Fasthosts.co.uk
November 30, 2009
Fasthosts.co.uk
Brief Introduction
This is yet another leading player in the online services business catering to the home, SME and office segments since the last decade. They have been going from strength to strength introducing innovative web hosting services over the years. They offer both Windows and Linux server facilities based on the type of applications the customers want to run. Both beginners and experienced designers find the packages of Fasthost easy to implement thanks to the better scripting followed by them.
Services offered
a)Web hosting
They offer the entire gamut of services including access to unlimited bandwidth and a new enhanced Site Builder. The set up is quick and the deal is sweetened by the offer of £105 Ad vouchers. Currently they are offering free hosting services for the first three months under the home, developer and business categories.
b)Domain registration
The registration is provided at very reasonable rates along with other advantages such as a personalised email account and website. Instantaneous set up and online controls are other additional features of this service. You can also transfer your domain name free of cost.
c)Email
This service allows you to get regular and uninterrupted access to email using the PC or even from the mobile phone that is compatible. The storage is centralized and all the contacts, emails, numbers and schedules are updated real time so that you have access to the latest information and are in control of the situation. Your data is stored in a state of art data center with total spam and virus protection.
Currently they have slashed their rates by 50% for the mail plus, exchange and business categories
d)Servers
You can manage your server remotely at any time since you will have access to keyboard and the mouse. The Plesk 9 control panel enables you to manage many servers and also configure the server dedicated to you according to your needs. Safe environments can be created immediately using your own LAN if you wish to handle multiple servers. Your information is safely stored at the data center. Unlimited bandwidth is offered through the 100Mbps connectivity line with an uptime guarantee of 99.9%
e)Broadband
Different broadband internet speeds offered without any restriction on its usage for internet telephony, gaming and so on.
f)Reseller services
The unlimited reseller hosting services allow you to start your own web hosting services and you can take advantage of the latest 3 month trial offer.
g)E commerce
Your website is provided security using standard encryption of 128 – bit and there is no need for any manual integration. SSL is also provided free for the Developer and Business categories.
Strengths
* One stop service provider
* Highly respected and trusted by customers
* Excellent customer service back up
* State of art technology used for all their applications and initiatives
What customers have to say?
Customers are gaga over the flexibility of support provided and the ability of this company to respond immediately to changing needs. They feel that the packages are extremely user friendly and those who have moved from other service providers have found the transition smooth and hassle free.
Hosting Risk – Collaborative web hosting reviews
April 11, 2009
In the early days of web hosting when you literally take risk with the hosting company you choose to host your website with, aptly name Host Risk could have been handy to warn you of the potential problem or lack of it that awaits you with each of the hosting companies online then.
After being stung by a hosting company that went bust, I remember comparing the advertisers who were still advertising a year or more later in my favourite Internet magazine .Net to decide who to choose to host my company, the thinking was that, if the company has been advertising for two years or more, then it has stand the test of time and the chances of continuing in business for another two year or so is great.
Host Risk provide a similar function to the one I used to put .Net to, just in a different way.
Hosting Risk basically harnesses the power of social collaboration by providing a platform for web hosting user to nominate and rate their hosting company or a hosting company they have first hand information about. Once a hosting company is submitted to Host Risk database, other users of that hosting company can register at Host Risk and give account of their experience of the company in question, awarding the site between one and five starts.
Next time you want to host a website it may be worth checking out Host Risk first and read the hosting review users of the company you are thinking of going with are saying about their services.
hostingspeeds.com – Independent web hosting speed comparison
January 8, 2009
Hosting Speeds
One of the marketing techniques favoured by hosting companies is boasting about services included in the package they offer you. It is not uncommon for some hosting companies to claim that they give you more web space, larger bandwidth,100% up time, more mailboxes, faster server etc etc. Most of this claims you can easily verify but the claim of a faster server is rather difficult to verify by a normal consumer, that is where the services of Hosting Speeds comes into the equation.
Hosting Speeds, an ambitious project that ranks participating web hosting companies from allover the world by the speed of their server, giving potently web hosting customers and independent hosting speeds comparison site. This could help you confirm whether the server speed claim of a host is true or not.
Hosting Speeds V2
Hosting Speeds, the brainchild of Jan Paul ten Wolde, a lawyer by day and an Internet buff in his spare time, started in 2005, it grew much larger than Jan Paul ten Wolde (affectionately know as JP) which lead to the project being partly abandoned in late 2006 or early 2007. The popularity of the project was immense, with people contacting JP requesting that Hosting Speeds is brought back to life. JP finally agreed to bring Hosting Speeds project back online with announcement about the new version of Hosting Speeds on the project’s website.
Hosting Speeds Reloaded (V3)
The new version of hosting speeds have 4 PHP programmers queue helping JP code the latest version which boast of more bell and whistle than the previous versions including easy to use Hosting Speeds plug-in client for popular applications such as WordPress, Joomla and others. This new addition to how you can implement Hosting Speeds client is an excellent move.
Coding of the new version will also be leaner, cleaner using latest web technologies such as Web 2.0, Ajax and other to get the best out the base programming language of Hosting Speeds; PHP.
Next time you want TO verify the speed a hosting company claims to deliver, Hosting Speeds should be your first port of call. A lively forum where you can exchange ideas, chat with hosting providers and other hosting consumer is also part of the project, the forum can be found at Hosting Speeds Forums.
Velnetweb – Combo Premium Web Hosting Review
October 4, 2007
Velnetweb specialise in low cost web hosting and domain name registration. Velnetweb hosting platform is targeted mainly at individuals and micro businesses but Velnetweb customers includes small businesses and even small government department such as Schools and NHS trusts.
Velnetweb said their approach to web hosting is very simple; give customer what they want and back it up with excellent support.
A quick look at one of Velnetweb hosting packages and the features that come with it reveals a robust web hosting package that can comfortably meet the needs of a small business or individual home user.
Feature/Services that come with Velnetweb combo premium follows:
Combo Premium Plan
* 50MB premium web hosting space
* 10 POP3 email accounts
* Full 24X7 FTP access
* 20 email aliases
* 1GB Data transfer per month
* Auto-responder
* 1 MySql Database
* Spam filter
* Password protected directories
* Private Webmail
* CGI/Perl, Mod Perl, PHP, SSI
* Control panel
* FrontPage
* Online backup tool
* Webalizer graphical web stats
* Technical support
* Raw logs
* D.I.Y. Search engine submission
* File manager
* Price £59.00 per year
* No set up fee
You can order combo premium or other hosting packages from Velnetweb by visiting their order page
Web Hosting Reviews
October 4, 2007
A new hosting reviews section has been added to Temi web hosting and domain name Blogs. It is hopped this new section will brings you information about top UK web hosting and domain name registration service providers.
The first round of reviews will focus on shared web hosting services providers. Hopefully, information on this new section will go some way to providing you information about potentially suitable shared web hosting services providers who maybe able to host your website.
