| iPowerWeb Hosting Review |
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![]() Introduction: Operating since 1998 iPowerWeb today powers over 700,000 web sites from four cutting-edge technology Internet data centers. One of the shining stars of Netcraft's top performance web sites iPowerWeb delivers top speeds reliably. Pricing, Value and Reliability: iPowerWeb is priced to compete with bargain-basement web hosting services. However, iPowerWeb data centers are connected to the Internet backbone using Optical Character (OC)-48/192 services delivering speeds of up to 2.5 G b/s and 9.6 G b/s respectively. The data centers are geographically and individually protected from power failures, physical compromise, and system outages by redundancy and multi-layer security. iPowerWeb technology is on par with that being used on Internet2 next-generation research networks. Customer Service: Customer service is available via toll-free phone support, live-chat, and email. Standing behind all of their Internet2 quality technology is over 250 employees so you can rest assured that when you need assistance at 2:00 am you will actually get a real support technician rather than a recording. Traceroute: We performed a traceroute from our site in Washington, DC to iPower and found it connected via Savvis in El Segundo. "Traceroute has started ... Try a traceroute to iPowerWeb from your location to view the network connections and transit times. Strengths: iPowerWeb offers a wide-range of application support capabilities as part of their regular web hosting service. Online surveys, blogs, server-side programming languages, content plug-ins, electronic commerce, and marketing and promotion capabilities, to name only a few, are all included. New domain name registration is free when you establish a one-year web hosting account. New account setups and activation is rapid. Best recommended for Unix. Weaknesses: None really. Skilled webmasters can reap the most benefits from iPowerWeb's technology and business model. Novice customers that require delicate hand-holding may be better served by selecting a provider with less state-of-the-art technology but stronger customer support. iPower has started charging extra for the ability to perform site backups but this is a necessary function that must be included with any web hosting service. Visit iPower Web Hosting now... |
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