Globat Web Hosting Review

Globat is a technologically innovative web host. While only a few years old, Globat has built an excellent reputation in providing web hosting services to personal and small business websites.

Globat Price & Features:

Globat has three (3) plans available; they are all Unix-based. Their basic personal and small business plan is the Gigabyte Package at $4.94 a month (If paid annually. A Best Buy) This eCommerce-ready plan offers:

• 5,000 MB (5 Gigs) of disk space (Very Generous),
• 75 GB bandwidth (Very Generous),
• 5000 POP3 eMail accounts with autoresponders,

and a generous variety of other features.

Note: All accounts have a setup fee of $19.95. Your first sub-domain is free, beyond that, there is a one-time fee of $19.95 for unlimited sub-domains.

Globat other two plans, the Commerce Starter, $9.95 a month (If paid annually.), and the Commerce Pro, $14.95 a month (If paid annually.), each allow more free sub-domains, support for Flash, MySQL, and some other eCommerce programs. They also offer the full version of the Globat Promo Pack, which is an automated website promotion service for $49.95 per year. A light version of the Promo Pack is free with all plans.

You can get more details at the Globat website.

Reliability:

Globat has a consistent 99.9% up time. They have a unique data center setup, called the B² Advanced Hosting Platform. This features redundancy and backup normally found only at top-level, commercial data centers. Among other things, B² utilizes two separate control centers connected to two separate backbones of the Internet. Their primary center is at Equinix in Los Angeles, California. Equinix is also used by Google, Yahoo, and IBM. Their other facility is in Marina Del Ray, California. Globat also has transatlantic and transpacific connections to the European-based Level 3 worldwide network. This allows for fast, reliable connections to Europe and Asia. Their very high tech innovations make Globat one of the most advanced communications platforms in the world.

Customer Support:

Globat maintains unusually superior customer support with 24-hour eMail, live chat, and phone support. The quality of service is one of the best in the industry.

In addition, Globat has a long list of step-by-step online tutorials that are very good, including tutorials for common software programs you might want to use. They also have a good FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section.

Control Panel:

Globat uses The Globat Command Console (GCC), which is well-designed.

Web Builder:

Globat has the easy-to-use, fully-featured GloBuild website builder, which will allow you to have your website up in an hour.

Money-Back Guarantee:

Globat offers a 30 day money-back guarantee.

Conclusion on Globat Web Hosting:

Globat provides generous disk space and bandwidth, a high degree of dependability, and several feature-filled web hosting plans. All supported with top-quality customer support and very fair prices. Indeed, their Gigabyte Package is at a new low price of $4.94 a month. This is a Best Buy. For more information and to order a plan, go to the Globat website.

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