PowWeb
Powweb is a web hosting company that has been around since 1999 and was the pioneer of effective web solutions, with low cost packages. It is a private business that develops their own web hosting software and automation. Being a winner of multiple prestigious awards in the web hosting world, the company aims to provide its clients with security software programs such as spam filters, easy to use control panels and many more effective features.
There are however some contradictory stories for Powweb considering its initial hiccups as a hosting company, however through the passage of time, the company has in some way resolved its issues and is now providing clients with satisfactory results. It still has a long way to go though before becoming market leaders.
Price & Features
Powweb uses BGP4 technology and Tier 1 backbone services that aims to provide users with excellent routing services and redundancy. Powweb hosted websites always load very quickly as compared to other websites, due to their multiple Gigabit fiber-optic connections. The routers have OSPF protocols which makes them effectively redundant. They obtain hardware from names like Foudry, Cisco and Juniper Networks. The company provides an infrastructure to all businesses; complex or startup; all are given the best services and total reliability.
Powweb has one plan, one price package of $4.88/month, $34.68/year that offers the complete set of hosting solutions along with disk space, bandwidth and many other features.
Support & UP Time
Powweb has a very effective technical support just like other web hosting companies. It has a knowledge base, FAQs, different sections for help, suggestions, submission of request and also a live call and chat center. They also have a forum where users can communicate with each other and share strategies. The average uptime for Powweb for year 2010 has been recorded as 100%.
Conclusion
Powweb is economically suitable for starters in the field of web hosting, but for professionals and large firms, better options should be considered.
