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JUMPLINE REVIEW

After coming into being in the year 1997, Jumpline.com has remained a private web hosting company providing leading hosting solutions and as a result grabbing an enormous part of the market. The backing power behind their innovative web hosting solutions is without doubt their high level of experience as well as their rock solid partnerships with Sphera Corporation and Qwest Communications. Their versatile services make sure that they can satisfy the requirements of individuals such as webmasters, small businesses as well as the high requirements of Tech gurus and resellers. Above all, because of their uninterrupted commitment and excellence in the area of hosting, they are very confident that they can offer an all-inclusive set of technologies which is bound to secure the success of their clientele today as well as in the time to come.

In the year 2002, Jumpline.com recognized the emphasis laid down by their customers to increase the security and robustness of the web hosting platform and consequently based the central framework of their web hosting platform on the Virtual Dedicated Server technology (VDS) introduced by Sphera. This innovative step has enabled Jumpline.com to make a big leap and proved it to be ahead of the other numerous prevalent web hosting services in that the utilization of virtual dedicated servers has set the standard for future shared web hosting solutions by taking security to the next level.

The distinction of Jumpline.com in providing virtual dedicated server web hosting has enabled this company to be clearly distinguishable from the other numerous prevailing web hosting companies in the market. This has also played a major role in the dedication of their team to provide the best possible web hosting experience to their customers, be it the customer support personnel or the systems engineering division. This is a source of much comfort for their customers because they are well aware that their websites are in the hands of people who have only one objective in their minds, to care for the websites of their customers just as they do for their own sites and to continue to enhance the level of services at the lowest possible price.

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The Jumpline Difference - VDS Technology

It is imperative to have a clear idea of the hosting technologies provided by a vast majority of the competitors of Jumpline.com in order to clearly capture in your mind the concept of virtual dedicated server technology. This competitor Web hosting technology is the one commonly available in the market and comes under the name of "Virtual Hosting" technology. The main drawback of the "Virtual Hosting" technology is that all the websites are hosted on the same web server thereby sharing the server as well as the mail server. The Web server uses a single software for the management of all the websites hosted on it. Worst of all, they are all stored in the same directory. The vulnerability of such a system to external threat is very high. In the case of a compromise by any hacker or any other external intrusion, the whole system would be affected and the security of all the websites hosted on it will be at stake. Obviously, the "Virtual Hosting" environment also does not enable the website owner to install any custom applications on the machine because access is restricted only to the web hosting account associated with that customer.

The VDS technology on the other hand basically gives customers access to their own UNIX environment. Because of the use of this technology, a single Web server is divided into virtual servers by making use of the virtual dedicated server software. This makes possible the operation of one website completely independent of the operation of the others because each is now hosted by a virtual dedicated server residing on the same physical server. There is a separate folder for each website created by the VDS software which gives it complete autonomy. The level of security resulting from such deployment is unparalleled and cannot be imitated by the "virtual hosting" environment because in the case of an external intrusion, only a single VDS server would be compromised and not all the VDS servers residing on the same physical server. Additionally, VDS customers have complete access to their virtual server and they can install any custom applications they want as well as divide their VDS server further into additional "Virtual Hosting" accounts as and when required.

The original developer of the VDS technology is Sphera Corporation, a leading developer of software for website hosting automation and management meant for web hosting companies.

Simplicity of Use - Control Panel

Jumpline.com employs the Sphera control panel in its hosting packages which is the same as that used by giant businesses like IBM. The Sphera control panel’s visual appearance and interactive ability is superior but when compared to Hsphere, it does not rank equal to it. The speed of the control panel is also not equivalent to that of Hsphere. The control panel loads slowly on a cable connection where as on a dial-up connection, the speed is even worse.

Packages Offered

Jumpline offers VDS hosting plans namely J1-VDS, J2-VDS, J3-VDS, J4-VDS and J5-VDS.

J1-VDS

Package Summary

Megabytes or Gigabytes of Space

1000 MB (1 GB)

Data Transfer / Bandwidth

10 GB

Domains Hosted

E-Mail Accounts

Dedicated IP/Name-based

Name-based

Personal FTP Accounts

VDS Technology

Money Back Guarantee

30 Days

Purchase Price (1 Year Sign up)

$9.95/month

Free Setup

More Details

Click here for details about J2-VDS, J3-VDS, J4-VDS and J5-VDS plans.

Features vs. Cost Analysis

Jumpline.com is distinguished from other shared hosting providers in that it offers virtual dedicated server hosting instead of shared hosting. And there's not that much a difference in price which might prefer shared hosting. Their J1-VDS plan gives 1 GB of space and 10 GB of bandwidth for only $10.95 per month. The package also offers multiple domain hosting (13 domains for J1-VDS), 5 personal FTP accounts and free setup if you sign up for a full year. All of their packages include Web development tools such as Perl, Mod PHP and Python. Jumpline.com can also incorporate ColdFusion MX or Chilisoft ASP into your server with an additional setup fee.

Customer Support

Jumpline.com is dedicated to providing excellent support to its customers. Their support channels include toll-free support which is available 24 hours a day where existing and potential customers can get answers to their questions. They also have an extensive FAQs section with a very robust documentation which provides information on getting started and explains the specifications of each hosting plan in detail. Their toll-free support is very fast and responsive. However their e-mail support is a bit slow and requires some effort on their part.

Speed & Reliability

Jumpline's servers seem to be quite reliable and only a handful of customers have reported the server to be down during their one-year hosting with Jumpline. This is possible because of their state of the art data center. Jumpline's connectivity boasts 4 OC-48’s combining to form an unbelievable OC-192 capacity with 4 levels of redundancy. When Qwest’s network reaches its fullest capacity—trillions of bits per second—it could transmit the entire contents of the Library of Congress coast to coast in 20 seconds.

Conclusion

Jumpline is a premium web host which has one of the fastest connections on the market. Their packages are cheap keeping in view that they offer virtual dedicated server hosting instead of shared hosting. The packages also offer enough space and generous bandwidth with lots of additional features which make them very attractive. They have an excellent support system and they handle their customers with utmost care. Jumpline should be given a try if you need a better hosting experience as compared to shared hosting.
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