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| IPOWER offers 300 GB of storage and 3000 GB | | | | |
| of monthly transfer ability; in addition, | | | | IPOWER offers comprehensive, responsive |
| they also offer web marketing tools and a | | | | online and direct customer and technical |
| versatile email package. For those who | | | | support. Online they post an extensive, |
| already have a website service, but would | | | | searchable knowledge database that covers |
| like to change to IPOWER, they offer free | | | | every subject. They are also responsive to |
| transfers and a 30-day money back guarantee | | | | email and chat inquiries, answering quickly, |
| on all hosted accounts. | | | | concisely and always ask you if they have |
| | | | answered your question to your satisfaction. |
| This service caters to eCommerce sites with a | | | | As for the 24/7 toll-free telephone support, |
| choice of OS, Agora or a Pay Pal shopping | | | | they answered our calls after a wait of about |
| cart and a free marketing package that | | | | 6 or 7 minutes. The telephone support |
| includes, a search engine submitter and | | | | technicians that we reviewed were upbeat and |
| position report, a Gif Optimizer, a keyword | | | | stated that at IPOWER they wanted 100% |
| and meta tag generator, a website link | | | | customer satisfaction before moving on. |
| checker and a banner creator. For secure | | | | |
| financial transactions, they include a shared | | | | If you prefer learning by tutorials, IPOWER |
| SSL Certificate and the ability to receive | | | | offers over 100 brilliantly designed |
| credit cards for a one-time setup fee. You | | | | interactive flash tutorials. These cover |
| can monitor your web stats through their | | | | topics related to email, file transfer, |
| Graphical Web Statistic Program, and access | | | | control panel function (vDeck) and others. In |
| and error logs. | | | | order to learn how to complete a specific |
| | | | tack, you can choose from several types of |
| The software and scripts available include | | | | instruction, including flash video |
| CGI-BIN, Perl Support, MySQL, PHP Support, | | | | presentations, systematic visuals, text-only, |
| Server Sides and Frontpage 2000/2002 | | | | printouts or you can even choose to receive |
| Extensions. | | | | the set of instructions through an email. |
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| IPOWER offers an all-inclusive email service | | | | Even an eCommerce newbie, with the help of |
| with 2,500 POP3 accounts with web and browser | | | | elaborate, intensive customer care and help |
| based email. The email features include | | | | pages, can publish an attractive site in no |
| unlimited forwarding, aliases and | | | | time and manage it with ease. |
| autoresponses, as well as a catchall and SMTP | | | | |
| email and spam protection. This email is | | | | Control Panel: |
| powerful enough to support most businesses | | | | |
| and certainly over performs for personal | | | | The control panel displays large, easy to |
| applications. | | | | interpret icons organized into various |
| | | | categories, such as, reports, settings, |
| They offer many plug-ins including things | | | | email, plug-ins, applications and marketing. |
| like a guestbook, chat, bulletin board, poll | | | | Through the panel, you can manage your site |
| or bloggers as well as Java and content | | | | and create web pages and logos. |
| plug-ins. Content plug-ins help make your | | | | |
| site dynamic and offer visitors new material | | | | IPOWER employ several control panels, |
| everyday in the form of daily financial, | | | | depending on the package purchased. New |
| business or world news and even comics or | | | | shared, hosted accounts use VDec-a crisp, |
| jokes. | | | | sophisticated control panel that is powerful |
| | | | yet simple to use. VDeck has built in webpage |
| Unlike some of the lower ranked services, | | | | publishing tools. The help sections in VDeck |
| IPOWER provides advanced features and | | | | are extensive, but often unnecessary since |
| settings like a URL redirect service, GnuPG, | | | | most functions are self-explanatory. The |
| supports Mime Types, Cron Jobs and Hot Links | | | | statistics function runs with AWStats |
| and has the ability to ban IP addresses. | | | | (Advanced Web Statistics), an application |
| | | | capable of generating a wide range of |
| To help keep their claim of 99.9% uptime | | | | easy-to-read reports that help you get a |
| reality, IPOWER utilizes high performance HP | | | | clear idea of your site traffic. |
| servers, dual OC-48 connections on diverse | | | | |
| backbones, Cisco routers using BGP4 protocol | | | | Summary: |
| and provide 24/7 network monitoring. If | | | | |
| problems do occur, they can keep your site up | | | | Empower your site and tower over the |
| and running by diversifying information | | | | competition with IPOWER. With this service |
| through three data centers with daily back up | | | | even high traffic sites operate with nearly |
| tapes and in the event of a power outage they | | | | 100% uptime, and with 3000 GB of monthly |
| have available diesel back-up generators. | | | | transfer ability, your site will never bog |
| Therefore, with IPOWER, a little power outage | | | | down with too many users. |
| will not freeze your site. | | | | |
| | | | So, if you are ready to roll onto the |
| Overall, IPOWER provides everything to get an | | | | Internet highway or would just like to change |
| eCommerce business started or is a wise | | | | lanes, IPOWER provides an accelerated, smooth |
| alternative to a sluggish host that your | | | | ride. |
| business or organization has outgrown. | | | | |