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Thread: Acceleratedweb 3.5 year review
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11-28-2008, 04:09 AM #1WHT Addict
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Acceleratedweb 3.5 year review
The short: the most security conscious feature-full shared host I've ever seen. Enough that it overcomes the other flaws.
Three and a half years ago, I began a small adult forum on one of Accelerated Web's servers. It since grew into one of the largest adult forums on the Internet - and is -the- largest in its genre. Eventually I was pushing close to some limits, and taking up a rather hefty share of the server's resources. I wanted rDNS matching, and a number of other fun things that come with running your own server...
...so I moved on.
They are rather high-priced, have somewhat long response times - no real ticket system, and are not the best communicators. I'm not sure why they don't care to implement better policies in these regards, but if I were to make a parting suggestion, they could certainly improve in those areas.
Though they don't really know it, these people drove me to learn a great deal about website security - their philosophy, setup, and skills in this arena haven't been matched by any other hosting company that my friends or I participated in - which is quite a list.Typical Response Time: Up to a few hours for critical issues on off-hours, a day and sometimes more for non-critical issues. During 'on hours', critical issues would usually get attention within fifteen minutes or so.General attitude: Fairly good - professional and respectful, and willing to explain issues in detail, even if sometimes it was after the fact.Server ping: ~45 milliseconds... which is about average for most of the providers I know of.Server uptime: In the 99.9% range. There was one issue with a RAID failure last November, but that was resolved fairly quickly and I was making routine database backups (They restored the database, but it was slightly corrupted). They tend not to warn about downtime, but downtime is usually a few minutes at the worst.Server speed: Compared to my new VPS, a bit of a dinosaur, I'm sorry to say. It does appear to be a bit average in comparison to most others I've dealt with.Price: When I first signed up, plan 2 was $60/month. They are, obviously, quite pricey, but I was basically allowed to run up 20% of one CPU up until cancellation. The low disk space may be a deal breaker for some, however.Security: They are anal about it and I liked it that way, despite the minor frustrations.
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If security is your main concern, above other considerations such as price - I would highly recommend these people. They have a lot of room to improve, but the peace of mind was worth the extra $2k I spent on them over various competitors.
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11-28-2008, 04:13 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Overall nice review. Thanks. Report the domain privately to the mods for verification using the report button.
Regards!
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11-28-2008, 05:08 AM #3Web Hosting Guru
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That is one quality review. Great to hear they had such good security! Good luck in your endeavors.
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11-28-2008, 08:27 AM #4Influix Guest
Wow nice review. Detailed in every aspect. Good luck with your forum, I'm sure it's doing well.
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11-28-2008, 10:25 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Veks,
Thanks for the review. It is really amazing that you have been with them 3.5 years because it seems customers are switching companies so often . We should congratulate them for their customer service and support. Please don't forget to validate your review by submitting domain to moderators.
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11-28-2008, 11:45 AM #6WHT Addict
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Well, as I mentioned, I had to leave them - the next grade up was more than a vps, and since starting with them I had gained quite a lot of experience.
I just wanted to mention how much they had impressed me.
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11-28-2008, 02:19 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Thanks for the detailed review! It's good to see a satisfied customer, especially one who has been with a company for 3.5 years.
Last edited by anon-e-mouse : 11-28-2008 at 05:49 PM.
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11-28-2008, 07:33 PM #8host4zero Guest
thanks for that review ,excellent !!!
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11-29-2008, 12:50 PM #9Retired Moderator
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The OP has provided a domain that was hosted by Acceleratedweb.
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