Hello,

has anyone had any experience with 4webspace.com ... good or bad. I am considering using them, their pricing seems very reasonable, and they claim to be part of http://www.tera-byte.com/ which has a decent rep.

any info would be much appreciated!

thanks

David

Diyoha, they have an excellent reputation around this board. If you would do a search on them, something would definitaly come up. You can search by using the top right hand corner link.

Hey Kunal,

I already did a search and they do seem to be highly rated by some people on this board. And the company was mentioned a lot in passing ...

My objective of this thread is a more directed discussion of any pros and cons of using 4webspace.com from any actual users, ex-users, potential users, etc.

thanks

David

Originally posted by diyoha
...and they claim to be part of http://www.tera-byte.com/ which has a decent rep.

David, they are part of tera and although I didn't sign up through 4webspace, I have a server there and they have been a great provider. No complaints what-so-ever (which is pretty amazing when you think about it).

Really, things that have been wrong have been fixed quickly, support and connection are very good. I can't think of anything bad to say about my experience with them (about 6 or 7 months so far).

thanx Chicken,

Hopefully 4webspace.com are using the same crew as tera-byte.com :)

David

Originally posted by diyoha
thanx Chicken,

Hopefully 4webspace.com are using the same crew as tera-byte.com :)

David


I think they are :) They are using the same NOC to ;)

Have a RAQ3 at 4 webspace.com since Sunday. Took additional 64 IP´s and upgraded to 256 RAM. So far everything fine: Fast response to the few questions I had (regarding DNS). They did set me up a "DNS control Panel". That is a site on tera-byte, where I can login and add domains to my RAQ and assign them to a specific IP from my 64 IP stock, or make them virtual accounts. Just don´t like the RAQ3 control panel so much as it is a bit slow when you need to change something but that isn´t the fault of tera-byte. I´m satisfied with the server/network speed either. I´ll cancel my old server the next days when I have transferred my domains. My monthly hosting costs will fall from 840 to 119 a month (99+20 for 64 IPs) :)

Also have a server there and can not complain .... Excellent alround service and dont charge you for support like other companies.

thanks for the feedback guys

so far looking really good for 4webspace

what type of connection do they have to the internet and how is the speed your dedicated servers?

Any negatives you can think of?

thanx

David

While I´m waiting for a few domain issues to be resolved (hasn´t to do aynthing with 4webspace or tera-byte) I did put up a test page so I can see the speed, too:

http://216.234.186.79/test/

(Attention: Only the first 10 thumbs are connected to a pic, this is a test only. The cgi form doesn´t work either since I don´t have installed any cgi yet)

This is on a RAQ3 with 256 RAM and 10 GB EIDE. Page is 35 KB just the plain html source plus it has a whopping 100 thumbs on it. This is how I prefer to check real life speed: look at the bottom left corner of the browser and see how it counts/displays all the elements of the page from 1 up to 100.

Forgot to say this is a RAQ3 at 4webspace.com

Just out of curiosity, and if you find the time to click it, how does the ORIGINAL site

http://www.somecards.com/cards/

load for you? The domain somecards.com is NOT at 4webspace.com, while the IP given above IS at 4 webspace.
(I just copied it for this test and uploaded to the IP at my new 4webspace RAQ3)

Originally posted by diyoha
what type of connection do they have to the internet

David, ths was just posted very recently (since someone else had the same question). I'll try to find you the link, but if you do some searchng you might run across it.

Edit: Found it, posted by Keeg in this thread:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=4391

The offer is pretty good, a RaQ3i for $99 and RaQ4r for $220. I'm trying to figure out if I should get a 4WebSpace or Tera-Byte RaQ. The reasoning is that Tera-Byte servers have standard provisioning while the 4WebSpace RaQ4r servers do not carry the standard PHP, ASP, and SQL from what they told me when I called them today.

thats funny. I thought the raq4r automatically came with php and mysql etc. installed. Which was the major difference between the raq4 and the raq3. Correct me if I am wrong here

David

They do...

tim2, your raq page loads faster for me. :)

RaQ4 has PHP and InterBaseSOL pre-installed.
RaQ3 does not.

thats what I thought. But jabweb mentioned that at 4webspace they charged to get php,mysql etc. installed ... which does not make sense since they should already be installed in the raq4r ....

can anyone confirm if this is true or not?

thanx

David

I think this means that if you get the RaQ3 and want those things installed by them, you refer to the charge schedule. Otherwise for the RaQ4, it is already installed so thus it doesn't apply.

If they listed an add on for a second hard drive, this wouldn't apply either since the raQ4's they offer already have two (I think, at least this is from memory, which is dim at the moment).

If that is the case then the choice of going with 4webspace or tera-byte with the raq4r is quite simple ... 4webspace offers the better deal ... unless I am missing something.

(although we might be defeating the whole purpose of 4webspace by comparing them with tera-byte :D)

this thread has been pretty productive so far! It seems that 4webspace is getting rave reviews from this forum ... and that is a very good thing IMHO. (nothing negative yet ... which is also a good thing)

David

Originally posted by diyoha
(although we might be defeating the whole purpose of 4webspace by comparing them with tera-byte :D)



4webspace == Terra-Byte

Originally posted by pippen

4webspace == Terra-Byte [/B]

nope. If that were the case then there would be no need for a different name, website, and pricing.

My guess is 4webspace attacks a different market than terra-byte.

(unless of course you have a different reasons)

later

David

terabyte and 4webspace, are owned and run by the same company. The 2 different names are being used because both target a different audience.

I am under the impression from what their NOC told me 4ws are the dedicated side, whereas tb are the virtual hosts.

They are an absolutely excellent company by the way. i have had adedicated RaQ3 with them for 3 months or so and I am extremely happy. I have yet to notice even one second of downtime. Not saying it hasn't happened, I just haven't noticed it, and I check my sites many times per day.

Originally posted by Chicken
I think this means that if you get the RaQ3 and want those things installed by them, you refer to the charge schedule. Otherwise for the RaQ4, it is already installed so thus it doesn't apply.

Hmm, see what you mean here Chicken...

It looks like they simply haven't updated their "Order Now" page... Can I suggest that if anyone from 4webspace is looking that they updated the pages to avoid confusion...

Can't help thinking that $159 for an mysql install is a bit steep though... Anyone know what you'd get with that upgrade aside from mySQL itself that is?

I've seen it suggested that if they install MySQL you can contact them for MySQL support where if you install it yourself you're on your own. I don't know if this is indeed the case. At any rate MySQL is a pretty easy install if you use one of the pkg's that are out there.

I'm also a happy 4ws customer.

Originally posted by tim2
Have a RAQ3 at 4 webspace.com since Sunday. Took additional 64 IP´s and upgraded to 256 RAM.

So how much did you pay for your RAM upgrade :)

But seriously, nobody can go wrong with a RAQ3 from 4WS. Just upgrade RAM, install PHP/MySQL and you're ready to go. I had to wait 3 weeks for my 2nd server with them though.

4ws are offering a special on their RAM upgrades. i ereceived the email this mornign and jumped all over it before I missed out. Thier RAM is normally pretty expensive, but I respect the fact that they are a business and have to pay their ppl. It is normally $111 up upg to 128MB, and $389 (!!!) for 256MB.

But! today they wrote and said they had a summer special going. $100 - $150 for 512MB depending on how much memory you already have.

Pretty good eh?

I guess it must be more cost effective and efficient use of staff if they can just tackle one type of job ie: RAM upgrades on a whole host (please excuse the pun) of servers in one go rather than one at a time

Not a bad idea that.
:)