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fatcow.com
Fatcow
70 Blanchard Rd
Burlington, MA 01803
US
+1 902 367 3369
Awards:
Page Rank7


fatcow.com overview

About Fatcow
Why FatCow? We get this question a lot! Well, why call a computer an apple? FatCow was designed from the start to be a different alternative in Web hosting. We took a look around and saw lots of techno babble, confusing pricing schemes and not much in the way of customer satisfaction or support. We decided that a simpler, more customer friendly approach was needed.

FatCow was born in 1998 and the rest is history. We've grown our company with a dedicated group of talented believers in the notion that simple, old fashioned service and value still ring true. FatCow has focused our entire company on delivering the best value and customer service experience in Web hosting to the small business user. We make every effort to make our services easy to own, easy to use and most importantly to provide real business value. And yes, we like to have fun doing it.
Great Hosting Plans. No Bull.

Just like our company, FatCow's Web hosting plan is a different breed. To simplify getting your personal or small business website up on the net, we created and pioneered a one plan one price philosophy. The FatCow Web hosting plan has everything you need to stake out your piece of the Internet, right out of the box.

If a full hosting plan is a bit more than you're looking for, our MiniMoo plan might just fit the bill. We created MiniMoo as a way to get started on the Web with just a domain name and an email address to get the word out. You can post a generic under construction page until you're ready for a full hosting product, or you can use our SiteDelux site building tool to build your own page.

MiniMoo is perfect if you're just starting your business or need a placeholder for several domains.

If you'd like a friendly voice to help select a Web hosting plan to meet your specific needs, our sales & service staff at 1-866-544-9343 is always here to help.

How FatCow Web Hosting is Green

Producing wind power ourselves is udderly impossible, so our company has purchased Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to offset our energy use. RECs represent the environmental benefits of wind energy, and reduce the amount of electricity in the energy grid that's produced by fossil fuels.

The folks behind the scenes at FatCow have already made eco-friendly adjustments in their lives, and we wanted to support our customers and employees by reducing our environmental impact. That means that by hosting with us, your site is green, too!
Promote Your Eco-Friendly Site with FatCow's Green Badge

Based on customer feedback, we've put together a variety of free green badges you can add to your website to announce you've gone green. When visitors click on the badge, they'll see a FatCow certificate that verifies your website is powered by 100% wind energy. See certificate.

Start promoting your energy-efficient website by downloading a free green badge today. As energy awareness continues to grow, people are looking to make environmentally responsible decisions as consumers. Use our green badge to:

Appeal to your eco-conscious customers
Verify that your website is powered by renewable energy
Build your reputation as environmentally responsible

FatCow's Advanced Technology
FatCow utilizes two data centers in the Boston, MA area. Combined, they occupy over 2400 square feet of space, comprised of over 800 Servers and half a Petabyte of storage. Each center is equipped with:

24x7 security
Both data centers run on N+1 power (both A/C and D/C)
and have the same network architecture and equipment.

Our solid, secure network infrastructure is comprised of a pooled server environment, which gives virtually any server on our network the ability to access Web site files when a request occurs. This means that the first machine available will be the one to serve a customer's Web pages, giving our customer sites faster loading times and fewer service interruptions than traditional hosting infrastructures.

Our front-end network consists of:

dual redundant M7I routers
2 firewalls incorporating IDP technology cross-connected to the outside world with BGP border gateway protocol.

Site data is parsed by our dual Big Iron load balancers and is then managed by our DELL servers, which are split into application pools (Web, FTP, incoming mail, etc.). This type of architecture allows us to customize each machine to the service it performs, which means more density per box, and ultimately, faster and more reliable services. No pool lives entirely on one rack. Therefore, even the loss of a rack's switch or its power will not take that service pool down.

Our network-attached storage enables any machine to access a customer's data. Every machine is clustered with another identical machine that will seamlessly take over if the primary unit crashes. These units are also backed up to another set of storage units that have a mirror copy of the data in case of disk failure in the primary units. An estimated 5.5 gigabits of storage are processed per second through our servers.

Support Pledge
When you have a question or technical issue, you want someone to be there for you, with an enthusiastic can-do attitude. That's just what you'll find when you contact our friendly Moo Crew! In fact, if we don't deliver a positive support experience, we will give you a free month of hosting. It's that simple.

We hereby pledge to:

Call you within the first seven days, welcoming you to FatCow.
Answer your call in under two minutes, on average, each day.
Provide phone support based exclusively in the United States.
Resolve your issue when you first contact us or set a firm deadline to follow up with you.
Maintain a pleasant support experience by remaining friendly and courteous at all times.
Adhere to the highest training standards, so the Moo Crew is always knowledgeable.
Continually review and improve our support experience by sending you a follow-up survey.

We Stampede the Competition
We've always contended that FatCow is one of the best overall values in web hosting. Now with a decade under our belts, we have proven that we are one of the best overall values in web hosting. See for yourself! We've compared several leading web host's plans with FatCow's, and we've got them beat, hooves down!

Original Fatcow plan:
Since 1998 the FatCow hosting plan has provided the greenest grass on the net for our customers to build their individual and small business websites. Everything you need to get your personal or business website up and running is included.
Plan Includes:

Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Easy-to-use Site Creation Tools
Easy-to-install Blogs and Forums
Wizards to Add Open Source Apps
E-store Builder by ShopSite
Free Google and Yahoo! Credits

TheMinimoo:
If a full hosting plan is a bit more than you're looking for, our MiniMoo plan might just fit the bill. We created MiniMoo as a way to get started on the web with just a domain name and an email address to get the word out.
Plan Includes:

1 Email Account
Email Forwarding
Email Auto Responders
Coming Soon Page
Friendly Toll Free Support

FatCow Web Site Management
FatCow offers a variety of tools to help you create and edit a first-class website. These tools can get you up and running after only a few minutes, or help you build a masterpiece.

Design & Professional Services
My Marketing Services
Marketing your website doesn't have to be complicated. Let our marketing professionals design, optimize and advertise your website so you can attract new visitors, increase conversions and build your business.

Professional Services
Can't find time to do all the Web work yourself? Our staff of trained professionals assists in a full range of services to help you realize your goals, so you can focus on what matters to you—your business.

Premium Support
Get the fastest resolution and most experienced agents for your support issues with our Premium Support service.

Web Concierge
Get your own Web Concierge who will assist you managing your FatCow account, expedite your Support requests and help you realize the full potential of your presence on the Web!

Credit Card Processing
iPayment
Start accepting credit cards through your website, and watch your online sales go up!

PayPal
PayPal payment services enable you to easily and securely receive credit card, debit card and bank account payments online through one of the most trusted names on the Internet.

Disk Space and Bandwidth
Additional Bandwidth
Enhance your ability to meet demand by increasing your monthly bandwidth limit

Additional Disk Space
Enhance your Website by increasing your available Web-hosting space

Scripting and Databases
MySQL Database
Create a database-backed website using MySQL

Web Site Management Tools
WebSite Creator E-Commerce by CM4all
Get your online store up-and-running with a professional shopping cart in just a few minutes.

WebSite Creator Premium by CM4all
The Premium version includes a forum, a photo gallery tool, more than 220 templates, and allows creation of sites with an unlimited number of pages.

Other Services
Site Backups and Restore
Prevent the loss of critical web files with our easy-to-use Site Backups and Restore tool. Make your own local backup or restore from system generated backups with the click of a button.

WebSite Creator by CM4all
Use our affordable site-creation tool to build an interesting and dynamic website from right inside your browser.

New! SiteLock Basic
Establish trust with customers, increase sales and protect your site from identity theft, fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.

New! ServiceMan
From SSL to HTML to DNS, ServiceMan delivers quick and convenient solutions to web hosting tasks that may be time-consuming or overwhelming. It's a cost-effective, high-impact way of getting the help you need, when you need it.

FatCow Domain Registration and Services
Create a unique identity on the Web with your own domain name. Register a domain today and make your site and email memorable.

Domain Privacy
Protect your personal information with Domain Privacy!

Register a New Domain
Give your website a unique identity.

Transfer an Existing Domain
Manage your domain with FatCow.

Subdomains
Direct traffic to key Web pages using subdomains. Please note: this product is only available on our UNIX platform.

Automated Domain Renewals
There's no need to worry about your domains lapsing with our Automated Domain Renewal Service. This service is free for all customers!

FatCow E-Mail Services
Create email accounts using the domain of your choosing or add more email boxes to your existing account.

Microsoft Exchange Mail
Exchange
Exchange simplifies email management, providing a calendar, task and folder sharing capabilities, unlimited Outlook licenses and more. Create email accounts with your domain, or add additional mailboxes to your account, with Exchange. Exchange is available in three sizes: Basic (2GB), Plus (5GB) and Premium (10GB).

Microsoft Exchange Mobile Services
Exchange Mobile Services
Check your email, access your contacts, update your calendar and more, all from your mobile phone.

Other Email Services
Additional Email Accounts (POP)
Get professional email boxes that match your domain name.
Premium Spam Filter
Premium Spam Filter gives you enhanced control over your inbox, ensures you receive mail from trusted senders and monitors Spam with robust reporting tools.


FatCow E-Commerce Services
Doing business online shouldn't be complicated, so FatCow offers tools that make launching your online store easy.

Shopping Cart
ShopSite Shopping Carts
Sell Your Products Online with a robust, yet simple shopping cart for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Credit Card Processing
iPayment
Start accepting credit cards through your website, and watch your online sales go up!
PayPal
PayPal payment services enable you to easily and securely receive credit card, debit card and bank account payments online through one of the most trusted names on the Internet.

SSL Certificates
QuickSSL Premium Certificate
Protect sensitive information during online transactions easily and securely with a QuickSSL Premium Certificate.

Extended Validation SSL Certificate
A True BusinessID with Extended Validation achieves the highest level of trust through the strictest standards of any SSL certificate.

Other Services
Doba. Product Sourcing. Simplified.
Access to over 1.5 million products, which can be sold on your site without worrying about inventory management or shipping. You choose the products to sell, and the suppliers take care of the rest.

FatCow Scripting and Site Add-Ons
More space, additional bandwidth -- it's all here, along with other great tools that can help you grow and improve your site.

InstallCentral
InstallCentral
If you'd like a blog, forum, photo gallery, etc. for your site, InstallCentral, our application installation center, might be the place to look for one. Apps are completely free, and we take care of the installation and upgrade process.
Web Icons
Download hundreds of FREE, beautifully designed Web Icons ideal for Web and Software projects.
FatCow Marketing Services
Looking to generate more traffic to your site? From search engine optimization to linking opportunities, you'll find what you need at FatCow.

Search Engine Optimization
My Marketing Services
Do you want potential customers to find your online business? Let our team of SEO professionals get you prominently listed on the top search engines.

E-Mail Marketing
Constant Contact
Use this tool to create and send eye-catching HTML email newsletters, announcements and promotions, build and manage permission-based email lists, and track email campaign results.

Reputation Management
RatePoint - Free 60 Day Trial
Show potential customers you're a reputable, consumer-approved business through a 60 day Free membership with RatePoint.

Search Engine Marketing
Google $75 AdWords Credit
Use this credit--starting at $75--to get your site noticed when people search for your products or services on Google!

Simply Local Search
Submit your business to more than 40 local search engines, telephone information directories and GPS navigation systems.

SubmitNet
Make your website search-engine friendly and submit it to top search engines and directories using SubmitNet's simple, effective tools.

WebSite Grader
Figure out how your site ranks with this free, simple tool.

Yahoo! Sponsored Search Credits
Sponsored Search by Yahoo! is one of the most effective ways to reach the customers you really want - the ones already interested in what your business offers.

Other Services
Nextiva: Voice over IP Service
VoIP Phone Service offers Fortune 500 Features on Your Budget

Free Online Advertising with YP.com!
Reach customers looking for a local service or product and create a free listing on YP.com — the new YELLOWPAGES.COM.

Community Directory
Help improve your site's SEO value by showcasing it in the FatCow Community Directory!

Logo Design
Logoworks And LogoMaker
Don't have your own logo? No problem! With Logoworks and LogoMaker, you can design an affordable logo in no time.
Website research for Fatcow on August 28, 2011 by WebHostingTop

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Website Products

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Web services stats

[provided by paid service from Alexa Web Information Service]
Contact information is managed by jreynolds[at]maileig[dot]com[login]
Last update: 2011-08-28 17:21:21 GMT
Owner:Domain Name Holding Company, Inc
Web Site TitleWeb Hosting & Domain Names by FatCow.com
Website DescriptionFatCow provides Web Hosting for small businesses & individuals. Whether you're looking for a domain or complete web hosting solution, FatCow's got it!

Fatcow is web hosting company targeted for countries: United States
Statistics
Site in business since29-Sep-1997
Links to the site18889
Alexa Popularity Rank3263 (1 best)
Site languageen
Details for www.fatcow.com website
Website Name Servers (DNS)MX::mail.fatcow.com:65.254.254.55
fatcow.com:65.254.254.33
ns1.fatcow.com:65.254.254.100
ns2.fatcow.com:65.254.254.101
ns3.fatcow.com:65.254.254.120
Server SoftwareApache
Website IP65.254.254.33
IP Location:Country/State/CityUnited states / New york / New york [See Hosting in United States ]

fatcow.com traffic Reach per milion
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fatcow.com daily traffic Rank trend
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Customer testimonials

OK ... as I read this site this morning, there have been five Fatcow users with criticisms since the beginning of the year, three of them finding fault with customer services -- out of c.42,000 domains that is not exactly a tidal-wave of fault finding. For this company (Batsford-Bear), and for the eight/nine/ten associates and clients who have changed over to FatCow on our recommendation (we are NOT signed up for any affiliates pay-off packages), we find FatCow provides exceptionally helpful, very, very uncomplicated webhosting for the medium-sized business ... and especially for the medium-sized, multi-client consultancy. It makes it simple (and inexpensive) for a business to look as-smart-as-all-hell in its e-performance and it makes it simple to keep in-house track of even the most-diverse e-traffic. It is, far-and-away, this consultancy's best experience of webhosting in 23 years.

News

FatCow Integrates Google Custom Search - Providing Google's game-changing search technologies to their customer's individual sites, web hosting provider FatCow (www.fatcow.com) has incorporated Google Custom Search technologies into its shared web hosting services, making it easy for customers to incorporate valuable search capabilities.

According to FatCow's Wednesday announcement, customers can manage Google's free Custom Search script directly from their hosting control panel. Also, for an extra fee, customers can upgrade to Google Site Search for enhanced controls over branding, presentation and indexing. This is an interesting new value-added service that other hosts may be interested in adding to their shared hosting plans.

"FatCow is among the first hosts to integrate Google Custom Search," FatCow product management vice president Mitch Haber said in a statement. "Not only is Google Custom Search the best customizable search engine available, it's quick and easy to implement, and is free with any FatCow account."

According to FatCow's research, quality site search capabilities improves user experience, engagement and conversion rates, which is one of the reasons why FatCow chose to implement Google search tool.

"Our goal at Google is to engineer ease and simplicity across the board, from the user who is searching, to the Webmaster who is building," Google Custom Search group product manager Rajat Mukherjee said in a statement. "Having Google Custom Search and Google Site Search integrated into FatCow is a tremendous leap forward in providing more Webmasters access to Google search technologies, and improving user experience on the Web."

FatCow customers can now add a customized site-search box, which can search the customer site, a group of select sites, or the wider Internet. It also incorporates Google AdSense to generate additional revenue.
[ ... search all fatcow.com news ]

Social Networks

Twitter accounthttp://twitter.com/fatcow
Facebook accounthttp://www.facebook.com/FatCow
Linkedin accountNo official account on Linkedin yet!
Blog URLFatcow Blog
Forum URLNo official Forum yet!

Domains trend

DateTotal Domains [Estimated only]Situation [Gain domains or Loss domains]
May 21, 2012272456+748
May 14, 2012271708+496
May 7, 2012271212+901
April 30, 2012270311+828
April 23, 2012269483+24292
Brief overview of few months from previous years
December 26, 2011245191+1694
December 19, 2011243497+61393
December 27, 2010182104+515
December 20, 2010181589+44258
December 28, 2009137331-535
December 21, 2009137866 

Customer Ratings

The quick stats of Fatcow ranks shows a note average of 1.3 out of 50 opinions and price range $3.67 - $3.67.
As customer/visitor you can rate this provider. If you are part of support, you can respond to these fatcow.com reviews by login as company or registering a free account!

Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★½☆☆☆

May 3, 2012
-anonymous- ( -no email- )
I started using fatcow in 2009. I liked it because the User interface is clean and easy to navigate compared to another hosting provider like Godaddy. HOWEVER, starting in 2011-1012, I learned that Fatcow is very TRICKY and it made me totally lost trust with them
(1) when you purchased any domain with them and use your credit card to pay. Fatcow releases your information ( fullname and address and teletphone no ) / sell it to other search website. They do this so that they can sell you the [...]

55 out of 65 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

April 30, 2012
runner2 ( leahrunner2@a... )
They auto renewed my account even after I cancelled it several times. They will not refund my money. I have two other accounts which I will now be cancelling. The live chat is a Fat joke. They bait and switch by quoting you one price and then charging you for services you did not ask for and jacking up the price the next year for everything. This webhosting is terrible. They are doing this auto renew to so many people there should be a class action law suit!
78 out of 88 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: under 1 month.
Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

December 27, 2011
sergiu.mihu ( public@s... )
A couple of years ago I tried them. PHP was not recent enough, I was refused ftp connection and other stuff, so I left.

They told me to give them another chance a week ago.
I went for it, got a new plan... they said they improved.
My plan was not set up within one day - I still have limitations (10 MB hdd space and 0.5 GB/month bandwidth) - the offer was all unlimited. Live chat and ticket submitted about this.
Two days after, another chat, they told me a ticket takes 24-48 hours to solve [...]

80 out of 87 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation★★½☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

October 6, 2011
zaza ( silverite@g... )
Before you read my comment and rating, REMEMBER: All those positive RATINGS are prior to mid 2010, after which FATCOW.com has literally become the WORST hosting provider out there!!

PATHETIC! Avoid at all costs.

I've been with these FATCOWS for about 3 months now, and I'm running a very very basic blog with NO vids, NO flash animation, hardly any pictures at all, and yet my page takes up to 15 seconds to appear. I submitted a ticket with them, guess what their response was: NOTHING's [...]

60 out of 69 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆

February 11, 2011
Beth Harrison ( bhharrison@n... )
Fatcow doesn't even abide by their own terms of service. I was dealing with them, even have three accounts with them, but the moment their team couldn't do a simple domain name transfer I requested a refund. Funny how the loss of money made a fire light under their ass because they were able to actually do it by then. Of course now they refuse to give me a full refund as per their own terms of service. So now I am canceling all my accounts with them and will refuse to ever do business with them [...]
2 out of 2 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
Fatcow Rating★★★★½
Features★★★½☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★★★★★
Control Panel★★½☆☆

February 2, 2011
Josh ( josh@b... )
I've never had a bad experience with Fatcow - I don't really care for the control panel...too many icons spread out too far, but I guess it works. I have had issues, but the customer service has been great. The best part is that they're real people using their actual names in the US. I know because the first time I called I got a guy that I knew from when I lived in MA!! It was crazy. I have had a few times where the server has been slow to take emails - sometimes rejecting them - but I've [...]
93 out of 101 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

January 28, 2011
Chelsea ( thecarnivalfreak@y... )
Fatcow SUCKS! The reason they're "fat" is cause their wallets are too heavy to carry! They're SUCH a SUCKY ripoff! After my time is up on my domain; I'll be "moo-ving" on to a better hosting place!

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS WEB HOST TO ANYONE WITH ANY BRAINS! They rip people off!

102 out of 109 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
Fatcow Rating★★½☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★★☆
Customer Relation★½☆☆☆
Control Panel★★★½☆

January 22, 2011
Rand ( randomla@h... )
Not the worst, certainly not the best. My sites are monitored and I have had about 50 notices of temporary shutdowns of the sites. They are usually fifteen minutes or less, but I don't think this qualifies as 99% uptime. Attempting to explain this to their "agents" is fairly useless; they magically think it has to do with the cable company or some such notion. Companies would do well to understand that people can handle "I don't know" as an answer to difficult questions.
Worpress is a breeze [...]

53 out of 57 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features★★★½☆
Cost★★☆☆☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★½☆☆☆

January 10, 2011
Steve ( stscanlan8700@g... )
Their help desk is staffed by morons. It is rare to get any real help the first call or two. If your problem deviates from their script, they just start to repeat the same obvious solutions. My first support tickets from them were fine, but lately the service has deteriorated. After asking a question, instead of an answer, they sent me an ad for "personal concierge service". Instead of answering the question the first time, I guess they want me to pay more. This level of support is available [...]
98 out of 105 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation★½☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

November 23, 2010
Frank ( mibox1@y... )
I see many hostings in my life , i´m designer and programmer and work in internet

I have many experience in all kind of hostings , howewer some hosting can be better than others it´s clear for me , but my experience with fatcow it´s ververy bad , terrible

I can agree provider of hosting can be bad , poor , verybad , servers load low , etc okok it´s the hosting and one hosting it´s ok and other hosting better

But in Fatcow lie customers , when i purchase i pay more or less i [...]

89 out of 97 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
Fatcow Rating★★★½☆
Features★★★★½
Cost★★★★☆
Customer Relation★★★★½
Control Panel★★★★★

November 4, 2010
E.L. ( -no email- )
I'm using fatcow for 2 years now.. I have 4 domains, for 4 different websites on their servers. The only thing that annoys me is that the websites are loading very slowly. But maybe this is due the fact that I'm from Europe, and they are an USA company. Other people from US tell that they have a very quick load time..

The price is pretty ok. I never had to call the support team, so I have no experince regarding that. The uptime is arround 97.8%, not 99.99..

69 out of 71 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features★½☆☆☆
Cost★★★★½
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

September 25, 2010
Danni ( -no email- )
The price was the main thing I switched over. It is very cheap, and I read very good reviews about them. So I decided to give it a try.

The beginning was smooth when I didn't have any obvious issues. But then I started having issues such as I uploaded a CSS file but it was not updated on the server. It appeared to be updated on www.mysite.com, and then not on http://mysite.com or vice versa. It was confusing and frustrating. So I called up tech support, and found out that their tech support [...]

82 out of 87 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: under 1 month.
Fatcow Rating★★☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★★★½☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

September 2, 2010
Adam A ( aalicki@y... )
I switched over to Fatcow recently after my first server start lagging and giving out. I figured $44 a year was very cheap to do all the things I need to do (I run online games, web-based). After uploading all my files, I realized that PHP Sessions wasn't working. I figured it was somehow an error in my code, after a few minutes, I realized that everyone else who used PHP sessions within Fatcow had issues.

After reading through their own tutorials on this issues, and Googling for an hour, I [...]

98 out of 104 users found this review to be helpful!
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Time Hosted: under 1 month.
Fatcow Rating★★½☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★★½☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

August 24, 2010
Dave ( davef@d... )
I have hosted a simple machines forum with there unlimited hosting package. I have had nothing but problems with fatcow. I can get the website installed, setup, and use it then randomly I got

"Connection Problems Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."

I have reinstalled simple machines 5 times. I contacted there support and they told me to use there single click installer. I did that and it still failed. My [...]

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Fatcow Rating★☆☆☆☆
Features★★★☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

August 10, 2010
-anonymous- ( -no email- )
I paid extra for a 300 gig plan, yet every August I get a warning letter that the 30-40 gigs I actually use is "excessive" and that my site will be deleted within days unless I clean house. I'm in the Film/TV biz and I use the site to move large files between my office and my clients. Fatcow has now made this impossible and I'm moving all my assets off this host as soon as possible.
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Fatcow Rating★☆☆☆☆
Features★½☆☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
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August 9, 2010
-anonymous- ( -no email- )
I've been with fatcow for approx 7years, it looks like they got brought out and the service went downhill, I'm finding the control panel doesn't work correctly 50% of the time, and they refuse to fix it. Customer service just don't seem to care, and the last billing they screwed up and I had to go though hopes to get it partially corrected (still not correct). At the end of my contract I will be transferring to another hosting company.
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Fatcow Rating★★★★☆
Features★★★★☆
Cost★★★★☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
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August 3, 2010
me ( -no email- )
Try now 3+ days to buy domain/hosting via PayPal, no success. Spoked with 5 support personnel, all but last one really situated in US have been poorest then I have ever seen in the industry. Others from Phil or India, and they sucks!
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Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
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August 2, 2010
Denise ( crs69@m... )
Well I have been with Fatcow for about a week now and I have to say what bullcrap!
First thing, the only pages on my website that work at all are html based. I spent the first 3 days agonizing over what I thought were improperly installed databases, so I called in some help from my brother in law. Finally after several chats with tech support and a total database and file manager wipe we managed to produce 3 working installed databases (beware files in the file manager like to hang on and you [...]

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Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

July 19, 2010
Robert ( rwslippey@g... )
I have been working with fatcow for about a year. I client I am working with has 2 domains hosted with fatcow. One of which loads normal with no issues.. The other however is extremly slow. The difference between the 2 sites is the fast one is a static web page with no scripting. The other is an ecommerce store. I have investigated the situation to the best of my ability, to the extent of hosting it locally on my own development server. I was able to load the website faster from my own server, [...]
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation★★½☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

July 2, 2010
ProgliBux ( proglibux@g... )
Hi,
I am PHP-MySQL developer. fatcow.com here PHP session problem, it can solve your self by php,ini

Also session string problem(id).

If you have this problem I can solve it "proglibux[at]gmail.com"

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆

June 26, 2010
-anonymous- ( luke@w... )
I have been trying to get a fatcow reseller account now for about 3 weeks.. my paypal payment had an error, so i tried it again.. then realized in my paypal account the first one had gone through.. although was sat "unclaimed" so now I had two "unclaimed" payments in my paypal account..

I have been talking to support staff throughout the last two weeks trying to resolve the issue and NOTHING has been done.. they have "escalated" the issue to a senior specialist or something of the [...]

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

June 17, 2010
SKR ( webmaster@c... )
I joined fatcows 30 day money back trial early last year. Before the trial expired, I discovered that their php has limitations that their technical people are too incompetent to fix. Since their server was no good to me, I told them in no uncertain terms that I did not want to proceed past the trial period and to cancel my account.

1 year later, I get an invoice from fatcow, and after investigating why, it turns out they had been helping themselves to my credit card!!!

So I canceled the [...]

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Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆

May 12, 2010
Kostas ( kgeorgat@g... )
My review is an ongoing ticket request to fatcow in relation to Joomla sites and I intend to give further reports....
==========================
Hello,

as I continue to have an unreachable or broken joomla site, I proceed with further details on actions taken from my side:
1) error opening: www.mysite.com
2) I successfuly changed ns1, ns2 at the registrar
3) I went to Control panel -> Domain Pointing Manager: mysite.com subdirectory points to /dira/ or /dirb/ depending on which site I [...]

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆

May 6, 2010
-anonymous- ( -no email- )
I just had the worst experience with FatCow! They offer the 30 day refund and when you try to get the refund within 30 days, they say they will but they don't! I had to call back 3 times before they issued my refund! To top that off, they took my domain when I asked them about transfer information! I will be adding my complaint to the already existing list of complaints they have with the Better Business Bureau! Research the BBB and you will find out that as of 5/01/10, they have had 128 [...]
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Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
Fatcow Rating★★★★★
Features★★★★★
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★★★★★
Control Panel★★★★★

April 26, 2010
HHstudioS ( handhamrd@l... )
Well Ive been hosting for quite a qhile with fatcow. They got a new control panel now which is a piece of cake. I have 13 other sites on my account. Ive had 98% uptime. They shut down my account cause of a bug i had in mysql but they got it fixed immediately. I guess i have good luck cause Other than that sql error Ive been good for all these years. I also have 4 other domains with them which cost me 11 dollars a piece but thats ok. Everything is under one account and i only pay 66 a year. I [...]
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★★☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★★½☆

April 17, 2010
Daniel Cumerlato ( daniel@s... )
Really the problem comes down to the support team. We had an urgent sitution come up with an email account on the system. Converted to Exchange for an increased size limit. After being unable to connect to the email account other than through webmail, the emails now coming into this high-profile account were locked away and couldn't be retrieve. Over and over again I called the support folks, and pretty much each time I was promised "2 hours" for the boxt to be converted back so we could [...]
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Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★½☆☆☆
Control Panel★★☆☆☆

March 15, 2010
PlanetN ( planet.narcolepsy@g... )
I am new to in depth web design and decided it was time to take a step above "drag and drop" building provided with most free networks (Yahoo!, Google, etc.). After poking around, I had heard good things about Fat Cow, and the pricing was beyond reasonable.

Within days of getting my site up and running, I was having problems. Email has been in and out close to weekly. In the almost 3 months I've been a customer, my site has been down at least half that time for no apparent [...]

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★½☆☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

February 28, 2010
Networking Witches ( networkingwitches@g... )
We had a lot of issues with Fat Cow and in the short time we were hosted by them it cost us money and time and lot of both. They consistently told us it was our error but when we moved to Host Gator all of those problems disappeared. Our hired Web Designer told us he had never seen a host so slow in loading.

Fat Cow has a money back guarantee but I warn you they do NOT stand behind it. They advertise a 99% up time and that isn't true. My partner and I also noticed that when the site [...]

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Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★☆☆☆☆

February 15, 2010
Chris ( -no email- )
Hello !
Once upon a time i used fatcow.com and it was bad really bad.

a.) MYSQL:
-> database errors
-> slow connection
-> server is unavailable or not reachable

b.) server doesn't support resuming

c.) Important: verify the billing console!


d.) Support "LiveChat" is useless! Callcenter without any knowledge.

Everytime the same bla bla bla.
"We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you."

e.) Make a backup of your database: i lost my 4times in 1week !! [...]

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

February 10, 2010
Verdad ( Verda.2010@h... )
WARNING - this is a true story and if you skip it you have yourself to blame for using Fatcow or Globat for web hosting. So pissed am I that I´m even giving entering my e-mail address so you can be sure it is legit. Fatcow is Globat - when you call customer service you get the exact same people, ask David. Globat´s ratings have gone so far down the toilet that they are trying to fool people with a new name. If you don´t believe me, contact their sales person who screwed up my account, his [...]
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Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
Fatcow Rating★★★½☆
Features★★★★½
Cost★★★★½
Customer Relation★★★☆☆
Control Panel★★★★★

November 28, 2009
John Slaughter ( Admin@M... )
The control panel is easy to use. Handling of domains/sub-domains is very easy and allows for updating of the WhoIs info as long as the domain was purchased from or transferred to FatCow. Extra domains are $20, about double buying them from direct sellers such as WhoIs or GoDaddy. File management is decent but needs some speed loading up. Setting up e-mail addresses is easy but editting is not.

The default e-mail client is AtMail but FatCow is using an extremely outdated version. FatCow also [...]

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Fatcow Rating★★★★★
Features★★★★★
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★★★★★
Control Panel★★★★★

November 27, 2009
Andres Alvarez ( andres22791@g... )
Great hosting the best one i've ever had, if i ever had a problem they've always help me very supportive.
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

November 26, 2009
john ( -no email- )
Worst experience ever. I don't even know where to begin - just do NOT sign up with these incompetents
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Fatcow Rating★☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation★★★½☆
Control Panel★½☆☆☆

November 23, 2009
Sana ( sana@g... )
NOT RESOLVED: Database Connectivity

UPDATE 11:55 EST

Our Network operations team was able to identify and resolve the conflict causing this problem. Going forward, we may need to restart some of the SQL servers to completely resolve this issue, but that should only cause a brief period of time when your site cannot connect to your database. Thank you for your patience as we work to fully restore service.


We are currently aware of an issue affecting database connectivity. If you use [...]

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Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

November 19, 2009
SodaWerks ( info@s... )
Before FatCow was bought by a corporation, the hackers there were okay.

NOW - this is the biggest, fraud and scam webHosting site on the market.

Do NOT store your credit card info on their site, I have caught several of their employees using my credit card info, and they go after your CC details very aggresively, presume this is India doing this aspect, as the CC info is quickly sold.

TECH SUPPORT - useless
BILLING - never understands the billing aspect
SALES - will sale you anything [...]

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Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

November 8, 2009
Jay ( djohnson2000@y... )
They are terrible!!! Very slow sites. Recently they had SQL problems and ended up deleting my sites database and then customer service told me I had never set up any tables in database and that was the cause of the problem. My site is still down while customer service has been looking into the problem for over 3 days. I told them I wanted to cancel and they said there will be a $35.00 cancellation fee. Stay away from this terrible hosting company!!!
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Fatcow Rating★☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★½☆☆☆

November 4, 2009
J. Kirk ( jkirk@i... )
FatCow is a Nightmare on Hosting Street. Four hours on the phone trying to get set up. Still not done. They have bills on my card for products that I don't have. Bank is now in pursuit and looking at the account.. I believeThey use manufactured names in customer service and billing. Caveat emptor. I now trying not to be a customer. Price seems to be negotiable depending on who you talk with. Like buying a used car.
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Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating N/A
Cost★★★½☆

October 24, 2009
Bojan ( bokivaol@g... )
As a costumer of Fatcow I have to say that I am not so satisfy with Fatcow. I have big problem with sending emails. Sometimes I can sent few emails (up to 5) from my website (Fatcow WebMail) and after that I can not for more than one day, after that few of them and again more than a day nothing, awful. Their specialists give their best but almost 3 days I can not send the email promotions form my website. I have to say that for me as a costumer is a big problem, because I am losing without [...]
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

October 10, 2009
Denis Benis ( -no email- )
This host sucks! Once I signed up they sent me a email requireing me to fax them my personal ID! Here's a copy of the crap they sent me.

Hello,

Thank you for your recent purchase from FatCow.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We have tightened our security measures for credit card processing. Unfortunately, this means that sometimes legitimate credit cards get caught by one of our security checks. Hence, you were unable to activate your account. Please fax [...]

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Fatcow Rating★★★★★
Features★★★★½
Cost★★★★½
Customer Relation★★★★★
Control Panel★★★★★

October 10, 2009
C. L. Windel ( wwwindel@g... )
I tried for almost 30 hours to get my web page uploaded with GKG.net with nothing but continued frustration to show for it. In less than 15 minutes I was able to register a new domain with fatcow.com and get my page loaded on the web! FatCow's customer service is excellent and the mechanics of FatCow's site WORK....and work easily and quickly. Hallelujah.
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★☆☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

September 23, 2009
Linda ( pensnpages@g... )
The worst customer service I have EVER received. They seem completely incompetent and unable to answer simple questions. Their billing department billed me TWICE for one account and then tried to tell me they couldn't refund the duplicate charge without deducting the "domain credit" of $15. Dealing with their live chat is useless, as there is obviously a language barrier and they seem unable to communicate effectively.

I feel like they are running a dishonest operation and that they are [...]

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Dear Linda,

Please let us know your user name or domain name (you may email that info to oath@fatcow.com) and we'll try our best to resolve this issue in a best possible way.

The reason we are asking for more information is that we can't find a customer with email address that was provided within review.

Thank you,
FatCow team.
-- fatcow.com representative
Time Hosted: under 1 month.
Fatcow Rating N/A
Features★★★★☆
Cost★★★★★
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★★½☆

September 21, 2009
Toni Bagliazzo ( bcole@l... )
I signed up for Fatcow less than two weeks ago because of rave reviews about customer service especially, and in these two weeks I have given up on them. Some support people are offshore, almost always a disaster, and so far not a single question has been answered adequately. This morning I am having trouble uploading files "server not available". Then today I found the reviews on webhosting-top.com and my heart sank.

I'm gonna stop uploading my sites right now and stay with my present [...]

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Dear Toni,

We are sorry to hear about the troubles you have had with FatCow services.

Please let us know your user name or domain name (you may email that info to oath@fatcow.com) and we'll investigate and try our best to resolve this issue in a best possible way.

The reason we are asking for more information is that we can't find a customer with email address that was provided within review.

Thank you,
FatCow team.
-- fatcow.com representative
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost½☆☆☆☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★☆☆☆☆

September 17, 2009
Merl G. ( merl@g... )
How have they handled your support queries?
On the first month you'll get a very fast query respond but after that you'll need to wait longer, 20 - 35 minutes to reach the tech team.

How have FatCow.com handled any problems?
Not sure, my problems aren't solved yet. I have no visitor but my website is down due to mysql open connection problem.

What kind of customer is this host suitable for?
For dummies

Would you recommend FatCow.com to friends?
NEVER!!!

For those who are trying [...]

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Fatcow Rating★½☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★★½☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

August 2, 2009
chuck ( -no email- )
I signed up for a great deal: $88 for two years!. Prior to this, I had gone online and looked for reviews of Fatcow. I don't know how I missed this one prior to purchase but 99% of other reviews were positive.

I found their advertising misleading with regards to "domain for life" feature. Also, the free website creator (CM4all - limited version) had features (such as a media page) missing but this is not clear when you sign up for the deal. CM4all is billed as very user friendly but there [...]

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features½☆☆☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

June 30, 2009
Mike Boyles ( mikeboyles8@g... )
Fatcow is just one in a group of bad hosting choices. I spent a month reviewing web hosting services and every low cost service I reviewed was rotten to the core. Fatcow support staff doesn't even know who owns the company. Fatcow (and the others I reviewed) are affiliated with larger services and Fatcow has no control over the servers. The servers are oversold and the billing and accounting department are horrible. It's like there's a guy sitting in a booth wearing several different hats. [...]
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
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Customer Relation½☆☆☆☆
Control Panel½☆☆☆☆

June 12, 2009
TH ( tomshop1@m... )
As a long time user of FatCow, I have to say they have gotten so bad I will be pulling all my sites. Their tech support has become abysmal. E mail only works sporadically, the servers have become so slow that any server based apps grind to a halt. Sites are often not available. What used to be a wonderful hosting company has become an expensive joke, costing me time and money.

Tech support denies there is a problem and refused to fix anything.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON [...]

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Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★★★★☆
Cost★★★★☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★★★☆

June 10, 2009
-anonymous- ( -no email- )
Fatcow's service is ridiculously bad. Whenever I contact them I get an unsatisfactory response. I noticed that they have the "Oath" on their website that if they do not fulfill their promise, they promise a free month. Well, I don't want a free month - I want satisfactory service. Ever since I sent them an email about the "Oath", not only they ignore my support issues, but are also unfriendly over the phone.

What a mistake. It seems I'm going to be leaving them soon.

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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
Features★★½☆☆
Cost★★½☆☆
Customer Relation★☆☆☆☆
Control Panel★★½☆☆

June 10, 2009
Ron ( ronaustin@w... )
I have only been using Fat cow for about a month. We are trying to use Joomla on it. It worked for about two days and then for two weeks all I could get was INTERNAL ERROR messages. They tried to blame it on Joomla, but after I threatened to drop the service they said it was a CGI poblem and fixed it. Now the site is very slow. Sometimes it takes over two minutes just to get the site loaded. I look at the repair tickets and they say, problem solved, but it is not. They say it is the SQL [...]
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Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
Fatcow Rating★☆☆☆☆
Features★★★★★
Cost★★★☆☆
Customer Relation★★½☆☆
Control Panel★★★½☆

May 15, 2009
Kelvin ( lord273kelvin@g... )
I hosted my blog in fatcow for a little over a month now, and I was very impressed with the user-friendly, feature packed control panel and awesome customer service. I recommended fatcow to my friends but with the recent experience I had, I am starting to regret it. Recently, my site had been running slower and slower day by day. Nowadays, it takes over 4 seconds to load. 4 seconds!! are you kidding me? what the heck is going on? I never experienced this kind of slow down even from the free [...]
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Fatcow Rating½☆☆☆☆
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Control Panel★½☆☆☆

April 21, 2009
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DO NOT be fooled by the 30 days money back guarantee. I purchased hosting and was convinced by a friendly telephone operator to also buy back up service (additional $12.00). After realizing that FatCow could not accommodate my server needs-- they recommended a "Sister business". I cancelled, but was not given a full refund.
Citing... Refunds made for a thirty (30) day money-back guarantee will not include domain registration fees or setup fees, nor will they include any fees for additional [...]

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