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 iPowerWeb, with
over 500,000 active members, has become one of the
central web hosting companies in the current hosting
market. Commencing in late 2001,
iPowerWeb was able
to use their simple offerings and huge advertising
campaigns throughout the net to aid in the growth of
a large customer base quickly. But with this fast
pace, iPowerWeb had to overcome some growing pains
in customer service.
iPowerWeb's pricing is straightforward and offers
customers a great value for their dollar. They only
have one package, priced at $6.95 per month, but it
includes a complete web hosting package. With 50000
MB storage space and 750 GB of web hosting traffic,
this plan is exceptional for such a budget price. A
number of features are provided, including MySQL,
PHP and FrontPage support. All in all,
iPowerWeb presents
an excellent value, and is a highly recommended web
host.
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Price Value
iPowerWeb
has a clear-cut pricing structure that offers users
outstanding value. For only $6.95 a month, you
receive the complete web hosting package described
above, which is more than most competitors are
offering at a higher price. In general, they provide
everything offered by premium web hosting accounts -
but for only $6.95 a month. Overall, $6.95 is a
great price for this type of package.
Reliability
When compared to other web hosting companies,
iPowerWeb's
servers are above average. iPowerWeb servers have
excellent uptime, as they are located in four
world-class quality Tier 1 Internet Data Centers.
These facilities are optimized to offer an
environment in which this company can provide
services that are deemed industry-leading. Their
Data Centers are also monitored 24/7 by network
engineers, and use equipment like Dell PowerEdge and
HP ProLiant Servers, and Cisco and Foundry Firewalls
and Routers.
iPowerWeb
is also able to provide
premium bandwidth through partnerships with
companies like AT&T and Cable & Wireless.
Control Panel
iPowerWeb
announced on June 1, 2004 that it has signed an
exclusive contract with SWsoft, a developer of web
hosting automation software, to provide the Plesk 7
control panel to iPowerWeb's dedicated server
customers. SWsoft introduced Plesk 7, the most
recent version of its control panel application for
managing Linux, Unix and Windows-based servers in
February. SWsoft also offers Plesk Expand, an add-on
to Plesk 7, which unifies web hosting environments
with multiple servers running on varying platforms.
Customer Support
iPowerWeb's
customer service has vastly improved over the past
year. In the past, you would be put on hold for an
unacceptable length of time. They would then
possibly direct you to an answering service if you
were on hold too long or if they were receiving
other calls. With recent improvements, now you can
usually reach a support person within five to ten
minutes, although their phone line is still quite
busy during certain times of the day. Furthermore,
when you are a new user with the system, they do not
take orders over the phone. Instead, they require
that you place the order online. Although they have
vastly improved in this area, they are still quite
average when compared to other top web hosting
companies.
iPowerWeb Hosting Plans
Linux Hosting Plan
iPowerWeb Plan: 50000 MB space, 750
GB bandwidth @ $6.95/month* on a 2 year plan.
Windows Hosting Plan
iPowerWeb Plan: 10,000 MB space, 50
GB bandwidth @ $8.95/month |
