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: Globat
by
Dave Goose January 2007 |
Price
& Cost Effectiveness
Globat's pricing structure is very
similar to other web hosting companies. Their
pricing starts at $7.95 a month and they offer only UNIX web hosting.
Even with that, they were still able to offer free setup with a
annual purchase of their web hosting accounts. Besides the low price,
you get over 10,000 MB of storage space and 300 GB of web traffic.
Some of the highlights of their hosting plan are unlimited quota
size and quantity for MySQL Databases and they are able to accept
payment via paypal.
Reliability
All of Globat's servers are on at
least a dual Intel Pentium 3 1 GHZ System. In
other words, you will never be on a server slower than a 2 ghz machine.
Furthermore, each machine has at least 3 - 4 GB of random access
memory. While other web hosting companies may put several thousand
users onto one server, Globat puts several hundred users per server.
At the moment, they are directly connected to the Level 3 network,
which is one of the fastest and most reliable network worldwide.
Data
Center
Globat current utilitize a OC-12
connection to the internet and is located in Los Angeles.
Their data center currenty holds over 50 servers
and they have a fully redundant power supply. They also host customers
on a fully redundant, state-of-the-art infrastructure of brand name
equipment such as Cisco Systems, Network Appliances, Foundry and
Sun Microsystems.
Customer
Service
Globat offers support not only via
telephone, but also live chat through its control panel interface.
It seems that the only way of getting a hold
of them was through email and trouble tickets. On a positive note,
they responded to trouble tickets quickly and activation time for
account was less than 5 minutes, which is a big plus. Out of the
all the web hosting companies, they provided one of the most comprehensive
online help documentations. Their FAQ's, online web tutorials, online
ticket system are of top notch quality.
Control
Panel
Globat is using a newer version
of Plesk. Plesk is one of
the most stable control panel software out there. Even though, it
lacks icons for functionality, it offers basically the same features
as other control panels such as modifcation of e-mail forwarding,
and modifying and changing password. Plesk control panel also allows
you to modify MX records.
Overall
In general, Globat offers one of
the most appealing web hosting packages out there on the web.
For only $7.95 a month with free setup, their
outstanding performance on their servers and comprehensive list
of features make this host a superior candidate for your hosting
needs.
The following plans are available at Globat Web Hosting
Terabyte
Package(TO1) - $4.95
Terabyte Package(TO2) - $10.95
Terabyte Package(TO3) - $15.95
Domain
Name Registration - Free - $2.95
Contact Information
24/7 Toll-Free Technical Support: (866) 841-2300
Main Office (Customer Service + Administrative): (323) 874-9000
Main Fax: (323) 874-1290
Globat, LLC
11288 Ventura Blvd. Suite 443
Los Angeles, CA 91604
U.S.A.
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