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The Company
Drift2 was launched in April 2003 by Greg Pruitt, based in Ravenna, Ohio. He believed there was something lacking in the web hosting industry, so Drift2 was launched as the answer. A relatively young new company it is now into its third year, Drift2 aims to meet the criteria of its clients offering them affordable web hosting solutions. There servers are located in California and are monitored by Microsoft certified engineers, There system administrators strive to make sure the servers are up and running all the time and that they are running only the latest software versions available. There data centre is highly stable and secure and has back up generator which ensure the server never goes down, this is the reason behind the guarantee of 99.9% up-time. Connection speed is very fast this is made possible by there OC-192 backbone Internet connections.
Hosting Packages
Drift2 offer three hosting packages to suit varying needs starting with Beginners which is only available on 12 month terms for $49.95 per year and a one time set-up fee of $30.00. For this you get 1GB of disk storage space combined with 10GB of data transfer. Next is the business package giving you 15GB of disk space and 300GB of transfer from $9.95 per month. The top package is Corporate which is from $22.95 per month and offers you 30GB of web storage and 500GB of data transfer.
All web hosting plans offer web based e-mail with unlimited aliases, unlimited e-mail forwarding and responders, 24 hr FTP access, Site studio online web creator and an easy application collection of scripts.
Support
There are several options available via the support pages what Drift2 call the fast help desk in fact they have the most comprehensive set of options in support I have seen whilst reviewing, these include standard knowledge base answers to the most frequently asked questions. The option to download detailed help documents in both PDF format and ZIP. Also available are several Flash tutorial movies covering such as site studio and general hosting. There is a live help feature enabling you to talk one on one with a “real person” as well as giving you the option to fill in an online form in the way of a ticket.Drift2 also have an online forum where users can meet to discuss and ask for help amongst other users.
Conclusion
Drift2 have one of the most comprehensive support systems I have ever seen combined with the flexibility of there hosting plans it makes this relatively new company one to definitely check out when considering buying a hosting package.
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