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IX Webhosting - Is It Any Good?

by Bobbie McKee

IX webhosting has been named as the #1 Web Host of 2003 and 2004 with a very high rating of 97% by the Webmasters of TheHostingChart. The recent review took place October 2, 2004.

IX webhosting is rated 94% for the general impression category. The basis for the grade is the professional website, attractive hosting plans for clients, opening of a new data center in Hopkinsville, KY, reliability, customer service and customer satisfaction.

IX Webhosting also excels in price and cost effectiveness with a rating of 98% in this category. IX webhosting offers a number of plans that allows you to save money especially if you need to host multiple domain names. Payments are made quarterly, semi-annually, annual and 2-year cycle. The longer the billing cycles the higher the discount. You will not pay any extra or surprise charges in your account. IX webhosting offers 100% money back guarantee including the setup fees.

IX webhosting received a 95% rating under the reliability category. You can hardly experience server outages with IX webhosting. When downtime does occur, the problem is resolve quickly. If you do experience downtime you will be reimbursed accordingly for the number of minutes of downtime.

IX webhosting received 94% rating for the data center (toured) category. IX webhosting data center facility will prove that IX webhosting is not a reseller or a co-locating hosting service. They do have the equipment listed on their websites such as security mechanisms, firewalls, CISCO state of the art routers and 2 redundant fiber-optic loops. Fiber-optic connectivity is provided by Bell South, bandwidth is redundantly served by Qwest Communications.

IX webhosting received 99% for the customer service category. They have technical support staffs that have impressive technical skills. They can readily address problems or requests through a 24/7 live chat feature. You can call anytime, be it at 3 am to consult them with a problem. And the staffs are always courteous no matter what time of day.

IX webhosting garnered a 100% rating for its control panel category. Their control panel is run by H-Sphere which is modified by the technical staffs. The control panel functions are flawless. The control panel offers multiple functions, online file manager, web design program and web mail. IX webhosting have Linux and Windows hosting. The features are impressive, very fast and reliable. And it has a user-friendly customer guide that explains how to use your account.

IX webhosting is undoubtedly one of the best webhosting companies if not the best there is.