FatCow Review
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  Review written by Michael LederstatterEditor-In-Chief Web-Professional since 1998. Specialist in Webhosting, Webdesign, PHP, SEO, CMS, Consulting. Any Questions? Drop me an email. Latest update of this content was: Monday, Apr 4, 2011
FatCow Company OverviewFatCow Hosting was founded in 1998 and is located in Massachusetts. They are providing their service through 2 data centers, wich are located in Massachusetts as well. FatCow Hosting is dedicated to make customer friendly, affordable shared hosting solutions without technical, geeky mambojambo-talk. Working as environmentally responsible as possible, they power their offices and data centers with 100% wind energy. Although their site looks funny with comic style paintings and jokey slogans, they offer very professional services.FatCow's price policy is clear: A simple, single web hosting plan that fits the necessities of all customers looking for affordable shared hosting. Starting at $3.67/month (if you sign up for a 3-year plan - 1-year plan costs $5.50 /month), the FatCow hosting plan offers a free domain name, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases and much more. Along with their hosting plan, FatCow offers their customers $125 in advertising bonuses, an anytime-money-back-guarantee and a 24/7 support. This Green web hosting provider bears in mind traditional customer relationship values since more than a decade: that customer satisfaction is a #1 priority for the success of a company. Green, no tech-talk, no confusing price schemes. Their success and growth since 1998 confirms, customers are happy with that approach. Price ValueClick here to see FatCow's hosting plansFatCows single hosting plan starts at $44 per year (if you sign up for a 3 years plan = $3.67/month - or $66 if you sign up for a 1 year plan = $5.50 /month). This everything-unlimited-plan strives to fullfill all necessities of shared hosting customers. The plan provides: a free domain name, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases, unlimited FTP users, a free website builder, SSL secure server and ecommerce applications. The simple application installation wizard installs the latest versions of blogs, forums, photo galleries and much more for the user in a snap. Scripting languages are supported (PHP, CGI, Python..) as well as mySQL databases and FrontPage Extensions. Furthermore, FatCow provides web stats and Google Webmaster Tools integrated right into the control panel. There is an anytime-money-back-guarantee, 24/7 customer support and the hosting plan includes $125 in marketing bonuses, e.g. for Google and Yahoo. We rate the hosting plan features to be very professional and complete. This rich package has a high price value. Reliability and PerformanceFatCow's two data centers use high-end technology and hardware architecture to provide strong performance and total redundancy. With their various internet connections, FatCow assures load-balancing in case of one connection would be offline or overloaded.FatCow uses the state-of-the-art pooled server setup, where virtually any server in the pool can access customer files and send the requested data. In this way, there is the highest performance and a completely balanced load in the whole pool. The server pool is backed by mirrored RAID-Arrays, that store all data. These files is backuped additionally on a regular basis. The data center has 24/7 security, monitoring and a highly trained staff. In case of a power outage, there are additional emergency power generators to make sure, websites are up and running constantly and uninterrupted. This setup and hardware guarantees for the best possible performance and reliability available today. Control PanelFatCow provides their customers with their self-developed, proprietary control panel. It is intuitive and easy to understand. All management tasks are done with ease. Little icons indicate the status, wether something is enabled or disabled at the moment. Statistics about the hosting account can be seen at anytime at the sidebar, e.g. how much disk space or bandwith is currently in use or how many mailboxes are defined at the moment.We like FatCow's control panel. It's clear and easy. Every aspect of the web hosting account can be managed with it in a snap. SupportFatCow's support pledges their "HeiferCratic Oath" - a series of promises, like being always friendly, well trained and take phone calls in less than 2 minutes. These standards are pretty the highest support standards that exist in todays hosting industry.FatCow's support provides customers through a 24/7/365 toll-free telephone hotline. Alternatively, they offer a live chat and an email ticket service. Their highly skilled support employees strive to answer calls in less than 2 minutes. Email requests are answered in longer times, so if something urgent occurs, telephone support is the best choice. Along with support, FatCow offers numerous ways to empower the customer to help himself as well. There are tutorials, an FAQ section and a huge knowledgebase. FatCow is so sure about their own quality, they offer an anytime-money-back-guarantee. This support and service level is one of the highest in the hosting industry. ConclusionFatCow is green, friendly, funny, affordable and professional. Their one-hosting-plan-fits-all package is complete and provides a strong value for an affordable price.FatCow's technical infrastructure is one of the best in today's web hosting industry. Their standards for reliability, performance, speed and security are high-end. With multiple broadband internet connections and the modern pooled-server architecture, websites hosted at FatCow load lightning-fast. The self-developed control panel gives the customer all necessary functions and is easy to understand. Outstanding customer support at highest standards fits well with the rest of the highly professional features. The quality of this web hosting company is one of the highest in the industry. Their hosting package offers a great price value and high quality features.
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