midPhase Hosting Review

midPhase holds an excellent reputation for excellent hosting reliability at low hosting prices. This company utilizes the Equinix datacenter facilities in Chicago, IL and each server is connected to a line burstable up to 100 MBPS. The reliability of this company is excellent if you are looking to host a small- to mid-size website. Their new website package also offer 3,000 GB of bandwidth, although they assure us you can use as much as you want without incurring additional fees.

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Hosting Ratings:
Price Value 8.5 / 10
Performance 8.5 / 10
Reliability 8.5 / 10
Customer Support 8 / 10
Control Panel 8 / 10
User Feedback 8 / 10

Overall Grade: 82%

Hosting Review Top Pick:
Best Unix/Linux Hosting '06, Best Budget Hosting '05

midPhase is the winner of the Hosting-Review 2006 Best Unix/Linux Hosting Award. In 2005, midPhase was the winner of the Best Budget Hosting Award.

Hosting Review Best Unix Linux Hosting 2006   Hosting Review Best Budget Hosting

Price Value
midPhase offers one of the lowest-priced hosting solutions on the Internet today: 200 GB of disk space and 3,000 GB data transfer can be had for as little as $95.40/year ($7.95/month). They also throw in a free domain name and a 99.98% uptime guarantee, which makes this a great deal. Also included is a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Reliability
midPhase hosting offers excellent information on reliability of its servers, including making current uptime statistics available on-site to potential and current customers. Uptime records are very good to excellent.

Control Panel
This company has a modified version of CPanel that is much easier to use for the average beginner customer. They call it the "midPhase Control Center" and it offers a unique design that is graphically appealing. The panel allows you to manage your web site; you can add, remove, and modify e-mail accounts on the fly, view your account quota and see how much space you have used, and you can install and set up message boards, chat forums, and a number of other free third-party scripts. This hosting provider also offers a "SimpleSite Wizard" that allows you to create a simple web site without knowing HTML at all.

Customer Support
midPhase support is great: They offer a thorough FAQ system, toll-free support line, emergency paging services, live animated tutorials, a customer support forum, and a help desk open 24/7. A server status report on-site is also a unique benefit that is offered to customers.

The customer service team at this online hosting provider is above average in terms of response times to e-mails and support tickets. midPhase is not one of those companies that will reply to your help questions out of a "wizard" or FAQ guide.

Hosting Plans
Linux/UNIX Hosting Plans
MegaPhase Hosting Plan: 200 GB disk space, 3,000 GB bandwidth, free domain for life @ $7.95/month (host 1 site only)
Pro-Phase Hosting Plan: 250 GB disk space, unmetered* bandwidth, free domain for life @ $11.95/month (host unlimited sites)

Windows Hosting Plans
Windows: 10 GB disk space, 750 GB bandwidth, free domain for life @ $9.95/month (host 1 site only)
Windows PRO: 15 GB disk space, unmetered* bandwidth, free domain for life @ $14.95/month (host unlimited sites)

VPS Hosting Plans
Silver VPS: 15000 MB disk space, 300 GB bandwidth @ $49.95/month (host unlimited domains)
Gold VPS: 25000 MB disk space, 500 GB bandwidth @ $69.95/month (host unlimited domains)

Dedicated Servers
Simple Server NS01:
80000 MB disk space, 750 GB bandwidth @ $179.95/month
Simple Server NS02:
80000 MB disk space, 1250 GB bandwidth @ $219.95/month

*No images or download file sites (they will be capped)