Router mafia
Carl Nel,
After being a hosting and ADSL client since 2007, bidding them farewell for forcing the use of routers of their choice on Fixed LTE subscribers.
Afrihost vs Hostwinds
| Compared options |  |  |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | 0 hosting plans | 34 hosting plans |
| Starting price | $0.00 / month | $4.99 / month |
| Free domain | Yes | Yes |
| Coupons | No | 2 coupons |
User Ratings | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| Reliability | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Pricing | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| User Friendly | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Support | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Features | 2.0 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 99 reviews | 1155 reviews |
| Latest positive review | |  Great Support and Price Grant Oakes, I've used Hostwinds for nearly 2 years and they have been excellent during my stay. However, I am looking at leaving because they have IP issues, mainly, some of the major (Gmail, Outlook, MSN, etc) ISP's block email traffic,... More claiming it's SPAM. Apparently, they have some SPAMMERS on their servers and some IP blocks are blacklisted. I have been forced to get a Gmail account so I can send outbound emails, which is a major pain. I've raised this issue with tech support too many times to count but the problem persists. I'd love to stay with them but I have to move on. Less |
| Latest negative review |  15 yrs still get rip off! JS du Toit, I can never recommend this company for anyone. Tried them on and off for last 15 yrs and each time there something that happend or something horribly go wrong! There support staff reading off manual what to say to client and ... More even lies to there clients about anything. Thats why left again this year this stupid company. There email server was last year hacked and 40 000 rand of bank detail fraud was commited and they still denied it and showed people outside afrihost had access to there servers backbone. This sad and cost alot for us and will never recommend to host or use there services at all. I can tell you alot of stories bud trying to keep short and simple . Stay away! Less | Terrible hosting STEPHANIE GILLUM, Terrible hosting. Even one Wordpress site does not work on the "Ultimate Business" tariff plan!!! The support service does not solve the problem! When I don't use the site, the RAM is not used. As soon as I work with the site... More , I do elementary things: creating a new Wordpress page, adding a product, then the RAM is working at maximum and the site gives a 503 error. This can't be on a simple Wordpress site. Your hosting works disgusting! Less |
| Shared Hosting | No | 6 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | Basic
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| Over $10 | No | |
| VPS | No | 17 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | Unmanaged Linux VPS Hosting 1
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| Over $10 | No | Fully Managed Linux VPS Hosting 1
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| Dedicated Server | No | 1 plan from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Cloud Hosting | No | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Resellers | No | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | |
| Over $10 | No | |
| SSL | No | 2 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Data Centers | 1 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
| North America | No | Yes |
| Europe | No | Yes |
| Asia | No | No |
| Oceânia | No | No |
| South America | No | No |
| Africa & Middle East | Yes | No |
Support Services | 0 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| Live Chat | No | Yes |
| Phone Support | No | Yes |
| Email Support | No | Yes |
| Forum Support | No | No |
| Video guides | No | No |
| Knowledgebase | No | Yes |
CMS support | 2 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| WordPress | Yes | Yes |
| Joomla | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal | No | Yes |
| Magento | No | Yes |
| Softaculous | No | No |
| PrestaShop | No | No |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
| Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 1 of 8 | 4 of 8 |
| PHP | Yes | Yes |
| Java | No | No |
| Python | No | Yes |
| Node.js | No | No |
| Django | No | Yes |
| Perl | No | No |
| Ruby on Rails | No | No |
| ASP.NET | No | Yes |
Database Support | 1 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| MongoDB | No | Yes |
| MySQL | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | No | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 1 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
| PayPal | No | Yes |
| Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
| Moneybookers | No | Yes |
| Wire Transfer | No | No |
| Webmoney | No | No |
| Bitcoin | No | No |
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