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Hello!

Welcome to the FazeWire blog!  Thanks for visiting, today I am going to talk about my self and the company.  I am the new owner of FazeWire Web Services.  I have been doing web design and site administration for several years and bought the company from it’s old owner, Mike.  I have made some very large changes, to both the site design and the product lineup.  I will strive to continue offering you cutting edge technology and the top-notch service you have come to know and love.  I love, just absolutely love, to hear from guests that have questions, so please, open a ticket, and we can chat. 

Now, for the reason you are most likely here.  THE DOMAIN RAFFLE!!  :)  I am doing two raffles.  This first one is for a .com/.net/.org domain.  The rules are simple.  Refer us 5 new paying clients before someone else refers us 5 new paying clients.  The easiest way for us to keep track of your referrals is if you sign up for an account at: http://billing.fazewire.com and refer people using your affiliate ID url.  More details on that in the client area. For the second one, I am going to do things a little differently.  This one is for a month of free service on any standard plan (or our Red reseller plan)  or 10% off your first order, whichever you prefer.  I love the support ticket system and just the way it works.  So, you will go here:  https://secure.fazewire.com/contact.php, and submit a ticket.  Just make sure you put domain raffle or something to that effect in the subject.  In the ticket, tell me who you are, how you found us, and please, please ask any and all questions you have about me, the website, our services, or just the company in general.  In a month or two, we will stick all the ticket ID’s into a random number picker, and WIN!! 

Please pass this on to your friends.

Thanks,

Kyle Davies

FazeWire Web Services Owner/Administrator.

Once again, we are having our domain raffle. This raffle is only for a .com/.net domain. Please make a comment on this post to sign up for the raffle. Raffle winners are chosen in a completely random way. Please refer to previous blog posts on how we do it.

Instructions::

• Leave a Comment
• Tell us how you found us or why you love us
• Win.

Attension! This contest is closed. We have picked a winner and they have been notified.

So, What Is Shared Web Hosting?

There are many great ways to describe shared web hosting to a beginner. Many people ask me every day what web hosting, and specifically shared web hosting, is. A direct definition of web hosting would be to have a “virtual hotel” of customers and each room is a website. According to dictionary.com, the word host can be defined as “A person who manages an inn or hotel.” This allows us to present the perfect example to newcomers of the hosting field or to making websites. Imagine that FazeWire, or any other shared hosting company, is a large virtual hotel. There are always the economical rooms, they’re not so big and don’t always offer the most amenities. Then, there are the rooms that can be considered “middle class”. They offer a little more than the economy rooms, maybe the room is a little bit larger or the room service is of better quality. Besides this, there are the “luxury class” rooms. These rooms have the best amenities, the best features, and everything about them is great. Examples like these can be easily applied to today’s shared hosting plans. There will always be the cheap plans, the moderate plans, and the expensive plans. Each room in this “virtual hotel” is private, nothing is shared between anybody. Each room has its own key, its own bed, its own T.V., etc. This is just how a shared web server operates. Each client is given his or her own space on the server and they do not mingle at all.

Are There Negative Attributes To A Shared Hosting Environment?

As with everything, there are always negative attributes to being on a shared server. As with the example above, imagine the server where the websites are being stored is a large “virtual hotel”. If something happens to one room, it can affect everybody. If that one person decides to pull the fire alarm everybody would have to leave. With web hosting, if one client decides to slow down the server it would affect everybody. Also, malicious users may upload something called a C99 Shell. These shells are applications that provide the user with full access to everyone’s “room”. Then, the person would be able to cause havoc, just as if someone would pull a fire alarm as a prank. Besides this, people can inflict something called a DDoS attack, or Direct Denial of Service attack, and slow down a server to a complete halt. Usually, these things happen very rarely. If you choose a hosting company wisely these things will not happen.

Overselling is a term that I used to describe a situation where a hosting company sells more than it has. Sadly, most of the hosting industry is inclined to do this because many hosting companies do this already. Many companies feel that you cannot compare to other hosting companies if you do not oversell. Also, many large companies oversell, too. Because of this, the small companies have no chance. These companies oversell because they know that legally very little people could use up 500GB of space or 5TB. Then, customers see this number and think, “Wow I get so much for so cheap, why would I go with you”.

Why is overselling killing the hosting industry?

Overselling is a very negative thing towards the hosting industry. Many times, people look at the general details and they do not even bother with minutiae. Small companies often get crushed because of the big companies overselling. They set a terrible example for everyone. Also, the big companies can afford it when a customer actually uses what they paid for. Small businesses are often forced to close because they could not afford to pay overage charges on their Server/VPS/Reseller.

Well, some people have been asking me how I pick the raffle winner. I’ve put together a little explanation for you guys. Here are the steps I take to pick a raffle winner:

1. I set a comment cap when I think there is enough entrants.
2. I note the number of users entered.
3. I go to Random Number Picker and enter the number of entrants.
4. I look away and click the button a few times.
5. I compare the number I got with the comment numbers.

That’s it!

So yeah, this is the new FazeWire blog. We will post announcements and raffle contests here. Also, we might have some interesting articles on web hosting. I’d like to congratulate our first raffle winner, Nuklear. We will have raffles every week. Since this is the first week this is going on we will run more than one raffle. I haven’t decided yet but it will be in the range of 2 - 3. Good luck, have fun!

Hi everyone, its Mike here and I wanted to let you know about a new raffle contest. All you have to do is post a comment here and tell us how you found us. Also, if you like this check out our other contests on the front page.

- Michael

www.fazewire.com

Edit : Cap will be 23 users!

Congratulations to our winner Nuklear!