On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM, aniketh patrick aniketh@gmail.com wrote:
On 18/03/09 3:19 PM, "Arun Khan" knura@yahoo.com wrote:
Anybody have any experience with Hosting Farms? http://www.hostingfarms.com/
I have been considering moving my websites to their service. The feature/price ratio is quite good; e.g. the Rs. 299/mo. Plan
Unlimited storage and bandwidth looks like a big lie. If you don't get stopped because of space usage, then most likely the resource usage (cpu or memory) will make them tell you to move. Another factor that may come in is them limiting the outgoing bandwidth rate.
Theres nothing like Unlimited B/W or Space. Always Carefully read the TOS and AUP for any Hosting Service. Also raise a ticket to get details on the server you will be hosted on so that you can ping and test them with a test IP and a file download link will help you determine downlloadd speeds.Also ask them about thier backup policies.Remember most of the so called reliable hosting providers have a reachable phone no. and live support 24x7.
Most of the times these so called Unlimited B/W Providers Throttle bandwidth.... so ask them on connectivity to you server like 10mbps / 100mbps etc.
Also checkout if the company is reliable and has been in operation, read reviews etc. Remember a Fly by Night operation by script kiddie somewhere can cost you loads of trouble like downtimes, lost backups, stolen data etc.
Hope that helps.
Best regards Prakash N. Shetty
Regards, Aniketh