SUMMER SPECIAL

Front Drive Hosting is proud to offer this Summer Special. Act soon -- a deal this hot won't last forever!

Front Drive Summer Special Details:

- 600MB Space
- 20GB transfer
- 99.5% Uptime Guarantee
- Same Day Setup
- Hardware: Intel™ Pentium 4 processors, SCSI hard drives
- Advanced CPanel Control Panel ( view here: http://www.frontdrive.com/cpanel.gif )
- 10 Addon Domains (Point to subdirectories)
- Unlimited Parked Domains (Point to main page)
- 50 MySQL Databases
- Unlimited Subdomains
- 100 FTP Accounts
- SSH Access
- Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts
- Unlimited Email Forwarders
- Unlimited Mailing Lists
- Perl 5.6.1
- PHP 4.2.1 w/Zend Optimizer
- Your Own CGI-BIN
- Pre-installed CGI Scripts
- phpMyAdmin
- SSI
- Cronjobs
- Custom Error Pages
- Password Protected Directories
- .htaccess Support
- FrontPage Extensions
- SSL Support
- 24/7 system monitoring
- 24/7 support via our Help Desk and email
- Live support via AOL Instant Messenger
- An emergency email address that will automatically page all of our techs on their cell phones/pagers.
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- And much much more!

All this for only $9.95/month with FREE setup.

For full details, as well as info on our other hosting plans, please visit our website at http://www.frontdrive.com/.

If you have any questions at all regarding our service, please feel free to send an email to sales@frontdrive.com or contact me directly at jay@frontdrive.com. We're also available via AOL Instant Messenger at this screenname: FDrive Support

Thank you for considering Front Drive Hosting!

Have a nice day and good luck in your search for a host!

I joined up, and so far the Support has been awesome, the speed has been awesome and the features are great. I saw the deal, im'd jay, and after he answered a few of my questions i ordered my account, a few minutes later i was setup. Overall 10 minutes, and now i have some excellent hosting. He was able to answer all my Questions in record time for any tech support i have spoken too.

i recommend it :cool:

Your website looks familiar. *thinking where I've seen the layout before* :confused:

Maybe a gearhost feel?

I love the train. Site looks excellent. :)

How much for tickets on your train fdrive?

The train image does look good. :agree:

BTW, I found what site it reminds me of. The old availhosting.com site, which I believe is no longer in business.

Originally posted by Hostworkz.com
The train image does look good. :agree:

BTW, I found what site it reminds me of. The old availhosting.com site, which I believe is no longer in business.

We used to do design and as it turns out, I was the one who did the site for the guy who ran Avail.

When Avail went under I thought it was such a nice layout that I may as well revive the concept and spice it up a little for Front Drive.


Thanks for the compliments guys :)

wow, im really interested in your services at this point. when does this offer end?

oh yes, and with this special, i was wondering how much more a static ip address costs per year.

I signed up... i only need it for a couple of months though before i get a d-server...

Originally posted by stashia
oh yes, and with this special, i was wondering how much more a static ip address costs per year.


The offer will be ending in September. A dedicated IP is available for free upon request.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Great offer im going to look you up on it.

If a client signs on, are the monthly hosting fees and features (bandwidth, etc.) "locked" as long as they stay with that plan or are they subject to future increases should that happen?

Originally posted by Curtis H.
If a client signs on, are the monthly hosting fees and features (bandwidth, etc.) "locked" as long as they stay with that plan or are they subject to future increases should that happen?

As soon as you sign up, your price and features are locked in for as long as you are a customer of Front Drive.


Don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions,

FDrive: What do you mean by "Unlimited Parked Domain"?:confused:

Originally posted by digiguy
FDrive: What do you mean by "Unlimited Parked Domain"?:confused:

You may have an unlimited number of domains pointing your main domain. Those are "parked" domains. "Addon" domains differ in that they may point to subdirectories, and not just the main page.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Can I host 5 different domains at the same time with 5 different account in one plan?

I beleive with the 10 Domains pointing to subdirectory's it could be a different site. I guess your allowed to have a totoal of 10 sites per account + subdomains. As long as its under 600mb Space. Im not positive about this, i guess we'll wait for a response.

If the 10 domains only point to sub-dir, then it's a different story here.

Originally posted by digiguy
If the 10 domains only point to sub-dir, then it's a different story here.

Yes, the 10 domains point to a subdirectory. They act just like any other domain -- the only difference is that instead of using /public_html/ as its home directory, it will use /public_html/subdirectory/ as its home directory.

In your specs it says you have support for XML. What does this mean in detail. Do you have the newest expat/sablotron for example?

Also, where are you located? What upstream connections you have?

thanks

gawan I think Ill save them the trouble and refer you to this url which answeres all the questions you asked. http://www.frontdrive.com/about/ .

very nice looking deal! i may have to get in on it

FDrive, in case you didn't know, PHP 4.2.1 has a major vulnerability. they released 4.2.2 to fix it. more info at php.net

edit: also, is imap enabled?

I ordered it as well. Im going to test it out. Hopefully they fufill there promises and become a great host known to WHT. I now begin to cross my fingers.

just curious if you folks offer any REAL AUDIO/VIDEO streaming...will pay extra if the price is right!

fdrive, is credit card the only method of payment you accept?

gawan: We do not currently have the expat/sablotron extensions installed. If you need them, I'd me more than happy to install them, provided that they do not interfere with the server's performance for other clients. We're located in California, the servers are in Scranton, PA. For info on the upstream, visit BurstNET's website: http://www.burst.net/

Sykus: The IMAP PHP extensions are installed, if that is what you are referring to. I'm aware of the PHP vulnerability, and forwarded that info to another admin yesterday. We should be running 4.2.2 by the end of the day.

phantom: HTTP streaming of Real Audio/Video is fully supported.

cynix: Yes, we only accept credit cards.

thanks for the info. i have one more question, what content is allowed with you? i didn't see it anywhere, but i may have missed it

edit: i lied, i have another question. with each of the 10 domains, can i also set the mx records for each one, i.e. does each domain have as much control over itself as the main account?

got a ?....can you have like 3 different people on the same acount...ie 3 different poeple each with ftp...domain name...a part of the space and use of control panel....each with different user names and pass and have the owner be able to control how much space ect that each person can use?

oh also the need to each beable to have e-mail accounts at their respective domains....is that possible?

Originally posted by Sykus
thanks for the info. i have one more question, what content is allowed with you? i didn't see it anywhere, but i may have missed it

edit: i lied, i have another question. with each of the 10 domains, can i also set the mx records for each one, i.e. does each domain have as much control over itself as the main account?

You can change the MX records for any of the 10 domains.

We do not allow adult content. You can read our terms of service at http://www.frontdrive.com/about/tos/

Originally posted by jhcashman
got a ?....can you have like 3 different people on the same acount...ie 3 different poeple each with ftp...domain name...a part of the space and use of control panel....each with different user names and pass and have the owner be able to control how much space ect that each person can use?

oh also the need to each beable to have e-mail accounts at their respective domains....is that possible?

They can have separate FTP accounts, but you cannot control the amount of space that they are alloted. We do not allow that to prevent people from reselling our space, as we do not offer reseller plans.

I would just like to say ive signed up and its been great. Got my account in a few hours its all setup and its great. Thanks.

WTF this isn't a forum:angry:

/me looks around

hmm, looks like a forum to me

and might i add, the best one for this topic on the net

Shared Webhosting Special Offers!!!!!
Web Hosting Forum !!!!!
what part don't you understand
pd

lol what's smokie's problem

oh, i see, smokie is retarded. i had that feeling before, now i know for sure. anyways, let's not feed this troll anymore.

i signed up yesterday. they set up my account within three hours, that was terrific! :)

yeah so far im very happy with the services i have received

I just signed up with fdrive and so far it looks great... lets see, it's been about 15 minutes and my account is already setup!!! Jay (the owner) is a good down to earth guy too... he isn't like many of the other hosting owners who think they need to talk like a robot to sound professional... I'll post another update in a few days letting everyone know how fast the servers are and stuff. But so far, AWESOME!!!

Thanks jay...
Adam

Originally posted by wargoat
I joined up, and so far the Support has been awesome, the speed has been awesome and the features are great. I saw the deal, im'd jay, and after he answered a few of my questions i ordered my account, a few minutes later i was setup. Overall 10 minutes, and now i have some excellent hosting. He was able to answer all my Questions in record time for any tech support i have spoken too.

i recommend it :cool:

ohh 1 post and such a positive feeback, fdrive..err I mean wargoat :)

Originally posted by lazerguy


ohh 1 post and such a positive feeback, fdrive..err I mean wargoat :)

Are you implying that I am wargoat? Why would I do that? I have plenty of satistfied and very real customers. Why don't you ask the moderators to give you the IP address of both of us so you can prove yourself wrong :)

Jay,
First of all this is a great offer and I am happy that you are selling these packages, as they are great packages for the money. Don't worry about Lazerguy and his post, and keep up the good work.

-Steven

Im using frontdrive my site is http://clan-lod.com the hosting is great. I would reccomend it and no i dont work for fdrive or know them in any personal way i just saw the add and signed up.

Originally posted by insiderhosting
Jay,
First of all this is a great offer and I am happy that you are selling these packages, as they are great packages for the money. Don't worry about Lazerguy and his post, and keep up the good work.

-Steven


Hey, thanks Steven! It's nice to see a host support another host for once, instead of attack it :)

i just signed up this second :)

edit: it's taking my account longer than 15 minutes, i haven't even recieved any confirmation emails yet, but i'm being patient

Sykus -- sorry about the delay. Even though our actual guarantee is 24 hour setup, we do try to keep it within an hour. I just checked and it looks like your account has been set up within the past 10 minutes.

Can I pay annually in one payment, maybe with a small discount as is customary with some other hosts?

Secondly, do you recommend your services also to european customers (my current host is in NY, but I have had some problems with their POP3 when sending mail. I live in Europe).

thanks

Originally posted by deathlord
Im using frontdrive my site is http://clan-lod.com the hosting is great. I would reccomend it and no i dont work for fdrive or know them in any personal way i just saw the add and signed up.

Sure http://clan-lod.com is the URL?

As of the post of this date, the site is down :rolleyes:

Yup, I concur, that web site IS down. And I have a question for fdrive...

Do you allow the installation of phpBB?

And from your web site: "Our datacenter has multiple connections from different backbone providers; huge fiber connections from the largest and most trusted providers around." I'm left to assume you mean UUNet, XO Communications, and Verio.... is this true?

FDrive hmmmmmmmmm. I signed up. It took close to 3 days to propogate - the longest ever for me.

You can install phpBB - I did. But had lots of problems. They had to install it themselves but I still can't restore the db.

2+ hours ago I filed a ticket that my site hosted there is down - www.jointcomms.com

Yesterday I tried to publish but the server droped connection - TWICE

Jay and staff might be the nicest people on earth but I need to be up 99.5% of the time?????

Their site is up but mine isn't. I might get hell from Jay for writing this but I've just been thru chaos with a previous host and I'm already feeling the pain in the first 72 hours.

Sorry Jay but that's the way I feel. If my experience changes, I'll be first in the list to say so.


Edit: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WORKED THOUGH - AN E-MAIL TO THEIR EMERGENCY ACCOUNT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED - WITHIN HALF HOUR THE SYSTEM IS BACK UP AND RUNNING Hope Jay doesn't decide to refuse me as a customer after this post.

You won't get hell from me at all -- your site was down, you have every right to be upset.

Up until around 5 minutes ago, Apache was running, just slowly. I gave Apache a quick reboot, and ran into a seg fault. So I had to recompile Apache, which took 15 minutes or so, resulting in that downtime.

It's running smooth as ever right now. So sorry about that!

THANKS Jay :blush:

my domain is good and propogated already

I said I would be the first to make positive remarks. I know I've been giving them a difficult time with my needs and requirements but they have come out of it with flying colours.

Just today alone they have saved me hours of work. I don't know how they did it but, they were able to restore a database which I didn't want to loose.

Okey Okey I'm not in love or anything but I wanted to give unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's

I had to switch my dns but since then my site has not gone down while being on frontdrive server's and get great pageloads.

FDrive (Jay)

Do you plan on having a support forum sometime in the future?

I personally find this a bonus even when considering a host as it gives an outsider an idea on what kind of support they can expect and how clients are treated and whether it's in a timely manner or not.

Originally posted by Curtis H.
FDrive (Jay)

Do you plan on having a support forum sometime in the future?

I personally find this a bonus even when considering a host as it gives an outsider an idea on what kind of support they can expect and how clients are treated and whether it's in a timely manner or not.


Curtis: We plan on launching our forum in September.

Let me know if you have any other questions

-J

well, 2checkout strikes out once again.
It won't authorise my CC (says addy doesn't match - which is incorrect) even though I use this same one for all my online business!
Damn, I hate them.

Originally posted by ATST
well, 2checkout strikes out once again.
It won't authorise my CC (says addy doesn't match - which is incorrect) even though I use this same one for all my online business!
Damn, I hate them.

Ugh, sorry to hear that. If you feel up to going through the trouble, you may want to contact 2checkout from http://www.2checkout.com/contactus.htm

Well, I once inquired on that same contact page about using their service, and never recieved a reply. (thats why I said 2checkout strikes out again)
I will instead call my bank tomorrow, and see what exactly is the syntax of my address. (pobox or po box ect.) Too bad they don't have an option to phone verify it. The name and address on the card is the same as the phone line.
After this card was fraudualently used by iBill, I would actually perfer questionable online charges be phone verified anyway.

OK just one question:
Why does a DIG show up as
frontdrive.com resolved to 64.21.161.206
DNS Query Results:
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> any frontdrive.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; frontdrive.com, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
frontdrive.com. 3h14m50s IN A 64.21.161.206
frontdrive.com. 3h14m50s IN NS ns2.aletia.com.
frontdrive.com. 3h14m50s IN NS ns1.aletia.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
frontdrive.com. 3h14m50s IN NS ns2.aletia.com.
frontdrive.com. 3h14m50s IN NS ns1.aletia.com.

---------
Domain servers in listed order:
NS3.FRONTDNS.COM
NS4.FRONTDNS.COM
--------

Connecting to whois.arin.net...

Net Access Corporation (NETBLK-NAC-NETBLK03)
1719b Route 10E, Suite 111
Parsippany, NJ 07054
US

Netname: NAC-NETBLK03
Netblock: 64.21.0.0 - 64.21.191.255
Maintainer: NAC

Coordinator:
Net Access Corporation (ZN77-ARIN) legal@nac.net
800-638-6336

Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

NS1.NAC.NET 207.99.0.1
NS2.NAC.NET 207.99.0.2


Before anyone thinks I am slamming them, which I am not, the IP numbers of aletia is considerably different. The NAC is the same though. I just don't understand why the answer section on the DIG for the frontdrive site say aletia. Can anyone enlightnen me?
aletia.com resolved to 216.118.67.98
DNS Query Results:
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> any aletia.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; aletia.com, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
aletia.com. 4H IN A 216.118.67.98
aletia.com. 4H IN NS ns1.aletia.com.
aletia.com. 4H IN NS ns2.aletia.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
aletia.com. 4H IN NS ns1.aletia.com.
aletia.com. 4H IN NS ns2.aletia.com.

------
Name servers:
ns1.aletia.com
ns2.aletia.com
------

Connecting to whois.arin.net...

Net Access Corporation (NETBLK-NAC-NETBLK04)
1719b Route 10E, Suite 111
Parsippany, NJ 07054
US

Netname: NAC-NETBLK04
Netblock: 216.118.64.0 - 216.118.127.255
Maintainer: NAC

Coordinator:
Net Access Corporation (ZN77-ARIN) legal@nac.net
800-638-6336

Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

NS1.NAC.NET 207.99.0.1
NS2.NAC.NET 207.99.0.2

If you think that's interesting ATST, you should keep on searching ;)

Jeremy, one of our admins, used to be a mod with Aletia. He had an extra account so he decided that that was as good a place as any to put up the site/Help Desk for a week while as we make the transition to a new server for the site/nameserver.

I'm interested.

May you provide us a link to a big file hosted by one of your server to test the download speed (ie: ~100 MB junk test file)

And, may we contact you for a custom plan?

thx
HeReDaGo

Originally posted by HeReDaGo
I'm interested.

May you provide us a link to a big file hosted by one of your server to test the download speed (ie: ~100 MB junk test file)

And, may we contact you for a custom plan?

thx
HeReDaGo

Hi HeReDaGo,

To test the speed, try downloading this file: http://server1.frontdns.com/uumap.tar.Z

Generally we don't do custom plans, but if there are special circumstances then I don't see why we can't work something out. Send an email over to sales@frontdrive.com or contact me directly at jay@frontdrive.com if you want to discuss this further.

-J

I got an average of 60.5MB / sec....... not bad. I'm on a 1.5mbps cbl modem.

Fdrive ..

Just want to ask you about subdomian.
Assume I have main domain as c1.com .. and I can create unlimited subdomain on c1.com right ?

If I have one addtion domain as c2.com (domains pointing to subdirectories) ,.. is it also possible to create subdomain for c2.com ?