Review about IX Web Hosting

IX Web Hosting is a veteran in the industry and offers web hosting services since 1999. It has a stable customer basis all over the web, which are very satisfied with its services. IX Web Hosting offers more than 1 plan - so customers are able to choose exactly what they need and pay only for it. IX Web hosting services are suitable for personal as well as small to large business. What makes IX Web hosting special are the large number of guarantees - customers have the option to try its services and if a problem should appear, cancel it and get the whole money back.

Server Speed and Security

IX Web Hosting has its own data center. It utilizes smart-routing to ensure "speed of light" loading time and provides redundancy. IX Web hosting redundant connectivity features CISCO 12000 series routers and SONET reliability. Our monitoring shows an average of 99.719% uptime.

Technical Assistance

IX Web hosting has 24/7 support ready to assist you with any web hosting related issue. Customers can choose between live chat, toll-free phone, and posting a ticket through a help desk. It is easy to get in touch with the in-house support team, which is very good trained and qualified to solve website problems. The Network Operations Center of IXWebHosting is located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Joomla Hosting Features

IX Web Hosting have 3 plans: Basic Hosting Plan, Upgraded Hosting Plan, All Inclusive Hosting Plan. IX offers Windows hosting with the upper two plans. The plans costs $7.95, $12.95 (Only now!Promo price $7.95), and $3.95 for a 3 years period. If you decide to go with a 3 or 6 months plan, you will have to pay a setup fee of $30. With all 3 plans you can host multiple domains and the disc space is unlimited. With the first plan you get only 1 free domain registration, with the Upgraded plan - 2 domains, and with the All-Inclusive plan - 3. At IX Web hosting supports international domain names, which is also very convenient for business aiming to approach foreign markets.

IX Web Hosting has a customized control panel with a wide range of functionalities. From there the customer is able to manage the whole account, website, webmail accounts and domain names. With every account customers get CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL and much more. 50 MySQL databases with the first 2 plans, unlimited with the third plan. Customers should bare in mind that there is a total SQL DB quota of 1 GB for the first plan, 5 GBs for the second, and 10 GB come with the third plan. Customers can create up to 2500 Email Accounts with the first 2 plans, and unlimited with the All-Inclusive plan.

IXWebHosting provides an easy to use icon-based control panel - the H-Sphere. Customers are able to manage their accounts with only few clicks. With IXWebHosting you get the option to test the Account Control panel before buying an account.

IXWebHosting gives you a 30-day, unconditional money-back guarantee: every subscriber has the right to request a full refund within 30 days of initial sign-up and be refunded all fees paid to-date, including setup fees, less any additional over-usage and free domain registration costs.

IX Web hosting has prepared for its customers extensive user manuals, FAQ section and video tutorials. Unfortunately there is no searchable knowledgebase, which is not very convenient, and there are only few Joomla related manuals and articles.

Joomla Hosting Directory rating about IX Web Hosting

IXWebHosting is an experienced web host with feature-rich plans. It provides you with all kind of services guarantees, so customers can test their web hosting services without any risk.

Customers' reviews about IX Web Hosting web hosting services

IX we hosting is likely to be a decent value for most people. However, if you need to build a Joomla site, then look elsewhere. I tried auto installing joomla 1.5.2, and found that it does not come installed with sample data. Their tech staff confirmed this. When attempted to manually upload joomla 1.5.8., I found that their PHP server was incompatible. I made a half heated attempt to alter the htaccess file, & rename it as per instructions, but that also failed. Perhaps if I persisted for a few more days I could get my Joomla working, but I lack the patience for this, and am now searching for a new host. Bottom line, IX is NOT set up for Joomla. At least not yet.