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HOSTONY web hosting plans listed at Best Host Ratings:
- Profi
$7.85 / month, 1500 MB Space, 50.0 GB transfer - Profi Windows
$7.85 / month, 1500 MB Space, 50.0 GB transfer - Advanced
$11.85 / month, 2000 MB Space, 75.0 GB transfer - Advanced Windows
$11.85 / month, 2000 MB Space, 75.0 GB transfer - Power
$16.85 / month, 2500 MB Space, 90.0 GB transfer - Power Windows
$16.85 / month, 2500 MB Space, 90.0 GB transfer - Gold
$24.85 / month, 4000 MB Space, 100.0 GB transfer - Gold Windows
$24.85 / month, 3000 MB Space, 100.0 GB transfer - Ultra
$41.85 / month, 6000 MB Space, 120.0 GB transfer - Ultra Windows
$41.85 / month, 6000 MB Space, 120.0 GB transfer
HOSTONY average Uptime 99.764%
Based on 2233 days of uptime monitoring of 1 web sites hosted with HOSTONY
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worse than you can imagine.
posted on Apr 23, 2006 by Brett LewisUser email: Hidden
Web site: Hidden
Used the services of HOSTONY for: over 3 years
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Apr 23, 2006): Current customer
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: Hidden
Customer support rating: 1
Webhost Technical quality rating: 1
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 1
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 1
Imagine your domain working. then imagine one day they decide to upgrade all their servers at once. Imagine they send you an email from a bogus address and expect you to do what it says. Imagine your domain vanishing. Then imagine it being replaced with a "warning" page. Then imagine it being replaced with a directory listing.Tthen imagine it being replaced with someone else's directory listing.
Imagine thinking you're in the twilight zone.
Try to imagine getting someone in your country to help you. And try to imagine finding someone who speaks english. Try to imagine your webmail doesn't work.Tthen try to imagine your imap doesn't work. then imagine it works, then doesn't, then does.
Then imagine when your email finally works, it thinks you're a new user. Then imagine it says that your cookies aren't valid.
Imagine thinking that you've been seriously screwed and you're looking for a new hosting service.
Then imagine yourself going with a different company.
Seriously, go with a different company.
I've been with hostony for 3 or 4 years, and i couldn't ever get satisfactory tech support. My imap was agonizingly slow, and they couldn't offer any explanations or suggestions. so i slogged through. but now, nothing works w.r.t. my account. So i'm looking for a different company.
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seems to be a joke...
posted on Feb 19, 2006 by Bruno PUser email: n/a
Web site: cancelled before !!!
Used the services of HOSTONY for: less than a month
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Feb 19, 2006): Hidden
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: Hidden
Customer support rating: n/a
Webhost Technical quality rating: n/a
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 1
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 1
I try to cancel, 2 hours after subscribing !
WHY ?
The mails they sent me are full of mistakes, the links to the WEBMIN CP is wrong, I could connect only once.
Connection seems slow... even for a VPS CP access !!! I think the adress they have in the UK is a fake, I had one of them by the phone for account confirmation, I couldn't understant a word from him... don't know where the call comes from !
Seems like amateurs (just a feeling). The front-page is nice, but like a % of the web buisness, I guess it's trashy behind !!!
Don't take a chance, save your money. I lost almost 40$CAD (unless they give it back)
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Hostony Poor Experience
posted on Dec 24, 2005 by StaceyUser email: Hidden
Web site: allgiftshop.net
Used the services of HOSTONY for: less than a month
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Dec 24, 2005): N/A
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: Hidden
Customer support rating: 1
Webhost Technical quality rating: 1
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 1
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 1
Hostony or z555.com(yes the same) I suppose Hostony got so bad they got another domain and still have bad business. I wish I had done more research about this hosting. They do not have good service you do not get your info until over a week later.......by then you cancel and they do not refund your money. They do not cancel you and start your hosting when it is too late 2 days after you cancel. But they are sure fast for getting money...I just got an invoice for the next moneth when I have CANCELLED! If they take out my money I will be furious!!! I cancelled. Those good service ratings at the top were probbably done by them!!!
DO NOT TRY THEM! They don't even deserve a 1.
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Highly recommend them!
posted on Jan 01, 2004 by Ninell HamlUser email:
Web site: n/a
Used the services of HOSTONY for: 3 months - 1 year
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Jan 01, 2004): Current customer
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: n/a
Customer support rating: 9
Webhost Technical quality rating: 9
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 9
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 9
I've had an account with Hostony for almost a year now, and I have found them to be reliable and helpful. The customer support will go above and beyond to help solve my problems, even if (as sometimes happens) they are of my own creation. The response time is excellent too. My site has experienced almost zero downtime. The prices are really unbelievable too. A lot of the other hosting companies I looked at wanted to charge me two or three times as much for the services I get from Hostony. I higtly recommend them!
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Value for Money
posted on Jan 01, 2004 by ClaireUser email: n/a
Web site: n/a
Used the services of HOSTONY for: 3 months - 1 year
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Jan 01, 2004): Current customer
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: n/a
Customer support rating: 9
Webhost Technical quality rating: 10
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 10
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 10
When I had problems with my free host I decided it was finally time to move over to a paid host. I looked around, and still agree that hostony is the best value for money site out there. Also the control panel is very easy to use.
I wasn't sure how to use the FTP, but hostony has a forum where staff members will help you through your problem. I've asked for help a couple of times and they've always been very nice, and helped me solve my problem.
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Reliable host
posted on Nov 13, 2003 by Dick TorryUser email:
Web site: n/a
Used the services of HOSTONY for: 3 months - 1 year
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Nov 13, 2003): Current customer
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: n/a
Customer support rating: 10
Webhost Technical quality rating: 10
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 10
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 10
Very professional and very competent hosting provider. Excellent prices and amazingly fast tech support. I highly recommend HOSTONY if you are looking for reliable Hosting Company
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Do Not Host with Hostony!
posted on Aug 26, 2003 by AaronUser email:
Web site: blackbeardhosting.com
Used the services of HOSTONY for: 3 months - 1 year
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Aug 26, 2003): Current customer
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: A resellers plan
Customer support rating: 2
Webhost Technical quality rating: 3
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: 4
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 1
I am currently in a meeting trying to present an online courseware running on a clients website...pixelphish.com. I have contacted Hostony in the past 2 weeks plenty of times to resolve timeout issues, no connections to database and websites completly failing to resolve. There has been no effort to move users which I share space with who are bandwidth hogs. Hostony has admitted to users on my server crashing the computer...in fact the tech support guy that told me this no longer even works for Hostony! In any case turn elsewhere for your hosting needs! matrixreseller.com...srlhosting.com...great ones!
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Untitled
posted on Aug 11, 2003 by AnonymousUser email: n/a
Web site: pakitalk.com
Used the services of HOSTONY for: Private
Date when last hosted by HOSTONY (as of Aug 11, 2003): Private
HOSTONY Web Hosting Plan used: N/A
Customer support rating: n/a
Webhost Technical quality rating: n/a
HOSTONY Web hosting services Cost/Value rating: n/a
Web hosting provider Overall rating: 1
It sure sucks. No email was sent telling me my login id and password, so once you forget them (and you will) you cant log back in. There's hardly any way to contact them. What a shame and crime for these webhosts-comparing websites who put hostony and other stinky webhosts at top just because they pay commission.
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