HostGator Web Hosting

HostGator (HostGator.com) has become one of the better known web hosts in the industry simply by being an overall great web hosting company. Though nothing they do is completely spectacular or unbelievable, they really provide reliable and competitive web hosting solutions. That is, HostGator actually answers their phones when you call them, promptly replies to their emails, responds to all live chat requests, doesn’t rip you off, provides quality hosting and overall treats their customers the way they should be treated. It’s actually quite sad that most hosts can’t seem to get these things right, but it’s great for HostGator as their focus on the needs of the individual customer has translated in to phenomenal success for their company.

At first glance, HostGator is nothing about HostGator the really catches your eye. Their website is fairly generic. They believe they have an average logo and a lame slogan - “we eat up the competition” (the alligator in the logo is eating the "H"), ordinary text copy on their website, an apparent lack of regular updates on their site, a pretty standard ModernBill setup, a generic cPanel, and basically everything an average web host has. However, that’s what so extraordinary about HostGator. They don’t have too many bells and whistles or marketing ploys like their competitors. What you see is exactly what you get - they keep their offer simple, direct and competitive in all regards. HostGator doesn't shove marketing down your throat at every page and they have a simple billing process. The order process takes about 5 minutes and HostGator accepts both credit cards and PayPal (which is always nice), as well as debit cards. ReliabilityChoosing Host Gator means that your sites will be accessible via a fully meshed and redundant Certified Cisco Network featuring 10 backbone providers. These providers include:

• UUNet (GigE)
• Sprint (GigE)
• Global Crossing (GigE)
• Level 3 (GigE)
• Verio (GigE)
• AT&T (GigE)
• Broadwing (GigE)
• Time Warner (GigE)
• Allegiance Telecom (2 x GigE)
• AboveNet (2 x GigE)

Data Center Host Gator has chosen The Planet to provide its customers with superior network connectivity with minimal downtime. Their data center is located in Dallas, Texas, and boasts over 35,000 square feet of raised floor space featuring state-of-the-art safety, security, and cooling systems and is second-to-none in the web hosting industry. The following are just of few of the features of their data center:

• (21) 26-ton Data Air AC units
• Over 500 smoke detectors in an integrated system
• Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system
• Simplex security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility
• Multiple TXU electrical grids
• 3 main transfer switches
• 4800 volts of input power
• 1-megawatt generator (2000-gallon tank)
• 1.5-megawatt generator (2200-gallon tank)
• DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure