IFA Hosting FAQ's

How can you provide hosting so cheaply?

There is no question that the costs for hosting (bandwidth and server equipment) have fallen dramatically in the past few years-and continue to drop. While these costs of doing business have fallen, many hosts have kept their prices the same-and put the difference in THEIR pockets.

We want YOU to pocket the difference!

This looks like a scam.

We do not bill you until your account is set up! You will have a chance to begin uploading your site content, set up e-mail accounts, and even use our 24/7 tech support if needed-BEFORE you receive a bill!

Are you going to stuff my site on a server with THOUSANDS of other sites?

NO! We have hosting configurations that are better than most web hosts!

We are connected to the Internet via redundant fiber lines to several providers. From there, several redundant Cisco routers connect to our servers.

We are radically different than most hosts in that there are separate (physical) servers handling e-mail, Web and database transactions. An e-mail server just handles e-mail, and only runs the e-mail daemon as well as essential Linux programs. It does NOT run any other services! This allows us to custom configure servers according to their task. For example, e-mail operations are disk-intensive, while Web and mySQL services require large amounts of memory for caching. Each server has different hardware according to its needs.

In addition, each server has a "hot standby" server, which will take over operations if the primary server goes down.

All equipment is monitored 24/7 by our technical support team.

There HAS to be hidden charges, right?

No. Everything you see on the main hosting page is INCLUDED for $12 per year, or $2 per month. There are no setup fees.

Do you run banner ads or pop-ups?

We dislike annoying advertising as much as you do. We do NOT run ANY ads! The only ads your visitors will see are ads that you insert into your site.