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ReadySetConnect web hosting review 2008-2009

ReadySetConnect was founded in 2002, running under a different name – AlteraHosting. In 2003, they decided to change their name to ReadySetConnect because they thought it would make a better brand.

Ready,Set,Connect specializes in providing cheap web hosting while still maintaining a quality product. Their goal is to provide a service better than the competition and at a cheaper rate than the rest of the companies.

Type of web hosting offered:

Right now they seem to only offer shared web hosting, however I have seen them offering reseller plans in the past. Their current hosting plan rates are $4.99/m for 15GB of disk space and 200GB of data transfer. They run linux based servers that support PHP, Perl, Ruby, CGI, and offer MySQL databases with all their plans. Technical support is available 24/7 through help desk and live chat.

A HostGator Review

HostGator is a big player in the web hosting industry today. HostGator is also one of the handful of web hosts that actually own their datacenter and offices. Most web hosting providers own servers in another companies datacenter while HostGator has their own setup.

Since it’s startup in 2002 by Brent Oxley, HostGator has grown to be one of the biggest web hosting providers on the internet. Today they host over 1 million domain names. It takes a company with a lot of organization and care to handle such a large amount of customers. It becomes challenging to maintain a solid hosting business at around 2,000 customers. HostGator is able to do it with 1 million so that should be a testament to how their customers feel about their service.

Service Overview

Shared Web Hosting – Currently HostGator only supports Linux shared web hosting however they have plans for Windows shared hosting coming shortly.

For $8.95/m or $4.95/m at 2 year pre-pay you will get everything you need to operate your website. They offer a free Site Builder and a script auto-installation system. They offer a 45 day money back guarantee on all their plans.

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Reseller Web Hosting

HostGator has an extensive reseller program run on Cpanel servers. Their reseller program offers enough resources for up to hundreds of clients. Their reseller program is an easy, and most of all cheap, way to getting extra cash flow from your clients.

For only $24.95/m you will get everything you need to appear as a professional web hosting customer. They even include a free enom domain name reseller system with signup. If you don’t know how or feel like building your website, you can simply select one of their pre-made hosting templates and go from there.

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Dedicated Servers

Most web hosts have the resources to offer shared and reseller hosting, but there are only a few that can offer their own dedicated servers. These are real dedicated servers from HostGator and not a dedicated server they are reselling through another datacenter. They own and operate everything in the DC so there are no delays from going through the middle man.

While their servers are a little bit more expensive than some of their competitors, starting at $174.95/m, they definitely offer more as far as technical support and features are concerned.

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Included with all of HG’s web hosting services are some nice features:

• 24/7 technical support
• 24/7 Phone and Live Chat
• Free Control Panel Access
• Free SiteBuilder Access
• Thousands of free web design templates

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Researching your Web Hosting Choices

Before you signup is pretty much required these days. With so many web hosting companies starting up each day, it’s impossible to know what you are getting into. One thing that you should always do before sign up is test their customer service response times. Simply send an email or create a ticket to the sales and support departments. For sales, just ask a couple general pre-sales questions. See how long it takes them to get back to you and also how the quality of their reply is. If its just a sentence long with a bunch of yes and no answers to your questions they probably don’t need your business. After that, test support out. Send them a quick email stating that you are testing the support department reply times. Keep it short so you aren’t wasting their time.

After you have tested support response, it is time to check out reviews by current and prior customers. The best place for you to do this is, without a doubt, www.webhostingtalk.com. If the hosting company exists, this place will have everything you possibly need to know about the company. The great thing about this place is that if a customer creates a complaint about a company, the host has a chance to respond back. Sometimes customers can get mad and out of anger make a completely biased review towards to company. It is important you don’t take each review for face value. Sometimes the reviews can be unfair towards a certain party.

If you happen to read a couple bad reviews about a certain hosting business, don’t let these deter you. In the web hosting industry, no matter how great a company is, there is always a few bad reviews floating around. If you find more good reviews than bad, chances are the web hosting company is a good one.