MDDhosting Vs VectorLevel
Jun 13, 2009ive read that these two hosts are really of some quality despite being small companies, so which one would you vote for, and why? share your views,
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Vectorlevel
Jun 3, 2009I've been hosting with VectorLevel for almost a year now after signing up with them when they were just starting off. I enjoy drawing and put up comics and other artwork on my site (1000oclock.com) and for what I've been doing, everything has been great. I haven't noticed any downtime and it's a huge plus that they're a local company so I get personalized service.
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Oct 23, 2008I recently moved over to VectorLevel and I couldn't be happier.
They migrated all my files over for me. The whole feel of my board is much snappier.
They are very courteous and professional. I would recommend them in a heart beat. I even had a problem that had nothing to do with them or what they did. They were patient, and took the time to explain everything to me in a way I could understand. (I am clueless when it comes to a lot of web stuff.) They walked me through every step.
I took a realistic look at my file sizes and decided to I didn't need to have all that drive space that never gets used. I wanted a company that took an honest approach to their business plan, offered good prices and good service. VectorLevel really seems to fit that bill. At this point, I am very happy I made the change.
If your looking to make a move, give VectorLevel a close look. I know I am glad I did.
MDDHosting
Sep 19, 2008my review might not be as star-studded as it should, but I had to write one. I've been through the ringer, and dealt with a lot of hosts. A few decent, but most horrible. I was beginning to think the only way to have a good host would be to lease a server and run it myself.
I just recently moved over to MDDHosting, and immediately my script gave me trouble. Most hosts would either say sorry, you're on your own, or we'll gladly help for a fee. I set out to figure out the issue, and was unable to figure it out. The outlook was pretty grim. My last resort was support from the host.
I opened a live chat session, and was connected to Michael. He informed me that they don't officially support any scripts, but he'd be glad to try to help. We went through the entire documentation of the script, and also a handful of forum posts across the web, hopelessly searching for the issue. Eventually, I had to get the script's development team to help point out the issue, but to Michael's credit, he did everything he could to help.
So I thought I was out of the water. Nope.
Later that day I realized my login function wasn't working, along with other issues. Michael was again very helpful. This time, he was able to go beyond what I reported to him, and fix issues I didn't even know about before he mentioned them to me. He even went as far as to rebuild the modules needed for my script to be 100% positive the issue wasn't server-side only. In the end, we learned that many of the issues were related to permissions.
Us: 2, Script: 0. And of course, another issue was discovered.
By now, most hosts would have said, "this guy's an idiot", and told me to figure it out myself. Michael was still very helpful. Already I knew I had found a good host. This time, the issue at hand was totally undocumented. I decided it wasn't a key feature, and was willing to let it go. Michael didn't give up. He plowed through all of my heavily modded code, and found the issue to be a very well buried single line of code, referring to an incorrect path. It was this that showed me MDDHosting is more than a good host. They're great. Fantastic even.
Considering the fact that all of the issues turned out to be my fault, I am ecstatic that I found MDDHosting, and that Michael was happy to help. I've never, ever, ever seen a host even remotely as responsive and helpful as these guys. The best part is they NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO ASK ME TO PAY FOR HELP! Every chat was answered within 30 seconds(literally!). I can't even imagine how you guys do it, but at any rate, what I'm really getting at here is this;
The New VectorLevel Homepage Rocks
Mar 30, 2009I know the new page has been around for quite a while but It's really cool and easy on the Eyes,the color combination is just Right In my Opinion.
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Mar 27, 2009Domain reported.
Orien & crew has always provided great service - definitely went above and beyond on helping me get a CGI script working, even though
they really didn't have to
I also absolutely love DirectAdmin's DNS management - unlike cPanel's piece of crap, you can set A/AAAA/PTR/CNAME all by yourself - espescially CNAME. DNS hosting makes my life much easier managing other domains.
I don't think it's gone down so far, and pages are always fast to load.
Support - 10/10
Value - 10/10
VectorLevel.com - The Best Service I've Had With Any Company, Ever!
Aug 7, 2008My website is [url]
After the recent "scandal" with RS.net, I was one of many looking for a new host. Orien had responded to one of my threads (important to point out he never solicited me in any way), so I decided to check out his host. After speaking with him briefly, he seemed like a great guy and the service was just what I was looking for, so I signed up. He allowed me to sign up on a "refugee" code (LOL) so I got my first month free.
Ever since then it's been great working with him. He's assisted me with any issue I've had with my website -- even if it was not related to the hosting. He's helped me with scripts and permissions and settings I did not really understand. He's also been a joy to talk to outside of business communication.
So, Orien, thank you very much for all of your hard work! This has been the best service I've ever recieved, not just with webhosting, but with anything. You've truly earned your reputation here and I look forward to continuing with VectorLevel.
Any Recent Reviews For VectorLevel
Dec 21, 2008I plan on opening a local website that will have a forum on it. I think the forum will mostly have members from my area, neighbors basically. I live in Irvine, California and thus wanted a local hosting company. It was really by random chance that I bumped into Vector Level which I found out is based in Irvine as well. Their plans look very reasonable for what I need, just a small forum basically. Speed is important and their website loads pretty fast so that's good.
I've already given them a call and a guy named Robert answered a lot of my questions. Before I order an account, can anyone comment on them? current customers? I searched and found a few reviews but they were a few months old so I don't know if they are still hosting with them. I understand they are a new company which is why I wanted to do my research more thoroughly before ordering.
VectorLevel: Absolutely The Best Hosting Available
Dec 23, 2008I've been with VectorLevel (vectorlevel.com) for about six months now -- after leaving Reliable Site during that fiasco I'm sure many of you remember -- , so I thought it was time to write up a new review. For verification, my website can be found at [url]
There isn't much that I can say about them, and that's a good thing. Most lengthy reviews end up being negative ones; there's plenty of ways things can go wrong, but not many ways in which things can go correctly.
Every time there is a problem, Orien retroactively corrects it. I remember that he voluntarily gave me a month's credit simply because they were moving servers and the DNS had to propagate again.
Orien has helped me do a lot of things that aren't necessary for him to do. He's helped me with CSS, given me feedback on my website, helped me install and modify software and has overall just been a great friend. I couldn't ask for anything else and I honestly feel privileged to be his client.
For the relative pittance I am paying, the service I receive is almost criminal. I feel confident in saying that absolutely nobody can match VectorLevel's service, period. For as long as this host exists, I will be their customer. I wish I had more to say, but that's really all there is to it. I've recommended this host to everyone I know, and now I'm passing that message on to everyone here.
MDDhosting.com Customer
Jan 20, 2009I've been using shared hosting for some years now but lately found my sites were getting more and more sluggish, so I started looking around for a new host. Problem is, who do you choose? And what kind of service? I wanted something better than shared hosting but didn't fancy the complexities of VPS.
After some research I signed up for MDDhosting.com's basic Semi-Dedicated plan for one month to test them out. If it didn't work out I'd only be out twenty bucks
The set-up was fast - I was transferring my test sites within minutes of receiving their (five) instant welcome emails. When I had problems with the transfer, MDD's support team were very responsive (like, in minutes!) and when it got a bit tangled, Michael himself helped to sort it out.
After the initial issues (all my fault for setting things up wrong) the transfer of the rest of my sites was quick and painless. I'm now signed up MDDhosting's Intermediate Semi-Dedicated service.
I'm relieved, with semi-dedicated hosting, that they won't bog down over time with added subscribers. I'm impressed with MDDhosting.com's quality of service and I'm VERY happy at how fast my sites load now.
I give MDDhosting.com a ten out of ten!
Usual disclaimer: I'm not connected to MDDhosting.com in any way, other than being a happy customer. I don't normally post on forums but I was impressed by this company's service and I'm sure there are other small webmasters out there with the same kind of hosting problems I had.
Review Of MDDHosting
Oct 3, 2009I have several domains hosted with MDDHosting. I'll provide the domain which drove me to come here and leave a review: planetwideforums.com
Let me start off by saying I have been using MDDHosting for a couple of months now.
Really, since I stopped running my webhosting business due to my wanting to pursue offline IT things. Some of you may know me as HostLonestar-Randy. Unfortunately I do not remember the password for that account lol, and I no longer use the email associated with the account.
I decided to go with Mike because I knew him from here from when I was a host and had talked with him before, had read the reviews he had been receiving, and decided to take the LiteSpeed thing for a sping.
So far, I don't believe I have made a mistake with choosing him.
I originally signed up for one account, quick set up (I believe I got that email right away) which is a great thing for someone to receive lol. I added an addon domain (planetwideforums.com) as I decided to start that forum up finally. Got everything set up.
Well, yesterday I decided I wanted to order a second account and split planetwideforums.com off onto it's own account due to some of my requirements with subdomains.
Mike was there for me and helped me transfer the files for the domain,a long with the SQL database. There was absolutely no trouble. As you can see my forum is up and running great. The DB's were the biggest thing I was worried about, so I had made about 6 backups just in case lol.
The prices are great for the value of service you get.
Litespeed....well, not much to say about that, it truly is faster IMHO.
The server load for my shared accounts are consistently below .8 (on 4CPU's).
I have only experienced a little issue, which was actually a cPanel glitch that I happened to be the lucky one of like 17 other cPanel users to get lol.
All in all, I'd recommend MDDhosting (mddhosting.com) to everyone.
I have already recommended it to several members of the forums I am running, all my family and friends, and even a random stranger the other day.
I'll be back in about 4 months or so to do my 6 month review
Mddhosting Is Great!
Nov 22, 2008After getting completely fed up with bluehost (my site was so slow!), I recently switched to mddhosting. I had considered other hosts, but luckily, I found this forum before switching -- and I discovered mddhosting here!
I'd highly recommend mddhosting. They took the time to talk to me and answer all my questions before I switched (and I asked a lot of questions!). After I took the plunge, they basically did all the work for me migrating my website. I was shocked! There was one small glitch in the migration as some software wasn't installed on their server that I needed, but they cleared this up in less than an hour after I submitted my support ticket. Since then, its been smooth sailing. My site is really fast -- I've never had to wait for a page to load. I host some videos, so I was a little worried about these, but they are just as fast as the rest of my content. The only other time I've needed support was when I changed SSL certificates, and again, they pretty much handled everything for me.
Great service! I'd highly recommend them.
Vectorlevel Or Doreo Or TotalChoice Or Medialayer Or
Dec 24, 2008I has one blog which hosted on Bluehost for 2 years now. My blog is base on drupal, the content is less than 100M, and has 1K unique visitors per month, use around 300M data transfer per month. My problem with bluehost is quite "normal": site went down without reason, sql database disappeared sometimes, site banned for exceed cpu usage limit, ...... So it's time to move on.
I would like to build one more site in the new year along with my blog. Since the new site will be mostly hosting flash games, I expect far more bandwidth requirement than my personal blog. And my budget is under $10 per month.
So far I narrow down my choices to following six:
1. Nearlyfreespeech.net
100M Storage $1 per month, 1G Transfer $1 per month
2. Vectorlevel.com
1G Storage, 10G Transfer / $5 per month, Extra Data Transfer: $1/GB per month
3. TotalChoice.com
2.4G Storage, 80G Transfer / $5 per month, Extra Data Transfer: $2.5/GB per month
4. doreo.com/
2G Storage, 60G Transfer / $6.99 per month
5. Medialayer
500M Storage, 10G Transfer / $9.95 per month
6. Servage.net
510G Storage, 5010G Transfer / $6.45 per month
Medialayer seems has pretty high reputation here in WHT, but it's a little expensive to me for only 10G data transfer.
Vectorlevel is young and very Medialayer alike. 10G/$5 month data transfer seems right for me. But as it's a new company without proved track record, I'm not sure whether they will still be good in years. ( But I really like their "Do what you want" attitude.)
TotalChoice.com and doreo.com both offer more than 50G Transfer per month which is good if my site become popular in the future. And both two seems don't have complains here which is also a good sign. But last time I checked, one site hosted on doreo is hosting with other 308 sites on one server, and a totalchoice one is with 203 other domains.
Though both are acceptable ( comparing to my site on Bluehost server with other 908 domains, or STEADFAST.NET one with 2048 other sites), but still seems a little too much. And doreo's $6.99 plan only allow 1 MySQL db which is also limited to me.
Nearlyfreespeech.net is a cost-efficient option for my current requirement, but will not scale well if site become popular in a long term.
Servage, yes, there're tons of complains about how servage sucks, but since two sites:
freebreakgames.com and Mooktown.com are both hosted on Servage, one hosted with 46 other sites one with 19 other sites, and both two sites are stable, so I add this one as backup option.
VectorLevel - Intial Impression = Amazing
Nov 10, 2008I finally decided to go with vectorlevel after my last topic and researching some more and I'm completely amazed by how seamless the process was. I signed up on nov 5th and got my account information in a few minutes. Now I'm pretty knowledgeable about all the new technology stuff such as computers and tvs, but I'm pretty much a newbie in web hosting. I have always wanted to start a personal blog but had no idea what I needed with domains and hosting. Vectorlevel assisted me with getting my own domain (woot) and showed me how to install wordpress with "Installatron" which was pretty cool. My blog loads very quickly almost just like any of those big company websites like google.
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Feb 10, 2009A few reasons I got hosting with this company. I was having some issues with the support staff at hostpc.com I mean to me they just made me feel they did not care. So any way knowing how busy my site has gotten on hostpc I thought I needed vps. So came in and looked through the offers section and asked many questions to a lot of them that looked interesting and in my price range.
Mddhosting was the one that stuck out the most and every time I talked to support before I got service they really showed they cared about me and were honest and helpful. Much like the feeling I get with downtownhost and everity.
I went ahead and signed up for a vps with them and support iis still the same I mean good. They even helped me with my shoutcast needs which is actually above an beyond and wow have I had to contact them a lot of shoutcast issues which at this time are all fixed and none really had to do with my vps server. All the issues were either the bouncy radio software I was using or a dj messing things up.
the service has been great no down time that I know of and its fast.
This is why I added them to my great host list.
Sites with them are: [url]and [url]
MDDHosting 1 Month Review
Apr 3, 2009If you are looking for great customer service and someone who knows what they are talking about then this is the host to use.
I have had many hosts in the last 7 years and after feeling Michael out and asking him tons of questions I was so confident in him that I prepaid for a year. The rate plan was reasonable and wasnt filled with the bait and switch unlimited this and that with all the fine print.
I took advantage of there offer to move my old sites from the horrible host I was with and WOW, they really did the work to restore all my sites that didnt transfer correctly by hand and they really did give 100%. He did the backups and transfers until the old host finally made a good copy that was usable. He spent about a week just to get my sites all moved and running correct.
Something that really caught my eye was the fact that you can utilize 25% or resources for up to 90 secs. This is important so your sites wont give 500 server errors and the host telling you that you are overloading there servers.
I do have to say I have only been with them a month and finally all the sites are moved over and running on there servers. So far no problems and I cant tell you how nice it is to NOT get 500 server errors constantly. So nice not to get that dreaded email from my monitoring company that the sites are down.
If you want that personalized service then this is the place. I email Michael so much I feel like hes my buddy and he usually replies within mins, making me feel like his only client.
Deff recommend!! I think you need the doamin hosted-- lindsayloahn.us
MDDHosting & TMZHosting - Similarity
Feb 23, 2009Are these the same guys under a different brand, or has one taken web content from another?
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MDDHosting 3 Months Review
Aug 6, 2008Today I am writing my review on MDDHosting with who I have hosted with for the last 3 months. They have been wonderful and are definitely one of the best hosts that I have come across.
Michael at MDDHosting (MikeDVB on the forums) has been very good with me as he is primarily the person that has helped me when I needed it. I was originally with Toehosting and after speaking with Mike he talked me into making the switch to his servers and promised me that I would not regret it and I'm happy to post that he was right. The server that I was placed on was faster in just about every way than the servers I had been on in the past and I have not experienced any downtime that I was not notified about beforehand. MDDHosting did notify me that they were upgrading their server equipment and that I was on one of the servers being upgraded and that I may experience some downtime but I watched carefully and there was no apparent downtime, they did a good job on the upgrade.
Support has been great, not only Michael but everybody I have spoken with at MDDHosting. Every support ticket I have put in has been responded to in under 5 minutes and just about every ticket I have put in has been fully resolved within about 10 to 15 minutes. I have primarily used their support desk for help although I have contacted Michael via MSN as well as calling them when I was not near a computer and they have always been very helpful.
I cannot complain about their service whatsoever, their uptime has, as previously mentioned, been excellent. I've not had one minute of downtime so I am very pleased, and to top everything off their servers are not crowded and they don't oversell so their server speeds are second to none (very fast).
For service and support I give MDDHosting a 10/10 and I highly recommend them. It should also be noted that I started out on a custom package after talking with sales and eventually worked my way up to one of their normal plans so if you need a custom plan talk to them as they will probably be able to work with you.
Their web site is [url]
I know from browsing these forums that people will ask what my domain is, I have already submitted my domain for review by the moderators by reporting this post.
Thanks again Michael for such wonderful service.
MDDHosting.com Review (A+ For Great Support)
Sep 30, 2009I wanted to take a minute to throw out a review of a good host I found a few months back. I remember while I was looking for them that I found a ton of "Avoid XYZ host" or "ABC host is terrible," but very few reports of a host that people would suggest TO use.
In any case, I transferred my business domain (www.thecliplady.com) over to MDDHosting (www.mddhosting.com) a few months back and everything has been fantastic. As I recall, my account was setup quickly, and they helped me to transfer from my old server and setup my SSL cert right away. Since then, I have had almost 0 downtime, was always notified of maintenance or issues that might affect my account, and generally everything was quite snappy (pages loaded quickly, etc).
But, the one thing that really blows me away and is truly fantastic about MDDHosting is the support. In my time with them, I have filled 5 support tickets. In the worst case, I waited about 25 minutes for a response. Yesterday, my ticket was responded to in 2 minutes, and completely resolved in 3 minutes (It was a simple issue, but it was nice to not wait to finish deploying my new site).
Here is a screenshot of that last ticket: [url]
To sum it up, I feel very confident in suggesting MDDHosting to anyone who values great support and a stable server. Plus, the prices aren't bad either. Make sure you at least check them out, seriously!
MDDHosting (A Brief Review With A Half Year Of Hindsight)
Oct 21, 2009If I post this in the wrong forum section, forum admins should feel free to move the thread to an appropriate section.
It's been more than half a year, now, since the previous disaster with Rageki Hosting, and since the transition to MDDHosting, there have been no negative hosting experiences with MDDHosting to report. There hasn't even been any need to initiate support tickets, once the initial transition phase was past, where Rageki Hosting left us in the lurch, and Mike over at MDDHosting communicated with us at that time, back in March of this year, in order to get things plucked from the nether void caused by Rageki Hosting's abrupt shutdown.
So, if the last six to seven months are any indication, the decision to go with MDDHosting for the local landscape guy's website, which I set up for him, seems to have been a good decision on our part.
There has only been a single instance, during these past six to seven months, where the landscape guy complained about his site not loading. When he reported that to me, I promptly tried to bring his website up in my web browser, and it loaded just fine. When I told this to the landscape guy, and told him to try and load his site, again, it loaded on his end, also. Personally, I think that it was a glitch on the landscape guy's end, a problem with his computer or Internet provider, and not a problem with the webhost, MDDHosting. I don't consider it to be downtime, because there was no actual, solid indicator on my end that the website was actually down, where that particular episode was concerned.
Every time that I, personally, have tried to bring up the website, since things were up and running on MDDHosting, the site has loaded. It's not a busy website, at all, but it is a business related website, so downtime issues for this particular website are particularly important to both the landscape guy and to myself.
In sum, I give two thumbs up to MDDHosting on the reliability of its web hosting.