NetFirms Web Hosting Review

NetFirms has been providing dependable web hosting for personal and small business websites since 1998. They now host over one million domain names, making netFirms one of the largest and most respected web hosting companies in the world.

NetFirms Price & Features:

NetFirms offers three (3) plans, one for personal websites, and two for small business websites.

NetFirms web hosting plan for individuals is Plus Personal Web Hosting costs a very low $4.95 a month (Paid annually) (a Best Buy), and has free setup. This is a Unix(Linux) based plan. Plus Personal Web Hosting offers:

• One free domain name
• 500 MB (½ Gig) of disk space (Much more than enough for even a very large personal website),
• 25 GB bandwidth (Plenty for a typical personal website.),
• 10 POP3 eMail accounts - no autoresponders (Good for personal use)

and a small bundle of features, including Picture Pro, a full-featured photo gallery.

NetFirms standard plan for small and medium-sized business is Advantage Web Hosting which costs $9.95 /month (Paid annually), with free setup. Advantage Web Hosting offers:

• Two free domain names,
• 2000 MB (2 Gigs) of disk space (Much more than enough for most small business websites),
• 100 GB bandwidth (Very Generous),
• 200 POP3 / SMTP eMail accounts - no autoresponders,
• Shared SSL Certificate,

and a bundle of features, including the NetFirms Commerce Pro online store management tool (with shopping cart).

Their third plan is the Business Plan at $14.95 /month (Paid annually), with free setup. This is for larger small or medium-sized businesses. You can get more details at the netFirms website.

Reliability:

NetFirm is now maintaining a reliable uptime of 99.9%

NetFirms has one of the largest Internet infrastructures in the United States. Unlike any other shared website hosting company, netFirms uses the advanced technology of server clustering. A technique used by major corporations, server clustering eliminates a dependency on any one server. If one server fails, others pick up the slack and keep everything running smoothly.

Customer Support:

NetFirms offers very good quality 24/7 customer support by eMail and by phone.

NetFirms also has the Complete Online Resource Center, which includes How-to Guides, Flash Demos, and a Support FAQs that allows typed searches.

Control Panel:

NetFirms control panel is good and easy to navigate.

Web Builder:

NetFirms Website Starter CD is shipped to new customers; it will take at least one or more days before you receive it. On the CD you will find Fusion7, a web creation tool by NetObjects. No HTML knowledge is required. Fusion7 makes it easy for a person of any skill level to build and maintain their own Website.

Money-Back Guarantee:

NetFirms has an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.

Conclusion on NetFirms Web Hosting:

NetFirms provides simple, solidly dependable hosting which is based on advanced technology. Their plans are supported by very good quality Customer Support, and they offer very fair prices. Their Plus Personal Web Hosting is a Best Buy at only $4.95 a month. For more information and to order a plan, go to the netFirms website.

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