We have previously used many hosting companies in the past for shared, reseller and master reseller hosting and we were messed around more times than the websites were actually live. All we want is a genuine hosting company that can supply us with genuine hosting without 100’s of hours downtime and has decent support. Please let us know of any you come across.
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john s says
I have used http://www.1and1.com and have been very happy with the help and the up time. They are very reasonably priced.
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they have so far never been down once that i know of in over a year…
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rarehosts54 says
Hello
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We hope this helps you and all the best
Bassman1 says
Try Yahoo web hosting: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
Have used Yahoo for two years with very good results and no down time.
Hope this helps
AlexAtlanta says
I have used 1and1.com for many years. They are easy to deal with and have very limited down time (I can think of two times in 5 years). Their customer service is good too with both phone and email. Email takes about a day to respond, but I have always gotten the right answer on the first response.
I also find them very economical. While they have limits on the size of web pages, they have yet to say anything to me for when I exceed my allotment.