[Cybrex] - Anyone heard of them?

Maybe Cybrex is simply a reseller. That would explain the identical CP's.

The Cybrex CP seems to be all messed up as I got 404's everywhere.
JP

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but if you run a tracert, none of the lines match up with webhosting.com's....

Also, they used to offer unlimited space for $10/month before. Someone I knew was leasing a dedicated server from them, and found out that they put other sites that THEY were hosting on his server!

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Sounds a little like fraud to me. Leasing a dedicated server and it's not dedicated after all, hmmm. Must have been some small print in the contract he missed.

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I'm thinking of hosting with them for my next site. So, a go or a no?

I would not, so the vote from the UK is:
"NO"

JP

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I can understand a little typo in the text, but in the main title? "theres hosting and then theres being cybrex driven". I think they forgot a few apostrophes... it should be "There's hosting, and then there's being CYBREX driven." Anyway, it's your choice. You can give them a try, and if not satisfied do not pay.

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They do seem a little too good to be true. They beat Communitech in almost everything. They also have WebTrends which CT never got to work. I'm not saying CT is bad - I would never switch my current site away from CT, but I guess I will try out Cybrex.... I'll tell you guys how the experience goes.

Okay, I shall related my experiences with Cybrex Corp. to you kind Earth beings. I signed up I believe, in December. I signed up, however received nothing other than a huge setup fee ($40). My account was setup and I FTP'd into it once. My domain was transferred... but alas, it wouldn't connect. My account did not work. At the time, they were promising a control panel, and when this was pushed back several times, my account still didn't work, so I left. (Luckily I had chosen to pay by cheque, so they didn't have any money yet.)

So, I cancel the account within two weeks of opening and find myself a new service with a larger company. They continue, even though I had cancelled, to send me invoices every month. At first I reply telling them to cease, yet they do not. So after about four months they start calling and harassing me, at home. They are demanding payment for not only the setup, but the last six or so months, even though I've been with another service for the last six months.

Bad news, ladies and gentlemen.

Bad news indeed and thanks for informaing us - I emailed 'webmaster' in case he did'nt come back to this thread in time.
Thanks Kirsti,
JP

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Kirsti,

You could have log that conversation and send to BBB then they would get in trouble becuase this is a serious case for you. Go and try it and see if they will do anything

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About them harassing you and demanding payment, well here are some choices. First of all block their all their emails from with your email client, then block their telephone number, not sure how to, but I know I can with South Western Bell, * something. Also I would think you could sue them if they are in the USA, or get a restraining order, so then they couldn't call you or anything.

What were theresponse times of these emails?
- "If your only using HTML and Grphic files, its not."
But what if you use CGI - and I'm sure you will.
- Is an OC48 Fiber ring better than: t3's; OC-3's; DS-3s; T1's; then?
JP

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yes i am going to use cgi...
oc48s are much faster than oc3s. i dont know what an oc48 ring is.. is it the same thing??

the response time of the first email was about 15 minutes. the other three that i have sent to them.. about 5 minutes.

You can have an OC48 line, but if your upline is sorry, then it doesn't matter what you are connected at, you will be slow. It also depends on how far away they are from the backbone, which backbone provider they are using, how many sites they put on a server, etc..

I don't know the cost of an OC48 but they are VERY high. I know a company (Vener), they have 2 T3 lines shared and 2 T3 lines completely owned. They have over 17,000 customers, and they don't even have an OC48. They told me that they were going to be running an NOC very soon, forgot where, and the servers will be 40 feet away from the backbone itself.

So, it all depends on so many factors. I would go with a company that is recommended. If the customers are happy then you should be. Read this article: http://www.webmaster-forums.com/cgi-bin/bigtalker/discussion.cgi?forum=16&discussion=2 And see what kind of cost you are looking at on running a hosting company. Then see if that price is right for the price it costs them.

They always say, "You get what you pay for".

HTH
Curtis

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I received an email back from Cybrex. This sounds too good to be true...
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How much is Unlimited Storage really limited to?

If your only using HTML and Grphic files, its not.

What about unlimited traffic? 10 gigs? Less?

Unlimited traffic is UNLIMITED. No matter what.

>>> What are you guys connected at? t3's? OC-3's? DS-3s? T1's?

OC48 Fiber ring. Feeds from both VERIO and Sprint

>>> What is your hardware?

All kinds of different hardware, depends on what your doing with your server.

>>> Do we get two urls? With and without www.?

Yes you do..
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What do you guys think?

I emailed them back afterwards asking how long it takes to setup an account. this is what they replied.

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Sir,

Account setup is completed by our sign up server. Its all done in real time.

I have a website on Cybrex now and they aren't that bad. Their control panel is always down which is pissing the hell out of me, and even when it is up, it doesn't function, meaning none of the features work. Their server speeds are good, although not as fast as Communitech - I don't understand how because CT has ds-3's and Cybrex has OC-3's. Also, I'd like to find a rough estimate of how many domains they host. How would I go about doing this?

Webmaster,

Point your browser to http://www.domainwatch.com and enter cybrex.com in the box. They currently host 72 top level domains (this service doesn't count second level domains or domains on any other name servers that they may own).

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72? They told me that they served 166,000 domains!

Are you serious!?!?!?! Not even the largest host in the world has that many domains! I think I would be running the other way if they honestly told you they hosted that many domains!

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[red]Not even the largest host in the world has that many domains! I think I would be running the other way if they honestly told you they hosted that many domains![/red]

I'm not so sure about that. Verio.com is the biggest host in the world and I think they have more than 166,000 domains hosted. They bought hiway.com that had about 130,000, and Verio already had a bunch. I think they also bought another company too.

Thanks
Curtis

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OK, let me rephrase my statement. Not even the largest SINGLE host has that many domains. Verio is a huge group of many hosts (yes, they are one company). They became that large because they had the money to BUY the clients. As it stands, webhosting.com is one of the largest SINGLE hosts and they have somewhere around 60,000.

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I'm a CYBREX reseller and I find their service to be great. I actually live in one of the locations they have an office in and have visited their location.

As a reseller, we have our own ns servers, as do all the other 4000 CYBREX resellers. Using a service like domainwatch won't count us, and technically, CYBREX is hosting our web sites.

Think about this for a minute, a company with offices all over Canada and the US and their only hosting 70 web sites? Not likely.

As you even stated above, their tech support is a 5 minute response and thier customer service is second to none.

They get our two thumbs up anyway.