New APEX Hosting Provider... Sort of...

Just read on the Revion blog that a new subsidiary called HTMLDBHost is offering APEX hosting at $24.95 for the first six months; the price goes up to the regular rate of $49.95 thereafter.

It seems that you get the same levels of service, band width, disk space as the standard plan offered at Revion.com at a discounted rate.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Hi Scott,
I read about Revion , hosting APEX. I am just wondering about the performance of these applications in a live environment.
I appreciate your comments.

Regards
Anil

June 15, 2008 at 2:33 AM

Scott said…

Anil,

I've been very pleased with the quality and speed of their services.

Thanks,

- Scott -

June 15, 2008 at 7:29 AM

Anonymous said…

Thanks Scott, Could you please provide your email address, mine is apabba@gmail.com

Regards
Anil

June 15, 2008 at 8:15 AM

Anonymous said…

Too bad they're still calling it HTMLDBHost, while it's been called APEX for ages. It's not really a sign that they're up-to-date.

July 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM

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