I had many clues that this was the case but it was confirmed when I emailed Powweb support about domain name transfers and received an email from Powweb stating Purehost is it’s sister concern.
After all my bitching about how badly IIS Windows Server 2003 worked on Purehost’s configuration
in regards of ease of use and actually working and not just breaking everthing I tried to get done, this is a big laugh. Namely because Powweb accounts had worked so well and so easily and never broke that I recommended them to folks who asked me who was a good host to use.
So here are the pros and cons of Powweb.
Pros:
Unix server-
Everything works (until the server melted a few days ago)-
Great uptime-
fast-
really cheap! Only 68 dollars a year-
very well attended user forums,pretty much any question you might have about how things work on Powweb are answerable there-
Cons:
sister co. to Purehost (this is just spite at this point)-
To at least say one good thing about Purehost’s Unix platform hosting,I did manage an account on it’s Unix platform and things worked very well and were easy to use, although as far as I can remember there wasn’t a user forum.
But Purehost costs a lot more, 200 bucks a year and the reasons for this price spike I can’t figure out because Powweb offers 75 free databases,costs a 3rd what Purehost costs and has a user forum.
Purehost presents itself as business account hosting which seems to me means they just say they are a solution for business account hosting! They do not actually provide more options to their business account customers than does the much cheaper plan at Powweb.
If I was someone looking for new hosting I would never pick Purehost. And I can’t any longer with a clear conscience recommend Powweb,either.Of late their customer service has gone down to practically zip.They were really good when I signed up one year ago but now don’t answer their phones,livechat or answer emails in a competent manner.
There you have it.