Out of the 546 major web hosting companies around the world, our carefully selected Webmasters has meticulously weed out the bad from the good, and came up with these top 10 Excelent hosting companies, all chosen based on their support service, pricing, reliability and technological advancements.
General Impression Aplus.Net has been around for quite some time now; having been in the industry for more than 8 years since 1996. Aplus.Net has been recognized for their affordable yet reliable web hosting services. They have their data center located in San Diego, CA. Their plans start from $5.95 per month while their windows plan starts from $9.95 per month. Setup fees apply when you pay monthly, waived when you pay annually. They also offer dial up internet connections and free roaming services.
Aplus.Net takes pride in their excellent customer service and very good response time on their technical support.
Price & Cost Effectiveness Despite Aplus.Net’s great features, it does cost more than the other companies on this list in a monthly basis. The package will run you $5.95/mo + $10 set up fee. If you prepay for 12 months, you do get the set up fee waived.
Their current specials include Yahoo! Advertisement Credits and Overture Advertisements Credits and free domain registration when you sign up for a plan.
Technology and Reliability They have hosting plans for both Windows and Linux based web applications. They offer standard applications such as MS FrontPage, PHP, Perl, FTP. Depending on your needs, you can get higher plans if your script is not supported on the lower plan. Their windows hosting platform also support all kinds of applications.
We never have any server outages since we hosted with them. Furthermore, they have a 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Customer Service The support they provide can be rated as excellent. What's nice about their support is that you have 24 / 7 support via an online ticketing system as well as real 24 / 7 phone support (toll-free and international numbers) to back up their ticketing system. Response time usually has been really quick.
Furthermore, if you don’t want to call them and waste your phone bills, you can have them call you instead by requesting a call through their main website.
Control Panel Through testing, the control panel has been very fast and very reliable. It is very user-friendly and easy to operate. Included is an extensive customer guide which can quickly guide even the most reluctant novice.
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