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[Entemedia]

Hey all,

I might be starting a new host, so I am looking for a good control panel. I am very interested in the WHM and Cpanel. Meanwhile, I have found that VDI is no longer associated with www.cpanel.net, and the only place I can find the Cpanel is BURSTNET...

See, BurstNET is not a reputable host as mentioned in many forums including WHT, but they are the only one distributing Cpanel and WHM. Check out:

http://www.burst.net/cp/

I can rent one for only $99 for external servers (as far as I can see, it means servers that are not hosted by Burst.net??)

But should I trust them? Their FAQ is down, and they are well-known for not answering emails, I am kind of frustrated.

Please advise.

Thanks!

David

[Chicken]

David, I believe that http://www.vdi.net is also distributing them, though not sure who else now. I'd also contact Matt @ Site5 to see if they are offering it.

The changes in the licensing and the product itself make it a bit hard to follow, but external wouuld be servers not in the Burst NOC, correct.

[Sesran]

VenturesOnline.com has CPANEL and I think WizardsHosting.com does too which are both reputable.

[Entemedia]

But cpanel.net claimes that they are no longer associated with VDI, and they recommend Burst.Net for Cpanel distribution. I might be wrong though.

I checked out VDI just now, same price as Burst.Net. Which one should I go with?

[Timothy]

Originally posted by Entemedia
But cpanel.net claimes that they are no longer associated with VDI, and they recommend Burst.Net for Cpanel distribution. I might be wrong though.

Exactly. Cpanel and VDI split up. They now both have the source code for the product and soon they will both have their own version of Cpanel. I think DarkOrb will be coding a "new" Cpanel from scratch and it will be called NocSoft.

Also, one of the DarkOrb programmers is a system admin at Burst (if I understand correctly), so that could ba an advantage...