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HostMonster 2009 User Submitted Reviews.

HostMonster is one web hosting company I’m not so sure about. I have seen many reviews on the web hosting forums I frequently visit for and against Host Monster. I constantly see threads open about people who either love HostMonster like crazy or hate them to the nth degree.

That said, HostMonster is a really big web hosting company – probably one of the biggest in the industry. They really started growing back in 2005 and since then have taken off like crazy. While in business since 1996, just recently did they start getting really big which I think accounts for a lot of the negative reviews they have gotten.

Usually when hosting companies go through big growth spurts it takes them a little bit of time to catch up to their customers requirements and demands. Usually during these periods is when you see the most negative reviews towards a company.

Company Websites: www.hostmonster.com, www.hostmonster.net

Types of services offered:

• Shared Hosting Only - They have adopted the single hosting plan model. It is an all-inclusive plan that boasts unlimited web space and unlimited bandwidth starting at $5.95/m if you buy for a 3 year pre-pay. Their month to month rate is $9.95/m. Linux Servers only at the moment. You can check out their shared web hosting plan here.

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Recent User Submitted Reviews for FatCow Web Hosting 2009

Today I am reviewing one of the oldies that have been in the hosting business since the very beginning – FatCow Web Hosting.

Fat Cow was founded in 1998 and is a very unique hosting company as far as their branding is concerned. If you check out their website at www.fatcow.com, you will notice that it is very newbie oriented. You will notice hardly and technical terms on their site and they like to substitute a lot of the words with normal everyday words that make more sense.

If you are a newbie to owning, running, or designing websites, I highly recommend FatCow to you. Their service is probably one of the easiest to use as they dull it all down so even someone who just starting using computers will probably be able to understand how to do everything. They also offer a number of easy to use tools for building your website. These are perfect if you absolutely no nothing about web design or web hosting!

Let’s take a look at their hosting plan:

Shared web hosting only! – They offer only one hosting plan but it is a completely scalable unlimited bandwidth and disk space hosting plan. This is perfect for new websites as you will probably never reach that amount of resource usage for years and years to come. This particular plan comes to about $4.99/m which if you pay for it for a year. A Special $10 off “moo”pon for TWHR readers!

Domain registration – They also offer domain registration like many of the standard hosting companies. I do not suggest you order both web hosting and your domain name from FatCow as it is never a good idea to put all your eggs into one basket!

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Here is a review from another hosting review site:
FatCow is a very special web hosting company – the way they brought up their hosting plans, they way they design their website, the way they offer their hosting features – everything seems different in FatCow. Personally, I define being different and surviving for 10 years as remarkable!
With FatCow Hosting, you’ll get fast server and reliable backup policy, and effecient customer supports! – Review by Web Hosting Secret Revealed.

IX Web Hosting reviews for 2009. User submitted reviews.

IXWebHosting has been in the industry pretty much since web hosting became popular in early 1999. They have been around since the beginning so they have a huge advantage over a lot of the new competition today. That said, reviews on this company are 50/50. Some people swear by IX and others hate IX Web Hosting with a passion. It is a big company with so many customers so you can bet some issues and problems are going to fall through the cracks.

Their Website Hosting Services:

IX specializes primarily in shared web hosting as well as ecommerce hosting. They are an unlimited disk space and bandwidth provider which always makes me a little skeptical from the start. If you plan to go with IXWebHosting, I suggest you always keep your website constantly backed up as you never know when they will give you the boot. Eventually, when you site gets big enough, they will have to kick you off.

It doesn’t appear that they offer any sort of dedicated servers to upgrade to, so once you reach your limit you will have to find another company(although most people probably will never get close to their resource limits).

Company Websites: www.ixwebhosting.com, www.ixwebhosting.net

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Aplus.net 2009 User Submitted Reviews: Are They a Good Provider?

Aplus.net has been around pretty much since the dawn of the internet. Founded in 1992, aplus.net began offering internet solutions in 1995 and moved to the web hosting industry in 1998. Aplus.net was one of the few large online corporations to survive the dot com bubble burst.

Company Web URLs: www.aplus.net, www.aplus.com

They have a huge amount of services including:

Standard web hosting – They have a very strong shared hosting model with reasonable amounts of disk space and bandwidth. They aren’t your typical ‘offer as much resources you can while cramming the most customers on one server’ hosting company. $7.46 Hosting at Aplus.net

Dedicated Servers – Aplus.net offers some really good deals on dedicated servers – perhaps some of the lowest prices I have seen. I have read many reviews of their dedicated server service and overall, people tend to say they are great for dedicated server hosting. Dedicated Servers from only $49/mo.

Web Design Services – Great if you are a business and have no idea what you are doing as far as building websites is concerned, while they offer your basic template style look, they do all the work for you but it isn’t cheap by any means. However, great if you want a quick business website!

Domain Name Registration – Aplus offers your typical domain name registration for $9.99/year. A little more expensive than other registrars but if you are looking for a one stop solution, this is a good option.

Click here to check out the Aplus.net Website

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1and1 Hosting: Can a top dog be a good hosting provider: User Reviews.

1&1 web hosting is probably one of the most interesting web hosting companies in my opinion. The reason is, is because I have seen them completely dominate a market in a few months time.

I remember years back they had this special that was like $1 for the first year and you get this ridiculous hosting plan. I know they were able to get hundreds of thousands of customers with that promotion alone.

Company Websites: www.1and1.com, www.1and1.co.uk, www.1and1.net

Services Offered:

1&1 Internet offers a ridiculous amount of services including:

• Domain Registration: They offer top level domain registration for only $6.99/year. A little bit cheaper than godaddy. Use this link for Special $6.99 Deal.
• Email Hosting: High availability/high reliability email hosting starting at $6.99/m for 1GB of disk space.
• Shared Web Hosting – This is one of their staple services. You can often fine some really good specials starting at $1.00/month. These plans provide pretty much everything you need. They offer both Linux and Windows website hosting plans. Hurry! 50% Off Special. Click here
• VPS Servers – They have a wide range of both Linux and Windows Virtual Private Servers. They start at $29.99/m for 10GB disk space and 500GB data transfer. They also guarantee 256MB RAM to this particular plan and allow it to burst up to 1GB. Get 50% Off with this link!
• Dedicated Servers - They have some real high powered server offers and they are actually quite affordable. Starting at $99.99/m, they offer both Linux and Windows servers. They definitely keep up to date with the latest technology as you can see by their plans. Click here for Special Discount
• Ecommerce Hosting – As of right now they have a $1.00/m Ecommerce special. Their ecommerce plans come jam packed with all sorts of great tools you can use for your online business. 1and1.com ecommerce plans

All in All: 1and1 Hosting A Good Company?

I have seen many mixed reviews from this company. Many good ones, many bad ones. This is a huge company so you can expect them to have tons and tons of customers. Obviously the more customers you have, the harder it is to manage and the more chances an issue can fall through the cracks. However, that said, I would say they are a good host and worth trying.

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DreamHost Company Overview – 2009

Founded in 1997 by 4 Computer Science undergraduates at hmc.edu in Claremont, CA, DreamHost has happily been hosting its clients dreams and websites. Dream Host started off on a single pentium 2 processor machine but has quickly grown to host over 1500 servers and 800,000 different websites. Today, DreamHost is also one of the few all green web hosting providers on the internet.

DreamHost is a web hosting company owned by the employees. Dream Host runs its ship a little differently than the popular web hosting companies of today. DreamHost is a tightly nit group of employees that have been working together since the start of the company.

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Types of hosting services offered

• Unlimited Shared Web Hosting – Dream host overs shared web hosting plans with unlimited disk space and unlimited data transfer starting at under $6.00/m
• VPS Hosting – Should your website exceed the CPU and RAM limits on their unlimited shared plans, they allow you to guarantee RAM and CPU to your account so that you can continue to use the service. All you do is pay a scalable fee for more RAM and CPU + the $6.00/m shared hosting fee.

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