Free Web Hosting With 5gigs.com! a review of the service at 5gigs.com

[ibsed 0]

Get a free web hosting with:- FREE domain hosting- 100 megs of web space- 5 GIGS of bandwidth- no forced ads or pop-ups- cPanel & webalizer statistics- 1 MySQL database & PHPMyAdmin- 5 pop3 email accounts with webmail- real FTP access and file manager- PHPBB, phpNuke and much more...- Fast, powerful dedicated servers!!!

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[hulunes 0]

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[warbird 0]

Dear Ibsed,

 

First of all: why you need a free host if you already found an awesome one . Second of all I wanna warn you all: this hosting site isn't as free as they pretend. They give you three choices: Payed hosting for over 6 euro's a months. Free Subdomain hosting and "free" domain hosting. But when you click on the free subdomain hosting it says that it is "temporarily disabled" and you can only choose for the domain hosting, and if you do so you have to register a domain by them, you can't even use your own domain.

Final note: they aren't quite as good as Xisto or Xisto. They offer the same bandwidth, but less webspace, only 1 (!) MySQL database and I heard lots of people saying that their servers aren't even nearly as reliable as they pretend. I say: stick where you are and don't get screwed.

Regards,

Warbird.

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[Inspiron 0]

No wait.. 5gig.com is giving out free domain hosting also? If the entire hosting plan is free without forced ads and forum postings, then it's somewhat looks better for those who dislike forum postings everytime to keep their webhost alive. Furthermore, it had free domain hosting according to 5gigs.com. I'm not sure about it. I've signed up a test account at 5gigs.com to test if the quality of service and if the free domain hosting is true. I'm waiting for it's activation link to be sent to my email.I'm not saying I'll move hosting service or whatsoever. I'm just wanna try this host to see if its true about what they advertised. Why not, its free.. And no harm testing another webhost to see its quality.

[warbird 0]

No wait.. 5gig.com is giving out free domain hosting also?

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Nope, that's why I was talking about their "free" domain hosting. Because it isn't free. Infact it's even more expensive then most domain registrations. You pay $10 a year for your domain and some low quality hosting.

 

Regards,

Warbird

[Kyohaku 0]

Hmm Ok, from the sound of everything, it looks awesome, but when you actually go there, it?s a different story. First of all, the FREE SUB-DOMAIN HOSTING is disabled, note the huge red evil X.This then leaves the only choice left, the FREE DOMAIN WEB HOSTING, which sounds just as good, when you see the small grey words: Buy a Domain for $10.00What?s up with that? I though it was free, well then you have hosted free, so we actually need domain names first I see. Hmm tricky.You have no forced pops and etc. which is good, I guess, but 1 mysql database hmm, that might not be as wellThe 5 gigs it self is awesome, just not the rest

[Inspiron 0]

Ok.. The test account I've set up from 5gigs.com looks bad.Firstly, the activation link which supposed to send to my email after I've completed my subscription form took more than 30 minutes. It certainly gave a bad impression that their servers are slow in handling tasks.Secondly, another activation link is said to be sent again after clicking the first one. So another time I've got to wait again. This time the activation link brings to an invalid page.. Totally crappy, isn't it..?So that's it for 5gigs.com.. Say goodbye to it and stay with Xisto.com

[mynitr 0]

It's not bad to share the knowledge. But please do check the terms/conditions properly when deciding to go for a free host. 5Gig clearly says they will go for ADs on free sites very soon.

[Than 0]

THE SIGN-UP FORM IS DOWN FOR SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
PLEASE CHECK BACK AT A LATER DATE

the sign up form at 5gigs.com is down for system maintenance

[BooZker 0]

How is this free? It has no ads and nothing about forum posting... hmmm Maybe i just missed that part. Plus Trap and Xisto are awesome!

[Imtay22 0]

Oh Yeah this place... I still haven't gotten the Activation Link for my account- Registered about a month ago... Yep Xisto or Xisto are WAY better. Free domain registration? Sheesh! That's my opinion about <cough>One of the WORST hosts out there</cough> 5gigs.com.~Tay

[moblati461 0]

Ive used 5gigs before, Its an ok webhost but it can be slow at times in my experiance. Also when trying to log in to FTP it would fail alot, I dunno why cause that has never happened before with my other webhosts but overall I would not recommend this service. Stay here

[Matt2 0]

Theres all ready a [cross]good[/cross] great free web host infront of you - Xisto. As Inspiron has posted 5gigs (or whatever its called)'s service is crap. This is like (for example) posting on a Runescape Supporters forum "Runescape sucks" - your going to have angry mobs chasing after you left right and center.

 

I've never used 5gigs before (and don't plan to), so you might think that I shouldn't be judging them, but I already have a perfect web host and it goes by the name of Xisto

[november 0]

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[iGuest 3]

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Replying to InspironWell, for 7 weeks I am waiting for tech support from 5gigs, no responses from help@5gigs.Com to several e-mails, no explanations, can not access support- message- license key has expired.Can not acess c-panel.Now I need to look for different host because looks like this webhosting is a scam just don't know who to trust.

 

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