Hi everyone
I almost decided to buy CWIHosting plan, but fortunately found this board and read mostly negative comments about that company here; so i have to rethink it. My hosting needs include Java servlet support, PHP/MySQL and tech support i can rely on. (should i mention it must be affordable as well?) Well, looks like this company - http://cowena.com - has all that stuff and fair pricing too. Their faq/support area really impressed me, actually i learned some new things there... :idea:
My only concern now is that I couldn't find any unbiased reviews/opinions on cowena.com. Can anyone share his/her experience with them? or recommend me similar hosting plans maybe? :confused:
Thank you all and good luck.

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Originally posted by determinist
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Same thing here

The site is offline. I have never heard of them !

Try listing your requirements in the "Web Hosting Offers and Requests" forum.
You might be surprised what good offers you may get
:D

FMB,

Have you looked at cqhost.com?

jericho

Hi jericho,
sure, I checked them as well as the rest of hosts you've mentioned before. Well, they look solid (I was scared at first when saw their entry level 75MB/10 plan :nuts: before i realiazed 10 means email addresses, not GBs.) If i understood you right, you are with CQ now? and what do you think of them? how's their support? Connection seems slow a bit from here; is it ok from your location? Thank you in advance.

2allera - it's good to hear such an opinion from hosting provider; actually i put Focalhosting in my java host list yesterday; now it gets even more hitpoints :) .

Good luck with your java biz!

FMB,

I have a client's site with cqhost. The site it is in disarray right now as they are still defining requirements. If/when it ever gets done I will send you a URL so you can see how it works. I have done a lot of jsp/servlet testing in the site and it works great. The php works well also there. I have never noticed the site being down in the last 2 months. I have never really needed to contact their support except for some basic setup questions at the very beginning. They replied quickly, within a few hours. They have a good knowledge base and faq system within their control panel that contains a lot of useful information.

hope that helps,
jericho

FMB,

Did you sign up with cowena? Their site is back up today and I was looking around in it. They don't specifically mention jsp/servlet support but all of their faqs mention that you get resin with every account. One thing that looks nice is that you get a private JVM that you can stop and start as you need. I don't have this with cqhost, I would have to request a restart through their support system. It does appear that they are with VDI which had problems a while ago, not sure if they are ok now - anybody care to comment regarding VDI?

Let me know if you sign up with them and your experiences if you don't mind.

jericho

Hmm, the private JVM is a must for my :uzi: webapp, which based entirely on a servlet... As i can predict it'll take a heavy testing.

Think I'll go with Cowena; at least to start thing up and do all checks. I plan deploy in 3 months and i'll drop you a message about my exp with them. Yes, they're little-known, but may be it's not bad after all? they look fast and underloaded (well, when they're up ;)). CQ's slower a bit from here. Beside, i did a little research on CQ and found a couple of terrible (1 point of 10) reviews like this one http://www.hostsearch.com/showcomment.asp?Companycode=31 It's last Feb, maybe they're going better now. Hope your project will go smoothly with them. Let me know when you launch it, ok?

Good luck!

PS: Sent a presale inquiry to CQ and have no reply - after 15 hours.