Anyone heard of Netfirms?

[sjt269]

I saw on another forum I visit that a company called Netfirms is offering an unbelievable deal on hosting for a year....$10 for 20Gb webspace for a year, plus a domain name of your own. I'm posting this thread partly to share this offer with anyone else looking for a host, and partly to ask if this really is as good as it seems.


The other forum seems to think it's legit, and several members have accounts there now. I want to get some hosting, that's a perfect solution for me, but I can't shake the feeling that there's a catch that I can't see. The biggest catch I can find is that if you don't cancel your hosting at the end of the year, $120 will be withdrawn from your account automatically for another year's hosting...but that seems to be it.


So, tell me...is this really too good to be true?
tTz



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A link might be helpful, eh?

http://www.netfirms.com/max


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And I *have* checked the OC Host review linked to in the sticky, but I couldn't see Netfirms listed...maybe they're a new company?

 

[sjt269]

There's bound to be limits on CPU time used, databases created, etc so unless you need those ridiculous specs, I'd recommend just going for a 'normal' package from a reputable UK provider instead.

Yeah, but can you see anything saying that there are limits such as these, and what would be the drawbacks of these limits if they were there (my knowledge stretches only as far as bandwidth, you've kinda lost me there?

And I don't particularly need the 'ridiculous specs', though it would be nice to know I wouldn't run out of space, but the main reason I like the look of that package is because it's really cheap, cheaper than anything I've seen from a UK host (or indeed any other host). I can't justify spending a lot of money on a website that I may never finish.

 

[sjt269]

They could limit your CPU usage, memory usage, number of domains/databases/email accounts. They need not disclose these limits if their T&C allows them to kick you off under any sort of 'fair usage policy'.

So what consequences would this have, would it mean that whatever I uploaded to them could suddenly go offline if I went over their limits?

As for domains, afaik sub-domains are umlimited, email accounts are limitied, but to 100, and I dunno about databases.


So, basically the view is that it's a genuine deal, but may have some hidden catches (which we still haven't determined yet )?

 

[sjt269]

Okay than, thanks for all that info there. I'll have a think about it, and maybe a look at some other hosts as well.

Thanks
tTz