BlueHost Review

BlueHost review facts.

Bluehost was established in 1996, one of the oldest web hosting companies continuing in growth. Bluehost was awarded Best Hosting Company and Best Customer Support by the some of the leading hosting review websites in 2005. It owns its co-brand Hostmonster which offers similar plans. But Bluehost provides a shorter contract period and more flexible packages.

As you can expect from a company that has been in business for such a long time, The Bluehost network infrastructure is no-doubt first class. And the modern data center is equipped with quad processor servers, mirrored storage backups, UPS / diesel backup power generator and 24/7 monitoring by well-trained technical support. Internet connectivity is provided by an impressive OC-48 backbone connection in excess of 2 GB/ second bandwidth.

BlueHost provides pretty standard features with all of the expected functions from a web host. There is a limited number of databases, normally 50 will be allowed. It provides just one plan with different time frame. The 2 years plan costs $6.95 while 1 year plan charges $7.95. Other features are listed below:

UNLIMITED Hosting Space
UNLIMITED File Transfer
Host UNLIMITED Domains
2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
2000/2002 Front Page Extensions
Free Domain Forever!
Free Site Builder
24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support

Here is our BlueHost review opinion base on past experience:

Pros: Minimum three months contract makes no string attached. CPanel control panel goes very fast and is equipped the latest stable versions of all of the scripts. 24 hour / 7 day real live human technical support. Massive storage space, bandwidth and excellent reliability with 99.9% up-time.

Cons: Limitation on database. Excessive mysql usage may be consider as abused and lead to account suspension.

Verdict: Overall Bluehost network is proved to be solid and reliable with minimum downtime and technical support is superb. The plan provides plenty of space and huge data transfer at a very affordable price. If you are searching for a new web hosting provider, in our opinion Bluehost is worth your serious consideration and will impress you with their great service working exactly as claimed.

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