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eBoundHost.com is a Chicago-based Web hosting provider that caters to small businesses and home users. Extensive experience comes from hosting thousands of Web sites with very different requirements and audiences. Customers include individuals and businesses worldwide, from the U.S. to China, the Middle East and Australia. Their signature service, the all-encompassing hosting platform, is backed by the unwavering commitment to strive for excellence through impeccable design and diligent implementation

Features

eBoundHost.com provides virtual private servers (VPS) and dedicated servers that offer a range of features including a specialized framework to run Ruby on Rails, SugarCRM and Zimbra among other software. The VPS offers “burstable” and guaranteed RAM, IP addresses, incredible bandwidth and full root access. The operating systems available include CentOS 5 - x86 (available: Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL). However, due to the type of traffic, server loads, and potential legal issues, Torrent, IRC and proxy are not allowed on VPS.

Dedicated servers range from “special deals” that are customized to fit a certain need to “supercharged” dedicated servers that are geared for the most extreme applications. These latter servers are used for large scale hosting and high power/availability clusters, including MySQL servers, mail servers and video game servers.

Even the servers geared toward individual use come with the capability to handle streaming audio and video, databases, Frontpage extensions and more.

Reliability & Reputation

eBoundHost.com provides easy money-back guarantees, as they are assured of their hosting solutions and their support service. The shared hosting account cancellation within 90 days means a full refund with no questions asked. Dedicated server account cancellation within 15 days is fully refundable, including any setup fees. Outside 15 days, setup fee is not refundable. If you don’t stay the full term, then eBoundHost.com refunds unused portion at the appropriate price level. This means if you prepay for two years and are on a highly discounted plan and decide to leave after 6 months, they will prorate your account as though you paid for a 6 month term and then refund the rest. This is very fair because they offer great discounts for long term prepay.

Pricing

Although all hosting solutions provided by eBoundHost.com are not budget-priced, they come close. This is a good deal for anyone who seeks a variety of services on a limited budget.

Support

eBoundHost.com takes pride in their service, and they state that their support team is ready to handle any questions with a 35 minute average resolution. All clients, no matter the hosting service, receive service 24×7 through an online support system. The site also maintains a blog and an online status gauge. The blog is revealing, as it details several “disasters” that have struck this company and how they responded to the emergencies. While some companies might try to hide the day-to-day routines within a host providing business, these folks don’t diminish some of the problems that come with the territory. Their responses seem fantastic.

• Applications Available: b2evolution, Gallery, osCommerce, phpBB, WordPress
• Capabilities: Blog, Cron Jobs, Domain Registration, E-Commerce, E-mail, FrontPage Extensions, Multi-Domain Support, Real Media, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video
• Control Panel(s): cPanel, Plesk
• Database Support: MySQL, PostreSQL
• Framework/Language Support: CGI, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, SSI
• Operating System(s): Unix
• Server Type(s): Dedicated, Reseller, Shared, VPS

Coupon Codes

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