IX web hosting established in the year 1999 is one of the oldest and cheapest hosting providers available on the web.  They provide excellent value for money services. The offer is rich in features. The company is one among the top ten web host providers in US. Recent technical failures recently hit the company adversely with many of their customers migrating in search of safe havens. The company now has technically improvised their services through adapting to latest technologies. In their bid to increase the sales, company now has heavy discounts on their plans.  

Reliability and Performance
Though the reliability factor had gone substantially down due to some technical failure in the recent past, I X hosting now have implemented a series of changes along with the technological update to retain the lost good will of the company. We tested the service and found stable delivery with the servers responding comparatively faster than in the past. If one could forgive the past then IX hosting still can become a much sought after provider for the industry start ups. Going with the current performance we rate the service fairly high on the chart. 

Value for Money
IX Hosting definitely offer the value for money one seeks. Owing to some technical failures that led to server outages the company now offer the plans at never before price along with any time money back offer. I X Hosting must be the first to offer such a guarantee to the users. Improved performance and lowest possible rates makes it a sure shot beginner’s choice. The hosting supports a number of blog applications like b2evolution, wordpress, feedonfeed, content management systems such as e 107, mambo CMS, phpnuke, php wiki, vtiger, Xoops, Joomla, forums like phpbb, SMF,  XMB, shopping carts like cube cart, oscommerce 2, phpadsnew, sugarCRM, phpcoin, open ads, zen cart and numerous other popular applications. It also offer unlimited domain hosting, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space. One free domain is offered along with the plan.

Cpanel
The control panel provided is H-sphere, which is user friendly. H-sphere is not as popular as Cpanel but is easy to navigate and use. It has all the features needed to control and operate you website requirements. We found the control panel neatly arranged and organized to serve the purpose well.  

Customer Service
Some technical failure and server issues had put the customer service desk on a test for quite a while during the recent past. The response timing had gone up to 12-24 hrs which is not an acceptable norm. The problems now seem to have settled down and they are back on track. We test the service and found the very prompt response and action. We had someone attending our issues and had then resolved within the time frame. The approach was very professional and they responded in highly courteous manner. As per the recent performance we rate the customer service, good on our charts.