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THE TRUTH ABOUT WEB HOSTING
AND OUR ADVANTAGES
A majority of hosting companies
are actually resellers for another hosting companies.
This means that the company does not own the equipment
they host you on. They also do not have the access
necessary to the server to fix problems so they have
to send your support request “up the chain” to the true
hosting company to fix.
Host Waiter owns, operates, and maintains its own
equipment. We do not resell for anyone.
If there is a problem we fix it, we do not have to rely
on anyone else.
Most hosting companies have
been in business less then one year. Although
a new hosting company does not mean they are a bad company,
it does mean that they do not have a proven track record
running an Internet business. Internet businesses
are easy to setup but unfortunately for the end user;
it also makes it easy for them to go out of business.
The ownership of Host Waiter has been in the web
hosting business since 1997. We have proven over
the years that our business model is cost efficient
to the end user yet stable enough for us to continually
improve our services and hire very talented staff.
A lot of hosting companies
are run by teenagers, we have seen some as young as
13. Although a lot of people will argue that age
doesn’t matter, the fact is the age does matter when
you trust your business to someone who cannot legally
enter into a contract.
Host Waiter’s founder and principle owner is in
his late 20’s. He holds a Bachelors Degree and
a Jurist Doctor (Law) Degree.
Almost all hosting companies
colocate their server hundreds or thousands of miles
from their location. If your web server never
has a problem then this is fine… However, when a problem
does arise, your host is at the mercy of a 3rd party
to fix the problem. This also limits the hosting
companies’ ability to upgrade their servers.
Host Waiter houses all it’s servers in a Sprint
E|Solutions Data Center which is located 15 minutes
from our offices. We have 24/7 access to the Data
Center, which allows us to respond to problems no matter
when they arise. This also allows us to instantly
upgrade our servers if we notice any performance problems.
A lot of hosting companies
are owned by companies outside the United States even
though they colocate their servers in the US, which
gives the appearance, that they are located in the US.
Again, by itself this does not mean that the company
is a bad hosting company. But the fact is that
businesses need a company that is accountable if problems
do happen. Trying to take action against a foreign
corporation is difficult at best and in most cases impossible.
Host Waiter is a United States company with all
its offices and employees located in the United States.
Most specifically, we are located just outside Kansas
City, Missouri.
Some hosting companies host
your site in their offices, retail stores, or even their
homes. Although this saves them thousands of dollars,
this also means that they do not have the necessary
safeguards such as battery backup, diesel generators,
redundant cooling systems, fire suppression, and security
to protect your business.
All sites hosted by Host Waiter are housed in a
true Tier 1 Sprint E|Solutions Data Center with battery
backup, multiple diesel generators, 24/7 staffed security
and advanced fire suppression. Our Data Center
sits directly on Sprint’s Internet backbone for maximum
uptime and faster data delivery. The Sprint E|Solutions
Data Centers have proven so reliable, Internet heavyweights
such as Yahoo! and Ebay have chosen it to host their
servers also. |