New Host - Holdfire
I know it was only a week ago since I asked you guys for hosting recommendations, and I had planned on taking my time as I searched the web for some more reviews and possible new candidates. However, Cirtex failed me again recently, which really got me wanting to move out ASAP. For some reason, the Awstats in my cpanel hasn’t been updated since last Sunday, and nor has the bandwidth been increasing. It’s as if my site was dead or something o_O. Their live chat takes forever, and I really didn’t have the patience to open a ticket, so I imed them through AIM. Now usually they don’t reply, so you can imagine how surprised I was when they did.
The first solution gave me didn’t work, so they just told me they’d fix it themselves and I should check back in 15 minutes. Sure enough, they fixed it in less than 5. Really, I don’t know what there is to complain about, asides from the slow speed that day and the support team’s terrible grammar, because Cirtex has been a decent host. Their prices have gone up though, and they no longer allow custom packages, which is a real shame 
Anyways, I figured with the $25/year I’m spending on Cirtex, I could get 2 years worth of hosting elsewhere. I checked out Holdfire, and they have something really unique called contract buy out. What is means in a nutshell is that they’ll credit the remaining months you have with your previous host for up to $50! I contacted Jordan, owner of Holdfire, about this, and she credited me back about $10 for my remaining months at Cirtex, so my first year of hosting with Holdfire ended up being only $2! Not only that, but she helped me transfer all my files and databases over 
The ticket response speed was excellent (not to mention in proper English) and their replies were professional.
It’s only been 2 days with Holdfire, but everything has been great so far. I will keep you all updated on my new host as time goes on. Cheers and thank you to those who recommended me hosts!
Tags: Cirtex, Holdfire, hosting reviews, web hosts
July 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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July 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I’m on Hasweb and I loveee them because of their customer service. Everytime I submit a help ticket, I get a reply usually within minutes. <3
July 18th, 2008 at 11:48 am
@ Katy: That’s great to hear! Customer service has never been a big deal for me until recently, when I realized just how important it was, which is why I switched hosts
July 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
That’s great to hear. =) Mimi, submit your review for Holdfire at http://www.hostjury.com. =P They need more reviews! I’m still writing mine, haha.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
@ Regina: It’s good news indeed. I’ve only been with them a week though, so I’m a little hesitant to submit a review. I want to wait till at least 3 months later to make a more accurate judgment of Holdfire, though yes, so far so good!