midPhase Web Hosting Review

While midPhase has been web hosting only since 2002, in that time they have earned a reputation for dependable service and superb customer support.

midPhase Price & Features:

There are three (3) Unix-based plans available. Their standard plan for personal and small business websites is the Mega-PHASE, priced at $7.95 a month (paid annually), this includes:

• 3,000 MB (3 Gigs) of disk space (Much more than enough),
• Unmetered bandwidth (Very Generous),
• Unmetered POP3 or IMAP eMail accounts with autoresponders,

plus a range of features and tools. This plan is for one (1) single domain only.

A special DevPack is available for $3.33 a month that includes unlimited MySQL and subdomains, plus other features.

There are two other plans. The Xtra-PHASE plan at $9.95 a month has 3.5 Gigs disk space and allows two (2) domains, and Pro-PHASE plan at $11.95 a month has 3.9 Gigs disk space and allows three (3) domains.

If you need to switch domains, midPhase has "Quickswitch." They will look after the transfer headache for you at no cost.

You can get the details of their plans at the midPhase website.

Reliability:

Although MidPhase is a newer company, they have established a solid history of completely reliable 99.9% uptime hosting. While their offices are located in the historic Brooks Building in downtown Chicago, Illinois, they host through the Equinox IBX Center which is also in Chicago. There they utilize Equinox's multiple connections to several primary Internet backbones. This guarantees proper redundancy and reliability.

Customer Support:

MidPhase has a newly redesigned customer service center for quick eMail technical support. They also boast of their Live Chat, and their 24/7 toll-free telephone support. Average hold time for phone technical staff is 11 minutes. That is short compared to some other web host companies. Note that midPhase provides support for a list of developer tools including MySQL Database.

Self help is available in the form of many animated tutorials and "midPhase Talk," their recently-launched forum community. On the forum you can get answers to questions and discuss a range of website topics with other midPhase customers.

Control Panel:

MidPhase uses a highly-customized version of the CPanel control panel. It is attractive, easy to understand, and easy to operate. It is complete with many features.

Web Builder:

MidPhase provides SimpleSite Wizard, their own tool for easily creating websites. In just a few easy steps, you will have created your very own website for your personal or business use.

Money-Back Guarantee:

MidPhase offers a 14-day "Risk-Free" money-back guarantee, minus domain name registration and account setup fees.

Conclusion on midPhase Web Hosting:

MidPhase provides feature-rich plans with lots of disk space and unlimited bandwidth. This is interesting because this means you will never be billed for going over a bandwidth limit. At midPhase there is no limit.

They provide a high degree of dependable hosting, top-quality Customer Support, and at a very fair price. For more information and to order a plan, go to the midPhase website.

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