A Review of Web Hosting Services by Netfirms.ca

Netfirms.ca is one of the premiere hosting service providers in Canada. The company is hosting more than a million sites. This includes a list of online stores, web blogs and others. Netfirms gets more than a billion page view in a month including all the sites hosted there. Netfirms hosts the websites at different data centers. This means that even in case one data center goes down, another data center takes the traffic and fills in the void.

This company primarily caters to people in Canada. It offers high level of storage space. In fact the most basic plan from this company comes with 10 GB of storage space and 500 GB of data transfer cap. Moreover the company deals in Canadian dollars so you do not have to worry about exchange rates.

Price Value:
Netfirms provides a personal web-hosting scheme. This scheme comes with a free software package for designing a website. You get 10 POP3 accounts that can be either web based or POP3 or both. Netfirms also provides E-commerce support for all its clients along with web blogs. Another attractive feature from Netfirms is Netfirms Picture Pro. This comprehensive solution allows you to create photo albums and share photos as well.

Netfirms also provides you a special Website Starter kit. This is a fully loaded solution that provides you tools to build and manage your website.  You get NetObjects Fusion 8 which is used to build the website, Filezilla FTP solution and a reference guide that runs in 40 pages. Netfirms also provides support for MySQL databases, Perl scripting, PHP, Microsoft Frontpage extensions and a number of other extras. Other features include the ability to customize error pages and hit counters for your site.

Reliability:
Netfirms has gained membership of Online Reliability Program of Better Business Bureau. It is a registrar that is certified by ICANN and CIRA.  You get directories that are protected using passwords, option of SSL encryption, dedicated IP address etc. Network security is available in the form of firewalls with triple level redundancy and round the clock monitoring. Mutli-honed OC3 lines provide connectivity. You also get Gigabit fiber lines. UPS systems are present for power backup.

Control Panel:
Netfirms provides XL6 control panel to its clients. You get a page with detailed account statistics and billing history. A special page is provided for renewal or upgrade of your hosting plan. The control panel is available in various languages.

Customer Support:
Netfirms provides round the clock customer support service. You can contact the customer support service using phone or email.

Hosting Plans
Personal Web Hosting: 10 GB disk space with 500 GB bandwidth for just $6.95/month
Business Web Hosting: 250 GB disk space with 2000 GB bandwidth for just $12.95/month (includes 2 free domain names)
Big Business Web Hosting: 300 GB disk space with 3000 GB bandwidth for just $19.95/month (includes 5 free domains)