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Reader Reviews : Review iPower Web Hosting

User Rating 2 Star Rating (11 Reviews)

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It can be hard to find good web hosting. Have you had a great experience or really bad time with iPower Web hosting? Find out what other web designers have experienced with this web host in these reviews. Tell us about your experience with iPower Web hosting.

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Horrible Customer Service and Impossible to Work With

Customer service is absolutely horrible and impossible to work with. I chose them for ecommerce applications of which are nearly impossible to work with and when you call for help...let alone a refun…More

Terms and Billing Agreements Changed Without Notice

Pros:1-Fast, responsive customer service.Cons:1- UNCLEAR, deceitful, constantly-changing-without-notification Terms of Use and Billing agreements. KINDLY TAKE NOTICE THAT THEY CHARGE YOU FOR THE DOMA…More

Good Overall...

All three of my sites combined are getting around 200 unique visitors per month so not much traffic! I've set up two Joomla sites - going from zero web knowledge, to doing this within 2-3 months so h…More

Had to Redo Entire Site After They Broke It

Pros * There is nothing good about Ipower in my experience. They are sub-par to all other hosts.Cons * EVERYTHING! Support sucks, they broke several applications after their "upgrade" Email broke, * …More

Everything is Back to Normal

Pros * over the last five years it has been a very stable platform * 6.95 a monthCons * they have nearly finished moving to a new server platform, there have been some troubles during the * transitio…More

Very Poor Communication with Customers

Pros * low costCons * help personnel * billing * server speed and reliabilitypoor service, dishonest billing practices, very poor communication with customers about changes in their serviceMany probl…More

Feels Trapped in a Multi-Year Contract

Pros * NONECons * Trapped in a multiyear contract with the worst Web Hoster on the Net. * Need assistance from iPower?? Grab a book and some valium. Its going to be a long trip to the abyss. * Warnin…More

They Forgot to Renew a Domain

Pros * NONECons * Customer Service is non-existent * Over charging or double charging accounts * Forgetting to renew domains - then making you pay the extra fees to recover the domain * Limited optio…More

Good Features but Slow Support

Pros * 600 GB of hosting space * 2,500 POP3 email accounts * MySQL, PHP 4 & 5, SSI * CGI-BIN, Perl support * As low as $6.95/monthCons * Their recent transition to vDeck 3.0 has been a disaster for o…More

Very Poor Support

Pros * PriceCons * Customer/Tech supportThey offer standard service with very poor customer support. Recent changes in the last year or so have transformed them into a very poor choice for web hostin…More

Decent Pricing

Pros * always available * decent pricing * adequate toolsCons * does not do Coldfusion * jacks the price for windows asp * slow page response * to many layers for interacting with my websiteOK, their…More

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