friendly and easy to operate. Included is an extensive customer guide which can quickly guide even the most reluctant novice.
Victoria Basqe , 02/10/2007
Overall Rating: 78%
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Monday, September 17, 2007
Review about iPower Web - completed on 2007-02-17 - by Rich Hummington
Overall Rating: 65% rated 10th
Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 65%
At first, we were skeptical with iPowerWeb's generous offers at such prices, their responsiveness in terms of customer support and many other things. We first reviewed iPowerWeb's service last year. At that time we stopped evalutating it pretty soon again due to a few advertised features that have not in any way met our expectations. After keeping a close eye on them until now, noticing their tremendous growth not only in size but also in quality we decided that they have advanced considerably, which enabled them to rank as the 4nd best web host.
Price & Cost Effectiveness
In terms of pricing and getting what you paid for they are pretty good compared to many others. Their one price, one package policy makes it easy for people who are new to webhosting. We have yet to check out how easy it is to upgrade and add features to your current account. iPowerWeb got completely reloaded with more space and more features, also including free domain name privacy. You get now $30 credit towards Google AdWords and FREE $50 Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit. iPowerWeb offers domains to their customers at our wholesale price - just $6.50 a year! These prices apply for every extension we offer -- from .com to .us. Every iPowerWeb domain name registration comes with many free bonuses, such as a FREE domain parking page, FREE email forwarding, and FREE WHOIS Privacy for your domain name.
Data Center (toured)
iPowerWeb is colocating their servers with AT&T Global. To date, we have not toured their data center so we cannot say for sure if everything that they promise is actually true. AT&T Global's data centers are protected from intrusion and failure by multi-layered security, full redundancy, diversity, and rapid response recovery measures. Their center has 2N (dual, fully redundant) Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. They ensure no single point of failure throughout the backup power system.iPowerWeb rates best when it comes to connectivity and speed. They recently formalized a partnership with AT&T to be their new upstream provider. Their Data Center is now integrated with the highest performing OC48/OC192 IP backbone available. If you are looking for Speed, this might be the right place for you, however, you should not forget to take the other points into consideration as well.
Customer Service
In terms of customer service our experience with iPowerWeb was not bad, however, not too good either. Their team can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you need immediate assistance, however, it is probably not fast enough to have an email answered after 24 hours. The person on the phone line was friendly, however, not much of a help when we were pretending to experience a technical issue with our hosting account with them. That was probably just a one-time bad experience because when we checked it out another few times, we did get a very good and helpful response even via phone.
Contact Information and Support
Telephone:
Rich Hummington , 02/17/2007
Overall Rating: 65%
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Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 65%
At first, we were skeptical with iPowerWeb's generous offers at such prices, their responsiveness in terms of customer support and many other things. We first reviewed iPowerWeb's service last year. At that time we stopped evalutating it pretty soon again due to a few advertised features that have not in any way met our expectations. After keeping a close eye on them until now, noticing their tremendous growth not only in size but also in quality we decided that they have advanced considerably, which enabled them to rank as the 4nd best web host.
Price & Cost Effectiveness
In terms of pricing and getting what you paid for they are pretty good compared to many others. Their one price, one package policy makes it easy for people who are new to webhosting. We have yet to check out how easy it is to upgrade and add features to your current account. iPowerWeb got completely reloaded with more space and more features, also including free domain name privacy. You get now $30 credit towards Google AdWords and FREE $50 Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit. iPowerWeb offers domains to their customers at our wholesale price - just $6.50 a year! These prices apply for every extension we offer -- from .com to .us. Every iPowerWeb domain name registration comes with many free bonuses, such as a FREE domain parking page, FREE email forwarding, and FREE WHOIS Privacy for your domain name.
Data Center (toured)
iPowerWeb is colocating their servers with AT&T Global. To date, we have not toured their data center so we cannot say for sure if everything that they promise is actually true. AT&T Global's data centers are protected from intrusion and failure by multi-layered security, full redundancy, diversity, and rapid response recovery measures. Their center has 2N (dual, fully redundant) Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. They ensure no single point of failure throughout the backup power system.iPowerWeb rates best when it comes to connectivity and speed. They recently formalized a partnership with AT&T to be their new upstream provider. Their Data Center is now integrated with the highest performing OC48/OC192 IP backbone available. If you are looking for Speed, this might be the right place for you, however, you should not forget to take the other points into consideration as well.
Customer Service
In terms of customer service our experience with iPowerWeb was not bad, however, not too good either. Their team can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you need immediate assistance, however, it is probably not fast enough to have an email answered after 24 hours. The person on the phone line was friendly, however, not much of a help when we were pretending to experience a technical issue with our hosting account with them. That was probably just a one-time bad experience because when we checked it out another few times, we did get a very good and helpful response even via phone.
Contact Information and Support
Telephone:
Support: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a yearhelp Center
Billing: Monday - Friday 7 AM - 7 PM (PST), Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM (PST)
Sales: Monday - Sunday 7 AM - 7 PM (PST)
Main Line: 888-511- HOST (4678)
Outside the U.S. & Canada: 602-716-5398
Postal Mail:
iPowerWeb Inc.,
919 E. Jefferson St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Additional Offices:
2800 28th Street, Suite 205
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Legal Inquiries:
Christopher Gonzalez
General Counsel
111 E. Broadway, #210
Glendale, CA 91207
E-mail:
Sales: sales@ipowerweb.com
Billing: billing@ipowerweb.com
Rich Hummington , 02/17/2007
Overall Rating: 65%
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Review about 1&1 Internet Web Hosting - completed on 2007-02-17 - by William J. Kornik III
Overall Rating: 73% Rated 4th view site
Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 73%
World Number One
At a time like this, when only the strongest companies survive, choosing the right one is imperative. 1&1 is proud to be both the world's biggest web host, and the fastest growing. Their global community is 3.9 million people strong. They are financially stable, profitable, and will be serving and protecting your website for many years to come.
Combining over 30,000 fully-tuned servers with the renowned performance of Juniper and Cisco routers, 1&1 utilizes the best products from the world's leading technology manufacturers and service providers. 1&1 is a Microsoft Joint Development Partner, and works with other paramount companies such as Google, Plesk, Symantec, and HP/Compaq.
No matter what the cause, network downtime hurts your credibility, your sales, and your business. 1&1 uses its experience and expertise in hosting to deliver 99.9 % uptime, so your website is there when you need it.
Price & Cost Effectiveness
All 1&1 products have been designed to provide the ideal combination of features and affordability, with no pricing gimmicks or hidden costs. You simply won't find a better value for your money!
Proven Products, Honest Pricing
From convenient Instant Domain and Instant Website packages to all-inclusive Shared Hosting plans, powerful Dedicated Servers and ready-to-run eShops, 1&1 offers a complete range of web services for every need, every skill level and every budget.
Reliability
At 1&1, even our fail-safes have fail-safes. Backup generators, multiple hard drives, dual routers, cooling systems and gel battery power banks give them real redundancy so their fleet of 30,000 high-end servers will continue to operate regardless of external conditions. In the event the grid is down, five huge 16-cylinder diesel generators supply constant, reliable power for all systems.
Eight high-powered cooling units rated at 5,600 KW and two spiral vortex compressors work alongside bespoke heat exchangers to keep everything cool. Every system is n+1 redundant
They use their own backbone and top carriers like Sprint and Level3 to power your website all over the world. Compare with other web hosts and you'll see why 1&1's speed and reliability make us the clear choice.
Data Center (toured)
They guarantee the highest product quality, top security, and unshakeable reliability. 1&1's advanced Data Centers have been built from the ground up using the most advanced technology available, giving their global network a strength that is beyond doubt. The power and stability of 1&1's systems allows them to be first to market with web products that are innovative yet dependable.
Powered by advanced information storage technology, 1&1's state-of-the-art Data Centers keep your website running and your valuable information safe.
24/7 monitoring by Internet specialists, 150+ permanently recording video cameras, safety locks and more ensure that only authorized personnel can enter 1&1 Data Centers, your data is always safe and secure.
The security airlock ensures that only authorized personnel can enter Data Center IV. Only one person can pass through the airlock at one time.
Their industry-leading 18,000 MBit Connectivity allows for no-nonsense, fast transfers at all times. The result is that more users can access and interact with your website, faster.
When it comes to reliable web hosting, connectivity is everything. At 1&1, you'll have access to over 18,000 MBit of external connectivity. That means faster loading times and higher multi-user capacity for your website.
All 1&1 Data Centers are protected and monitored by automated support systems that permit real-time analysis, review, and maintenance for all clients. All technology used has been n+1 engineered throughout to avoid any single point of failure in connectivity, redundancy or power and is monitored around the clock by specialist network technicians.
Contact Information and Support
Information by Phone
1-877-GO-1AND1 (1-877-461-2631) for information about products, features or prices
Representatives are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm EST, excluding national holidays.
Your questions about products, features or prices to info@1and1.com
1&1's Technical Support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be reached by phone and e-mail.
From your Control Panel
Log in to the 1&1 Control Panel, select your contract and click "Help & Contact" to locate our support team Contact Form as well as the phone number for our toll-free support line.
Online FAQs
Use the in-depth FAQ section on their website to get additional tips. It's a great way to learn how to fine tune your website, enhance your e-mail features and more.
US Headquarters
Website Development
William J. Kornik III , 02/17/2007
Overall Rating: 73%
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Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 73%
World Number One
At a time like this, when only the strongest companies survive, choosing the right one is imperative. 1&1 is proud to be both the world's biggest web host, and the fastest growing. Their global community is 3.9 million people strong. They are financially stable, profitable, and will be serving and protecting your website for many years to come.
Combining over 30,000 fully-tuned servers with the renowned performance of Juniper and Cisco routers, 1&1 utilizes the best products from the world's leading technology manufacturers and service providers. 1&1 is a Microsoft Joint Development Partner, and works with other paramount companies such as Google, Plesk, Symantec, and HP/Compaq.
No matter what the cause, network downtime hurts your credibility, your sales, and your business. 1&1 uses its experience and expertise in hosting to deliver 99.9 % uptime, so your website is there when you need it.
Price & Cost Effectiveness
All 1&1 products have been designed to provide the ideal combination of features and affordability, with no pricing gimmicks or hidden costs. You simply won't find a better value for your money!
Proven Products, Honest Pricing
From convenient Instant Domain and Instant Website packages to all-inclusive Shared Hosting plans, powerful Dedicated Servers and ready-to-run eShops, 1&1 offers a complete range of web services for every need, every skill level and every budget.
Reliability
At 1&1, even our fail-safes have fail-safes. Backup generators, multiple hard drives, dual routers, cooling systems and gel battery power banks give them real redundancy so their fleet of 30,000 high-end servers will continue to operate regardless of external conditions. In the event the grid is down, five huge 16-cylinder diesel generators supply constant, reliable power for all systems.
Eight high-powered cooling units rated at 5,600 KW and two spiral vortex compressors work alongside bespoke heat exchangers to keep everything cool. Every system is n+1 redundant
They use their own backbone and top carriers like Sprint and Level3 to power your website all over the world. Compare with other web hosts and you'll see why 1&1's speed and reliability make us the clear choice.
Data Center (toured)
They guarantee the highest product quality, top security, and unshakeable reliability. 1&1's advanced Data Centers have been built from the ground up using the most advanced technology available, giving their global network a strength that is beyond doubt. The power and stability of 1&1's systems allows them to be first to market with web products that are innovative yet dependable.
Powered by advanced information storage technology, 1&1's state-of-the-art Data Centers keep your website running and your valuable information safe.
24/7 monitoring by Internet specialists, 150+ permanently recording video cameras, safety locks and more ensure that only authorized personnel can enter 1&1 Data Centers, your data is always safe and secure.
The security airlock ensures that only authorized personnel can enter Data Center IV. Only one person can pass through the airlock at one time.
Their industry-leading 18,000 MBit Connectivity allows for no-nonsense, fast transfers at all times. The result is that more users can access and interact with your website, faster.
When it comes to reliable web hosting, connectivity is everything. At 1&1, you'll have access to over 18,000 MBit of external connectivity. That means faster loading times and higher multi-user capacity for your website.
All 1&1 Data Centers are protected and monitored by automated support systems that permit real-time analysis, review, and maintenance for all clients. All technology used has been n+1 engineered throughout to avoid any single point of failure in connectivity, redundancy or power and is monitored around the clock by specialist network technicians.
Contact Information and Support
Information by Phone
1-877-GO-1AND1 (1-877-461-2631) for information about products, features or prices
Representatives are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm EST, excluding national holidays.
Your questions about products, features or prices to info@1and1.com
1&1's Technical Support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be reached by phone and e-mail.
From your Control Panel
Log in to the 1&1 Control Panel, select your contract and click "Help & Contact" to locate our support team Contact Form as well as the phone number for our toll-free support line.
Online FAQs
Use the in-depth FAQ section on their website to get additional tips. It's a great way to learn how to fine tune your website, enhance your e-mail features and more.
US Headquarters
1&1 Internet Inc.
701 Lee Road, Suite 300
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
Phone: 1-877-GO-1AND1
Fax: 610-560-1501
Website Development
1&1 Internet Inc.
Website-Management
701 Lee Road, Suite 300
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
William J. Kornik III , 02/17/2007
Overall Rating: 73%
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Review about Lycos - completed on 2006-12-17 - by William J. Kornik III
Overall Rating: 83%
Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 83%
Serving as the web hosting division of Add2Net, Inc., the staff and technical support team at Lycos has an established seven year history in the web hosting industry. This is relatively long considering that most web hosting companies are overnight operations and in reality you need a company that will always be around. Lunarpages has earned a reputation as a provider with superior customer support and a solid web hosting data center. Unlike most web hosting companies, you can always get through the phone line with Lunarpages. Also, the $6.95 monthly plan offers everything you need in order to make the presence of your business successful on the web.
Price & Cost Effectiveness - Category Rating 79%
Lunarpages offers decent pricing on their web-hosting plans. For a mere $6.95 a month, you receive 350,000 MB space and 3,500 GB bandwidth They also offer a $21.95 web-hosting package, which has double the amount of features. But for most users, the $6.95 is sufficient enough. In addition, you also get unlimited toll free support with all web hosting plans, which is not so common among web hosting companies. One of the many options available is to purchase ASP and JSP on the Linux platform.
Data Center (toured) - Category Rating 78%
Lycos uses Dell Power Edge 2650 servers, with their data center located in downtown Los Angeles. Their latest servers are quad Xeon 2.4 GHz Xeon processors, with 6 GB of memory and three 70 GB Raid Disk Drive. Compared to other web hosting companies, they dominate over any other server offered by any Web Hosting company. They currently use state of the art net infrastructure equipment and plan to offer many new features in the future such as load balancing. Furthermore, they are connected to premium Tier-1 Backbone providers and are multi-home with Level3, Genuity and Cable and Wireless. As a result, you will get above average web hosting performance and reliability that other providers normally charge a premium for.
Customer Service - Category Rating 87%
Customer support at Lycos is superior and they are very responsive to your questions. Even e-mail support questions always get answered in a timely manner. This is very different from any other web hosting company out there. Accounts are usually setup the same day after they verify the order with you over the phone within thirty minutes to one hour. It is essential that a working phone number be inputted into the system in order for your account to be setup immediately.
Control Panel - Category Rating 85%
Lycos currently utilizes the latest version of the CPanel 9.1 control panel. The features are pretty much the same to other CPanel, such as mailbox modification, password changes, ftp login modifications, statistical information, and so on. CPanel doesn't offer any web-building tool, but for web hosting administration it offers the user an easy and intuitive interface along with powerfully packed features.
William J. Kornik III , 12/17/2006
Overall Rating: 83%
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#2 rating Blue host read review
#3 rating host monster read review
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#5 rating lycos read review
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#7 rating midphase read review
#8 rating EasyCGI web hosting read review
#9 rating 1&1 internet web hosting read review
#10 rating Ipower web read review
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Web Master's Review:
General Impression - Category Rating 83%
Serving as the web hosting division of Add2Net, Inc., the staff and technical support team at Lycos has an established seven year history in the web hosting industry. This is relatively long considering that most web hosting companies are overnight operations and in reality you need a company that will always be around. Lunarpages has earned a reputation as a provider with superior customer support and a solid web hosting data center. Unlike most web hosting companies, you can always get through the phone line with Lunarpages. Also, the $6.95 monthly plan offers everything you need in order to make the presence of your business successful on the web.
Price & Cost Effectiveness - Category Rating 79%
Lunarpages offers decent pricing on their web-hosting plans. For a mere $6.95 a month, you receive 350,000 MB space and 3,500 GB bandwidth They also offer a $21.95 web-hosting package, which has double the amount of features. But for most users, the $6.95 is sufficient enough. In addition, you also get unlimited toll free support with all web hosting plans, which is not so common among web hosting companies. One of the many options available is to purchase ASP and JSP on the Linux platform.
Data Center (toured) - Category Rating 78%
Lycos uses Dell Power Edge 2650 servers, with their data center located in downtown Los Angeles. Their latest servers are quad Xeon 2.4 GHz Xeon processors, with 6 GB of memory and three 70 GB Raid Disk Drive. Compared to other web hosting companies, they dominate over any other server offered by any Web Hosting company. They currently use state of the art net infrastructure equipment and plan to offer many new features in the future such as load balancing. Furthermore, they are connected to premium Tier-1 Backbone providers and are multi-home with Level3, Genuity and Cable and Wireless. As a result, you will get above average web hosting performance and reliability that other providers normally charge a premium for.
Customer Service - Category Rating 87%
Customer support at Lycos is superior and they are very responsive to your questions. Even e-mail support questions always get answered in a timely manner. This is very different from any other web hosting company out there. Accounts are usually setup the same day after they verify the order with you over the phone within thirty minutes to one hour. It is essential that a working phone number be inputted into the system in order for your account to be setup immediately.
Control Panel - Category Rating 85%
Lycos currently utilizes the latest version of the CPanel 9.1 control panel. The features are pretty much the same to other CPanel, such as mailbox modification, password changes, ftp login modifications, statistical information, and so on. CPanel doesn't offer any web-building tool, but for web hosting administration it offers the user an easy and intuitive interface along with powerfully packed features.
William J. Kornik III , 12/17/2006
Overall Rating: 83%
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