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- What is WebNet Hosting/What
does WebNet Hosting do?
- How long has WebNet Hosting been in Business?
- Has WebNet Hosting won any web hosting and ecommerce
awards for reliable services?
- Is WebNet Hosting a reliable host? Can I read your
customer testimonials?
- What is Shared Web Hosting, and what is E-Commerce
hosting?
- Do you provide a shopping cart solution which allows
me to sell products online and transact secure credit cards?
- If I am currently hosted at another hosting company
and wish to move my web site to WebNet Hosting, what do I need to
do?
- How can I sign-up with WebNet Hosting?
- How often do you backup my data?
- Can I upgrade my account?
- Can I pay using Checks or Money Orders?
- How long does it take to get my account setup?
- How long does it take to activate my domain name?
- How do I transfer files to my web site?
- Are your servers fast and reliable?
- Can I use SSL on your servers?
- Are there any hidden fees?
- Are there any setup fees?
- Will there be any ads placed on my web site?
- What kind of technical support is offered with my
account?
- What is your level of uptime?
- Do you allow adult/porn content?
- Do you allow Spam?
- I have an intensive CGI script I would like to run.
What happens if it uses too much of the server? Will you shut me
down?
- Can I host more then one website on your hosting
packages?
- Can I use my own CGI script?
- Do I get my own CGI-BIN?
- Do you offer PHP4?
- Do you allow MP3 sites?
- Will I have access to my account 24 hours a day?
- What is your network and server environment?
- Do you accept US and NON-US wire transfers for
new accounts?
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What is WebNet
Hosting/What does WebNet Hosting do? |
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WebNet Hosting is a privately owned Web Hosting company specializing
in shared, E-Commerce, and Reseller hosting. We our based
out of Rockville, Maryland since the year 2001. WebNet Hosting
has provided businesses worldwide with reliable, professional-class
network environments to host E-Commerce, E-mail, and professional
web sites.
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How long has WebNet Hosting
been in Business? |
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WebNet Hosting has been in business since 2001 specializing
in web hosting, reseller hosting and ecommerce solutions to
more than 5,000 web sites worldwide.
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Has WebNet
Hosting won any web hosting and ecommerce awards for reliable
services? |
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Yes WebNet Hosting has won several awards rating WebNet Hosting's
reliability, security, uptime guarantee, satisfaction guarantee,
and support services. You can view WebNet Hosting's Awards
by Clicking
Here.
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Is WebNet
Hosting a reliable host? Can I read your customer testimonials? |
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WebNet
Hosting serves over 5,000 customers worldwide and has proven
to be a 1 stop shop for all your web hosting needs. We provide
guaranteed reliable services for all our customers.
You can read through our Customer Testimonials by Clicking
Here
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What is
Shared Web Hosting, and what is E-Commerce hosting? |
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Shared web hosting means basic web hosting. Shared web hosting
includes a web site builder, web space for your web site files,
bandwidth which is used for your web site traffic, and dedicated
email accounts for your web address (domain name such as www.yourdomain.com).
E-Commerce hosting is complete web hosting with a shopping
cart solution. Our shopping cart Solution is Miva Merchant
4, which includes everything you will need to sell your products
online.
You can learn more about our E-Commerce
shopping carts by Clicking
Here
You can learn more about our Shared Web Hosting Packages by Clicking
Here
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Do you
provide a shopping cart solution which allows me to sell
products online and transact secure credit cards? |
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Yes we provide a complete ecommerce package with all of our
ecommerce hosting packages. The E-Commerce hosting packages
include the Miva Merchant 4 shopping cart which allows you
to transact secure transactions for your credit card processing,
and sell all your products online with a complete solution
through Miva.
You can learn more about our E-Commerce shopping carts by Clicking
Here
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If
I am currently hosted at another hosting company and wish
to
move my web site to WebNet Hosting, what do I need to
do? |
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Here are the processes with establishing
a hosting account with WebNet Hosting:
- First, you will want to establish
your account with WebNet Hosting by completing the Sign
Up form and choosing the package of your choice. You
can choose your Shared Hosting packages by clicking Here and Click
Here for E-Commerce packages.
- Second, WebNet Hosting will then
create your account on our servers, and send you "Welcome
Letter" which will include your new user name, password
and IP Address, along with many other helpful tips. Note:
It is important that you always keep this email in your
files, it will be of many uses to you in the future.
- Third, you will need to contact
your domain registrar company (for example: Network Solutions,
GoDaddy, TuCows, Regiter.com, and point your Domain to our
servers. You can do this by simply chaning your Name Servers
to NS1.WEBNETHOSTING.NET and NS2.WEBNETHOSTING.NET. Once
you change your name servers to point to our servers, it
will than take 24-72 hours for the domain to prorogate to
our network. In this process you will not normally experience
downtime or loss of emails, as long as you setup your account
on our servers before you change your name servers.
- Fourth, using a FTP (File transfer
program) like WS_FTP, Fetch, or MS FrontPage you will need
to upload your web site to your domain name on our servers.
You can find your account information in the "Welcome
Letter" that we send you once you setup your account.
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WebNet Hosting
has simplified the signup procedures by creating an easy to
follow process. After choosing the package that best fits
your needs, begin the ordering process by clicking on our Order
Page and follow the easy steps, you will receive your
Welcome Letter shortly after.
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How
often do you backup my data? |
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Your entire website is backed up once a day. Changes are backed up every 15 minutes.
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Can
I upgrade my account?
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Yes, at anytime if you wish to upgrade your account, simply logon to your control panel, and click Upgrade CP, you will then be able to upgrade to any package you choose.
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Can
I pay using checks or Money Orders? |
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Yes, just mail your check or money order to our Billing Address
at:
WebNet Hosting Inc
P.O. Box 87292
Montgomery Village MD 20886
Our Physical Location Is:
18817 S. Meadow Fence Blvd.
Gaithersburg MD 20886
1-877-503-4678(HOST)
Once the payment is received, your
account will be activated.
Please Note: (Your
check or money order must be cleared before we activate your
account.
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How
long does it take to set up my account? |
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Accounts are normally set-up within 10 minutes of your accepted
order.
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How
long will it take to activate the domain name? |
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Domain name propagation usually takes 24-72 hours to propagate.
Have more Domain Name questions? Visit our Domain
Faq's.
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How
do I transfer files to my website? |
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Any FTP client (including CuteFTP, WS-FTP, etc.) can access
our Web servers. You can also use Microsoft FrontPage to transfer
your files.
You can read our video tutorials to learn how to do this step
by step by Clicking
Here
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Are
your servers fast and reliable? |
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Our servers run on multiple processors with dual redundant
backbones. We guarantee a 99.97% uptime guarantee, so you
can be assured your web site will stay up 24/7 365 days a
year.
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Can
I use SSL on your servers? |
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Yes, you are able to use SSL on our servers. We also offer
a Shared SSL for your security at no extra charge.
Once you sign-up you will be able to purchase SSL certificates
and use our Shared SSL directly through your control panel.
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Are
there any hidden fees? |
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WebNet Hosting does NOT charge any hidden fees for any of
it’s services or products.
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Are
there any set up fees? |
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For Shared Web Hosting Plans there are no setup fees.
For E-Commerce Hosting Plans there is a setup fee applicable
to all ecommerce accounts.
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Will
there any ads placed on my website? |
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NO, WebNet Hosting does not place any adds on your website.
You are in full control of your web site and it's content.
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What
kind of technical support is offered with my account?
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Routine support is given through our HelpDesk this gives us time to troubleshoot and duplicate your issue.
Phone support is provided 8am-3am EST.
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What
is your level of uptime? |
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WebNet Hosting provides 99.97% uptime. Guaranteed or your
money back?
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Do
you allow adult/porn content? |
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No, we do not.
In order to provide a high class, professional
service, we have a few conditions for Customers who use our
service. Some of these conditions may seem strict, but they
insure a safe, functional, reliable, and trusted environment
for our customers to publish their information on the World
Wide Web.
WebNet Hosting Inc does not allow any
of the following content, or links to such content, to be
published:
• Content of a pornographic,
sexually explicit, or violent nature.
• Content of an illegal nature (including stolen copyrighted
material).
• Pirated software sites.
• "Hate sites" or content that could be reasonably
considered as slanderous or libelous.
Customers posting any of the above
content on their sites will be notified, and given a 48 hour
period to make corrective changes. If no action is taken,
WebNet Hosting will suspend services for the current site
until a resolution is met. A repeated violation of this Policy
will cause a cancellation of service without refund of any
sort.
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Absolutely not, we monitor our
network every minute of each day to make sure our network
is not hit by any sort of SPAM emails or viruses.
We will not tolerate spam on our network and we will immediately
disable your account.
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I
have an intensive CGI script I would like to run. What
happens if it uses too much of the server? Will you shut
me down? |
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WebNet Hosting never spontaneously shuts anybody down. We
are fairly liberal when it comes to server usage as long as
no one abuses it. If we find a script you are running is draining
more than your fair share of the server's resources we will
give you a warning and ask that you trim it down. If you are
looking to run expansive scripts we suggest a dedicated server.
Do you provide site statistics? Yes, we provide you with your
own site statistics tool, which allows you to keep track of
everyone accessing your website.
We also offer Urchin Site Statistics with our accounts for
a small monthly fee. This tool allows for detailed site statistics
tracking, marketing tools and much more. You can find out
more about this tool through your automated control panel.
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Can
I host more then one website on your hosting packages? |
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We can point additional accounts to your hosting account at
no extra charge.
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Can
I use my own CGI script? |
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Yes, WebNet Hosting runs a standard Apache install on a Linux
server, and most CGI scripts will run on our system. Your
CGI script should be located inside of the “cgi-bin”
folder of the domain your using.
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Yes, WebNet Hosting provides you with your own CGI-BIN.
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Yes. Every Linux-based hosting service that WebNet Hosting
offers includes PHP4.
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Yes, WebNet Hosting allows legal MP3 sites.
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Will
I have access to my account 24 hours a day? |
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Yes, You can access your account and website at anytime.
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What
is your network and server environment? |
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WebNet Hosting provides you with the most updated networking
and server equipment in the industry. Our Facility features
30,000 square feet of total space, redundant UPS systems,
generator backup, VESPA detection systems, closed circuit
monitoring of all areas and entrances, card key access, 24
hour guard manned security, redundant a/c systems, and fiber
from 5 separate providers. We are a full Cisco shop, and we
only use the top networking and server equipment, so we can
maintain your Web Servers 24x7.
Our uptime is top notch providing you with 24x7 uptime 99.97%
of the time.
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Do
you accept US and NON-US wire transfers for new accounts? |
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No, we no longer accept Wire Transfers from non-us residents.
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