| LunarPages is a host that will appeal to just about | | | | of the highest quality with tape backup, DDOS |
| everybody. It's Shuttle Shared Plan has attractive | | | | protection and a power generator to protect against |
| features than can be used to create any website, be | | | | power outages. They claim to monitor their servers |
| it a blog or a site for recipes. It offers 1500 GB of | | | | 24 hours a day. |
| storage and 15 TB of data transfers per month. | | | | For Newbies |
| Although this may be a far cry from the unlimited | | | | Rookie webmasters will be delighted to know that |
| space and bandwidth offered by other hosts, there | | | | this host has a Quicksite plan. It basically ensures you |
| are other aspects of the LunarPages Shuttle Shared | | | | an up and running website a mere two hours after |
| Plan that will suit your fancy. | | | | signing up. This plan is targeted at those who are not |
| The Features | | | | that well-versed in creating a site from scratch and |
| This plan gives you unlimited POP3 emails accounts | | | | facilitates users by giving them ready-made sites that |
| and applications that can be used to maximize your | | | | only need to be added content. |
| site's performance. These applications are plenty and | | | | The Help |
| there is an application for every site possible. For | | | | Customer service can help in many ways; email, |
| example, there is Moodle for education sites, | | | | support tickets and forums. You can also call them at |
| PHPauction for auctioneers and many more. There | | | | their toll free number, but only from 6.00 am to 8.00 |
| also support programs like PHP, Perl, FrontPage, | | | | pm and on from Monday to Friday. If you encounter |
| MySQL, PostgresSQL databases and a CGI directory | | | | a problem during weekends or after office hours, |
| Aside from that, there also general applications that | | | | you can email them, but expect a late reply unless |
| can be used on any website, such as a Fantastico | | | | you have a support ticket. These tickets are a |
| Script Library, a FAQ builder, Image and Coppermine | | | | record of your problems that have been kept by |
| Photo Gallery. For blogs and the like, LunarPages can | | | | customer service in case of its reoccurrence. |
| support up to three blogs per account with chat and | | | | There have been several complaints about their |
| forums features. | | | | support team by users on a third-party monitoring |
| For those who require multimedia support, streaming | | | | site. It is said that they are unreliable and slow in |
| video and audio is available on LunarPages. Standard | | | | fixing problems. So, if your problems are minor and |
| players such as Real Media, flash and shock wave | | | | you rather not wait long, it is better to read the FAQ |
| can also be used on the sites. | | | | articles. LunarPages has an array of articles and |
| In terms of email capabilities, LunarPages include | | | | manuals that will certainly help you understand more |
| forwarding, auto responders, catchall, spam | | | | about web hosting. |
| protection and SMTP. Sub-domains are also supported | | | | The Verdict |
| in a " format. | | | | The final word on LunarPages is, this host is quite |
| If you're running a business and need an eCommerce | | | | decent. It's not the best available, but it's not the |
| feature, LunarPages offer shopping carts (Zen and | | | | worse either. Although it may have some problems |
| Cube). For security, the sites are equipped with Open | | | | with the customer service, there are other features |
| PGP /GPG encryption and a shared SSL Certificate. | | | | to keep webmasters entertained. And for a $6.95 |
| The Performance | | | | per month service with a 30-day money back |
| LunarPages guarantee a 99.9% uptime and a 2,000 | | | | guarantee service, it's a crime not to sign up. |
| Mbit Connectivity. Their servers are considered to be | | | | |