Well, I know this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54992&highlight=neopanel) thread was closed (as was this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53710&highlight=neopanel) one) , but I thought this information was interesting to say the least...

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Registrar: Go Daddy Software (http://registrar.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: NEO3MEDIA.COM

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.PEARLSERVERS.NET
NS2.PEARLSERVERS.NET
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Registrar: Go Daddy Software (http://registrar.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: NEOPANEL.COM

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.PEARLSERVERS.NET
NS2.PEARLSERVERS.NET
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Domain Name: OPTICFIVE.COM Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC. D/B/A CHINA-CHANNEL.COM Whois Server: whois.OnlineNIC.com Referral URL: http://www.OnlineNIC.com Name Server: NS1.PEARLSERVERS.NET Name Server: NS2.PEARLSERVERS.NET
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Weird that the partner would be using the same nameservers as the developer. I was going to give neopanel a chance, I really was, but it has just started smelling real fishy. neo3media himself (x213) has been posting some contradictory information around here (i.e. the pricing for the licences keeps changing, he said free upgrades for life, but when I talked them on their forum this was upgrades for the first year included, after that half of the licence price per year).

I thought I'd just try to start a thread on this subject that would stay withing tollerance and that wouldn't be closed, as I think this really should be discussed.

Would you buy a control panel from a company that was/had been offering hosting for warez? Would you trust a control panel that had a 15 year old as part of its staff?

I think I'd better give H-Sphere another look. At least they have a sound reputation. Anybody know what H-Sphere policy on updates are and what support is like (2 little side questions).

I'll understand if this thread gets closed too, as all the other neopanel related threads seem to get closed.

If it is that big of a deal to have our own nameservers. We will.

The demo of NeoPanel will speak itself.

Would you like a free liscence, for proof? Email me.

Thanks

Originally posted by Tazzman
Anybody know what H-Sphere policy on updates are and what support is like (2 little side questions).





From: http://www.psoft.net/h_sphere2_pricing.html

Support and upgrade policies

Annual support & upgrade policy is available for a 20% of the total license fee. This fee covers free technical support coverage & free upgrades for a year.


When there is a new version, you request an upgrade and they'll do it for you (usually within a day or 2).

Support is decent: from 30 minutes to a few hours.. I've waited about 12 hours before, but that was a few months ago. Not sure how quickly they respond now.

Would you buy a control panel from a company that was/had been offering hosting for warez?

When? I am confused.

Thanks

Well, I posted the link above about the warez aligations and no, I won't ask for a free licence as proof, that's not what I want. I am waiting for the demo and I will evaluate the product based on what I can see of it and not based on rumours. I just found it strange that x213 didn't defend himself against those aligations, as I sure would if somebody accused me of such a thing.

I also didn't say you needed your own nameservers, I just wondered how come the partner and the developer had the same nameservers as it struck me as unusual.

The different information you have posted in the past about pricing etc. is probably due to the fact that you are just setting up shop and hadn't set any prices as yet.

I really don't have the intention of hurting anybodies reputation, but all this different information flying around is just giving me a bit of a headache. I guess I'm just somehow trying to get all the rumours etc. straightened out so a sound decision can be made.

I think it is normal to have nameservers from your hosting providers. Many companies, especially thouse who just starting up do it. If you are not a hosting provider - why would you register name servers? Another thing is - why would you waste extra server for secondary dns, if all you do, is hosting one domain/one server?

H Spheres updates and support and fantastic. The updates are done efficiently, they are making so you can update yourself as new versions come out.

The support is nothing short of, dare I say...amazing. Not only do I get clear answers back from emails but I even talk to the people there who write the docs! Which is great since they can ask me how things look and I can tell what might be missing or needs changing.

H Sphere has been great!

I never saw that post.

ForYouWebDesign.com used to be one of our clients.

He used to be hosted under us. We bought him a domain under our name.

I never saw that post, and I assure you I would have set things straight.

I am not sure why he would do that? He doesn't host other sites with us. His main site is only on our servers. And he did not post any warez on it so its clean.

Thank You

What does neo mean.

Originally posted by AcuNett
What does neo mean.

Greek, from neos meaning new.

Neo, as in the Matrix, meaning 'one badass dude' ;)

Originally posted by Neo3Net
If it is that big of a deal to have our own nameservers. We will.

The demo of NeoPanel will speak itself.

Would you like a free liscence, for proof? Email me.

Thanks I'd like a free lisence for the hell of it, no need to prove anything to me.

What's wrong with using the same nameservers?

I dont think there is anything wrong per say but it brings questions to mind like; What kind of funding does this thing have if they are on a standard shared hosting account? I don't think you'll find Plesk and Ensim putting their site or development code on a shared server. Bottom line is programmers are not cheap, and it takes siginificant funding to make something on the scale of a complete automated control panel and hosting system.

Originally posted by Jag
I dont think there is anything wrong per say but it brings questions to mind like; What kind of funding does this thing have if they are on a standard shared hosting account? I don't think you'll find Plesk and Ensim putting their site or development code on a shared server. Bottom line is programmers are not cheap, and it takes siginificant funding to make something on the scale of a complete automated control panel and hosting system. True, True, True!

Speaking of control panels...;) (Host GUI) Any news?

Nah, this is a neopanel thread and I don't want to run it off course. Check out the HostGUI site for updates or get a hold of me please.

Originally posted by aragon


Greek, from neos meaning new.

Actually "neo" is "new... "neos" means "youngster" ;)

Originally posted by aragon






When there is a new version, you request an upgrade and they'll do it for you (usually within a day or 2).

Support is decent: from 30 minutes to a few hours.. I've waited about 12 hours before, but that was a few months ago. Not sure how quickly they respond now.

And since when is neopanel even out? :eek:

Myles, I believe aragon is referring to h-sphere, not neopanel.

Peter

Originally posted by ckpeter
Myles, I believe aragon is referring to h-sphere, not neopanel.

Peter

oi, that'd make a lot more sense :D

Originally posted by Jag
I dont think there is anything wrong per say but it brings questions to mind like; What kind of funding does this thing have if they are on a standard shared hosting account? I don't think you'll find Plesk and Ensim putting their site or development code on a shared server. Bottom line is programmers are not cheap, and it takes siginificant funding to make something on the scale of a complete automated control panel and hosting system.

Come on Jag, don't you think you should keep away from this thread?

No hard feelings but I think anybody should get a chance. Why do you need to start something like this with a lot of money? There are a lot of big companies nowadays that started out as a one-man show and because of succes grew out to become big players in this world so why should this be different?

Besides of this I think you should concentrate more on your own panel, I'm also eager to see a working demo hell the finished product :)

I think you get my point...

Domenico