I'm searching for a webhost to host one of my sites. I came across www.phantasyworkshosting.com. I did a search on this board but found nothing. Any one have any experience with them? They seem to have cheap plans full of feaures.

Well some might say were expensive :stickout: I don't think we have to many people from WHT but were trying , Lord knows were trying to build a rep here;)

I'm not lying when i say that they are one of the best hosts on the net, some awesome benefits are:
Great Speeds!
You'll have the latest server software (they upgrade! ...unlike IPowerweb which still has a very limited Cpanel 3, phantasywebhosting has Cpanel 5.3 Build 3, giving you more control over your website)
99.9% uptime! (.1% for large updates ;))
The best tech support, and friendly staff!
Daily backups!
And Lots of extra features to use towards your website

You will find that they are reliable and should be a example for all hosts to follow!

-Phil Steward (Client for 4 months)

Thanks for the kind comments Phil and were happy , that your happy :stickout:

With out a doubt the best host i have seen. I've been with them since june and there up time is brilliant, always up and very fast servers, they have alot of nice little features too :)
Staff are great as far as i can tell, always willing to help :D
Since i have been with them i would give them 10/10 ... go for them man, you WONT be dissapointed ;)

Bazza

Having some business dealings with this business i must commend the staff for being really great people to have worked with.

Always friendly and know about business... And have a goal.

With this said i would recommend them.

Kind regards
Phillip

Well I am looking for a new host and these guys sound pretty good from what I read here.

So i guess it's phantasy or
hostabox.com or
sbyweb.net

All seem to have similiar plans and pricing and same response time on speed tests over at hostpulse, if that means alot.

Originally posted by phantasywork
Well some might say were expensive :stickout: I don't think we have to many people from WHT but were trying , Lord knows were trying to build a rep here;)

Hi phantasywork,

I checked out you're company and it sounds great. Did I read correctly that you're packages include a pre- installed Invision Board?

Hello, Invision Board isnt pre-installed, but it can be installed using a One Click Auto-Installer that is in your Cpanel.

Thanks :D

well looks like I will be testing out your services soon, I hope you are more client friendly than my previous host.
:D

thanks for all the kind comments , I don't think anyone will be disappointed if they give us a try:) We are very grassroots and establish good relationships with all our customers.

THanks Again.

Hm...your header graphic looks copulated.

What bandwidth providers are you using?

We are located in the Burstnet Datacenter , But we are Also gonna have several servers in the NAC & Global Compass datacenters soon. If you would like more info please visit this page


Thanks :)

Ok I just signed up :)

ready for a test run soon, but my domains are pointing elsewhere at present but not for long:D

Update: man that was quick, just got my all set email. looks like this was the type of service I was looking for.

newpop we aim to please :stickout:

ahhhh :) just be careful posting links back to your site. It kind of breaks the rules around here. :blush:

thanks for the tip Aussie Bob
:D

alright, time for my two cents. Phantasy Works is great. i've been with them for a few months, and it's been phenominal. their support is fast, friendly, and efficient, and i have yet to see any downtime. so if you're debating between hosts, i would personally recommend these guys, because they know what they're doing, and they are friendly EVEN with people like me constantly bugging them with silly questions ;)

well, hope you make a good choice :) and good luck!

Ok, I will give them a try soon. I hope they can install the DBI modules and the DBD::mysql database driver on the server for me!!!

DeNasio , we can install any modules that you may need ..just name the ones and we will install them :)

Thanks for the kind comment's dmitler

Hey, my name is Sean. I have been hosted at PWH almost since the start. It has been the best experience with a hosting company I have had to date. I have been creating, managing and helping out on websites for over 3 years now.

I have never encountered at host that compares to PWH, they have excellent tech support. Anytime I have posed a question towards them all I have to do is refresh my e-mail inbox 3 minutes later and I have my answer.

The hosting plans are unbeatable, I have never encountered any downtime with them except once for about half an hour while they upgraded their already lightning fast servers to something unparrellel. They also have a daily back up for your site for peace of mind.

The custom control panel is one of the best user friendly control panels I have ever worked with. It has tons of auto install scripts, about 7 different web statistic programs monitoring every aspect of statistics for you.

I could go on, but I think I should let some of the people out their experience it for themselves.

~Sean

Thanks for the kind comments Sean , and keep up the good work on your site :)

So...the infmaous Tim, alleged to have ripped off a number of people here through hosting scams, claims to own phantasyworkshosting.com?

"we purchased a design known as PhantasyWorks Hosting "

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88299

lol , that was 6 months ago , yeah we got scamed by tim , nut I care not to dwell on that ;)

to clear that up tom , did a design tim scamed us and then we resold the design that tim messed us over on ..trust me tim has not one thing to do with us and i dont know how we got dragged back into this but I would rather forget about what happened as it's all just a memory.

Once again we have nothing to do with tim of paradise designs or any of hist pet projects and even posting that in this thread is off topic to say the least.

Finally some *good* things about a host, around here it seem's bad overcome the good. Good luck with hosting Douglas, and good luck to those newcomers from wht.:)

Thanks ChickenSteak , we try and thanks for the kind comments

[b]phantasy work - [b]

I have no experience of Tim, and know nothing about him except that he is little liked and allegedly owes money to many people.

But he casts an interesting web.

That's why I referred to what he posted in the other thread. If it was off-topic my apologies - but better the matter addressed than left doubtful.

Thanks for the kind comment's from everyone and I hope those who are giving us a try here from WHT will post some feedback in the future on how were doing :)

Brian I can assure you TIMPD has nothing to do with our company :stickout:

I would like to 2nd that statement.

No Tim, no way, no how. :nuts:

Just wanted to say , I have been with phantasyworkshosting about a month now and it's been the best hosting experince . These guys are on day or night and have answered questions for me even at 3am with prompt and polite replies.

I would defintely recommend them if your in need of a new host , uptime has been awesome and the support staff is very friendly and go out of there way to make sure your happy.

2 thumbs up :stickout:

Thats one hell of a review. Go for it IMO!

Thanks for your review Djac, we appreciate your kind words and are glad to have you with us.

just wanted to say I signed up with them a few weeks ago and the account was activated quickly and the speed and uptime has been wonderful. I know its a tab bit early , but I think there truely a great host.

thanks lookingahost , for the comments.

It's great to see happy customers but it might help posting a url so people can see your sites too :)

Well they seem to be down at present.... and I've only been with them a short while.

Anyone know what's going on? I can't even get their site up to register the problem.

JenniH ,

wizard is currently down , we are looking into it now and it should be back up real quick , sorry for the trouble.

Well Phantasywork, how much longer is my site going to be down? Also, you might want to look into your phone number, it doesn't work either.

There has been a considerable amount of downtime lately, is this just like every other host out there, good at first, then they get too big too fast and the uptime suffers?

Hello,
It turned from a hardware malfunction where they had to swap out the HDs into a new server; to an Arp issue with our NOC, it should be up and running very soon. Sorry for all the inconvenience.

I do appreciate the communication, that makes all the difference.

Thank You

Prisoner,

Please pm me you account name or website url and I will credit you for the trouble and I do apologize for all the trouble.


Thanks , Douglas

My website url is in my profile, but there is no need to credit anything for a couple hours of downtime. I know this business is not 100% perfect and I am sure you are doing the best you can do.

Well, it was up for a few minutes, now it is down again.

My site is having problems also. Maybe all the compliments
in this thread have jinxed the server.

Hello PhantasyWorksHosting:

The GOOD news is that the NEW account (www.lowcostmagazines.com) was set up VERY quickly tonight. I believe the "Account Activated" e-mail arrived about 24 minutes after the credit card transaction completed at 2Checkout.com

The BAD news is: (1) That when I tried to access the Control Panel, the UserName and/or Password are not working. The ones shown on the "Account Activated "e-mail" appear to be correct. Also...

(2) When I went to your web site, and filled in the form on this URL: http://phantasyworkshosting.com/contact and I selected "Support" for the "Subject", when I click on "Send Form" the response from http://phantasyworkshosting.com/contact/formmail.php is "An Error Occured Unknown Referrer: PhantasyWorksHosting.com

Please reply, with a solution, to the e-mail address you have on file for this new account. Possibly you should temporarily change for me, the User Name and Password, to get past this problem, so I can access the Control Panel?

TIA, Lanny

Ok, will do.

Just logged in fine too your account , You can't use Capital letters in your username it must be lowercase.


btw there is a support desk too use for these exact issues

http://phantasyworkshosting.com/cgi-bin/helpdesk/pdesk.cgi

Thanks , Douglas

Anthony: Thank you, for the quick e-mail reply, to my post here! As I said in my e-mail reply to you, the problem apparently was that the User Name I selected was in upper and lower case letters. As Douglas pointed out here, apparently you only permit lower case letters. Probably you should mention that, on your sign up form! I was able to get into the Control Panel and I installed the MS FrontPage Server extensions, without any problem, using an all lower case User Name and the same password.

Douglas: I will use the web form I *TRIED* to use, to submit this problem on, for Support, now that Anthony or you fixed the problem with the form, with the data I provided here on WHT. And if you have another Support form for Help, I will try to use that too. I didn't want to post the problem here, and wouldn't have, if that Form had worked properly.

Thanks again, for your time and help! Lanny

Our pleasure. Thank you for doing business. :D

Do you ever have 2 for 1 sales? Also, do you offer straight telnet or only SSH?

I need a place with straight telnet and SSH included :)

Hello,

Sorry we don't do 2 for 1 sales and we only offer SSH , if you have anymore questions please feel free to email us at sales@phantasyworkshosting.com


Thanks , Douglas

Azrien: Telnet is extremely insecure. As I recall, RedHat does *NOT* install Telnet, by default.

SSH is what you should use, at all times, if you are connecting to a computer that is not on your home LAN or another trusted LAN. Don't use Telnet over the Internet!

If you are using Windows, there is a Freeware program, I believe it is called "Putty" that you can Download and use for SSH communications. I've used it, but now I'm using Red Hat Linux 8.0, the majority of the time.

I set up an account with PhantasyWorks Thursday night. As I recall, the Account information arrived in an e-mail about 24 minutes after the credit card transaction was completed. Very fast setup!

With the very low prices PhantasyWorks has, you want a "2 for 1 sale" too? :-)

ok, you better be as good as all these testimonials say you are, because i am hooking up one of my parked domains with you.

if you are bogus, i wil haunt you in this forum.
dave ;)

if you are bogus, i wil haunt you in this forum. I hope you meant that humorously, although I still don't find it appropriate. I wouldn't want to deal with anyone who started a relationship off with a threat.

Lanny, I'm well aware that telnet is insecure, and I also use putty! Great little thing :) Problem is, I think most muds/mucks require telnet, not ssh. And now the host I'm with can't do mucks/muds! Sadness..

DizzYr: They have a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with their services, within that time, and you ask for a refund, I'm sure they will refund the money you paid them, when you signed up. They offered in this thread, to refund $ to someone, because their server was down, last week and that customer had no interest in getting a refund. Servers sometimes fail. Networks sometimes fail.

Incognito is correct. There was no need for you to threaten them, before you even try to use their web hosting service!

WOW!

This is like a 70's Love In!

Or an infomercial at 3am!

Where's Tony Little?!

It's about time hosts start garnering positive feedback on here..Gets depressing sometimes :D

Is Phantasy down? I was just about to research them and maybe make a switch from my current host that can't keep their servers up, but then I get a blank page when I go to Phantasy's site.

It's like a black cloud hanging over me wherever I go. :(

nope were up :)


we had a abusive user that was giving apache a workout for a few mins , but all seems good now.

Apparently I wasn't the only one seeing you down. Are you denying the downtime?

EDIT: Nevermind, read your edit... :)

nope not denying it , it's was about 5 mins downtime according to altera.

I seriously wonder how many of those posts are by the company itself; makeing claims to upsell it's reputation. The website might look decent but you never know.

Forgive me if I am wrong.

btw I am nobody, just optimistic.

Can I direct 3 domain names on my site if I host there? Thanks!