UNREAL: 1.2 TB 100 GB b/w per month, 3 GB space ... $3!??

tgo said:

Hmm, 1.8TB bandwith a month for $5? They have to be just hoping noone will use that much... I cant expect this to last.

My dedicated server doesnt even have that....

Edit - Misread that, its 150gb month. 1.8TB year. That sounds much better

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PolurNET said:

Well I don't like to talk about any other forums, but just search at WHT and you'll see a bunch of realities of the company.

Do you actually think their service would be at par with companies offering "normal" packages? Experience and background info on the company says clearly 'no'

If it's too good to be true, it probably is. Don't fall into the trap of a design of the website, we've seen many 'hosts' here on NP that left abruptly even when having a nice site.

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PolurNET said:

I'm most certain they have one of those 2x160GB hard drive offers from their DC, thus decide to "why not take advantage by offering cheap plans, then con the customers after" type of thing. Moreover, offering huge bandwith is most probably also reflective of the kind of DC they are using, which is likely mediocre at best and terrible any other time, in terms of reliability, security (don't forget about that!) and peace-of-mind. I'd bet their own main website is hosted somewhere else, and not on the same server they're offering these "jaw-opening" deals on.

Hence, take precautions as much as possible and don't think price is the only factor to go on. There's tons of people caught on that mistake, as vip-ip can attest to that (he was with a $NP host first, then us, then NullNic, back to us...) :blink: It's only a matter of time you'll here horror stories pouring in about WHB once they get the new signups going. Good for them, bad for the customer.

As Dave (BFT) always remarks: lack of business plan=cheap script kiddies :hehe: Overselling is a term we use frequently with these kind of hosts, but definately it's obvious what they are doing this time. Let's get a google map of their physical location, only to realize it's a house or apartment in an agricultural zone of some city.

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xlusive said:

ow wow! if they accept PP i am gonna dump all my unused files on there :p see what they will do if i uploaded 360 GB of data includingall my backup s ( encrypted ofcourse, i aint that dumb! )

but for real .. maybe a offer like that will be over 10 years, for now it i think its unreal

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PolurNET said:

Hi Senad,

I'm wasn't intending to bash them, but want to point out there is a controversy going on whether such a policy they have is feasible in the long run, and if so, what factors are positive and negative about them. I admit sometimes other hosts can get carried away in amplifying certain negative details about others. I can't find any info on the number of customers they have, but reading WHT posts, seems there's both negative and positive feedback, one can say almost equally balanced.

Sure, WHT is a true battleground where hosts bash other hosts, that's clearly a problem there and hopefully it won't come here. People tend to talk negative and positive things about most companies, which is part of the routine.

However, as you said, without proof (something I pointed out at WHT myself) or factual knowledge about a company, it's not right to talk about them negatively per se. If there are customers from them who'd like to give their opinions that may be something to go on. Till then, we should keep completely neutral and see if they are able to sustain their service offerings.

Regards

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