tribulatio
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Oct 11, 2003, 10:12 AM
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Re: [glenschild] Suggestions: Looking for a great hosting provider?
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For about one year, I used hosting providers here in Switzerland. Some of them very kind and helpful, even some nice features, but... no helpline on week-ends or outside office hours! Which meant that, in August, two of my websites were out for more than three days (week-end plus National Day!). I decided that such long time-outs were not acceptable, and so I have been looking for other solutions, based upon two considerations:
a) fast, personal replies at any time (no automatized forms, prompt replies even during week-ends);
b) check on various forums for hosting providers consistently rated highly.
I did not find any meeting those expectations in Switzerland, so I looked abroad. I found two in the USA which seem to me to meet my expectations at affordable prices:
1) I have transferred in August one of my domains to http://inmotionhosting.com/ - friendly and prompt support, only 30 minutes timeout in nearly 6 weeks. I will still test it for some time, but looks convincing - and has been consistently praised by customers on various forums as one of the best providers on the market.
2) I may consider transferring two of my other domains to http://hostegrity.com/ or its parent company, http://theprimehost.com/. Not only do they offer highly attractive packages for hosting multiple domains with a lot of bandwidth, but inquiry requests received very fast, personal, precise and courteous replies. Moreover, I must confess that I feel attracted by their statement: "Hostegrity strives to meet our namesake and provide our users with a hosting service that is honest and ethical. We find the market today is sadly lacking in this area." Well, exactly what we have all been looking for, istn't it?
The only weakness for both is that they only offer webmail of the type Horde or NeoMail - there are much better webmail tools available today, such as IceWarp of Merak, but most hosting providers seem still to opt for Horde, NeoMail and the like. However, this matters only for people who use webmail a lot, i.e. not for most of us.
If any other participant on this forum have made some experiences with those two hosting providers, it would be interesting to hear from them. I came to the conclusion that they might be among the best ones after spending days looking for the best solution this summer.
Hope the info can be helpful.
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