Finding and choosing a good web host is a very confusing activity. There are many of them out there, as well as many sites purporting to provide reviews of the hosts.
We were lucky to receive a recommendation for ICDSoft in 2001 and have had no regrets since. I have occasionally looked around for other hosts in other countries but have yet to find a better combination of services. I also like their professional style especially when compare to hosts such as godaddy.com. The price and support is great too.
Good Points:
- Excellent features (functionality, domain parking, subdomains, email address, ftp access etc).
- Excellent tools (control panel, phpMyAdmin, Statistics) to maintain your site
- Webmail and pop3 email etc.
- Great support - any queries have been turned around within minutes.
- Uptime - never noticed any down time in 5 years.
No bad points, but some minor points to note:
- Billing is in US dollars, so you may face some price variation due to exchange rate movement. However the hosting prices are fairly low and you can always pay ahead for the next year or two to lock in the cost. Please note if your website is included in our reseller package, you may receive reduced rates when you renew your hosting (down to as low as US$36 per year from US$60 per year for renewals. It depends on your arrangement with us.
- Their servers are in Hong Kong and the US. In 5 years plus, this has not been an issue, other than time stamps on files.
- ICDSoft do not sell domain names other than the first .com domain name associated with the hosting
