DiscountASP.NET Review

About DiscountAsp.Net

DiscountAsp.Net's business model is all about shared Microsoft Windows hosting and they specialize in both asp.net hosting and SQL database hosting solutions. Their home page slogan, "Enterprise ASP.NET hosting for less" says it all and as a Microsoft gold certified partner and licensed Service Provider, customers know that their Microsoft-based web sites and applications are in good hands.

Products And Services

DiscountAsp offers a wide range of Microsoft products as part of their base hosting service. Customers on a Windows 2008 hosting platform can take advantage of IIS7 hosting; .Net 3.5 SP1, .3.0 or 2.0 frameworks, as well as the Ajax 3.5 web application environment.

And customers using the Windows 2003 hosting platform are able to use IIS6 hosting as well as the 3.5, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 .Net frameworks. Ajax 3.5 and 1.0 are also supported.

These hosting plans come with lots of optional add-ons - including Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 and 2003 solutions.

Another useful add-on is the ASP.Net hosting sandbox environment that allows developers to package and deploy web-based applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

DiscountAsp.Net also believe in rewarding customers who refer new business - their referral program currently pays $50 for each new client.

Benefits of DiscountAsp.Net

You can tell that DiscountAsp are really serious about .Net hosting because not only are they 100% committed to shared Microsoft Windows Server hosting, they also offer a custom-built control panel that was made using ASP.net.

And for developers who want to customize even further they've released an 'Open Control Panel' initiative in the form of an application-programming interface (API).

Reliability and Performance

Dell Poweredge servers - owned and operated by DiscountAsp.net - provide a high level of reliability and performance. They use dual Xeon Quad core CPUs and RAID 10 disk arrays. Separate servers are deployed to support SQL database and Website hosting.

DiscountAsp has two high specification Tier 1 data centers for their ASP.net hosting customers. In the US they've partnered with Savvis to provide a state-of-the-art data center infrastructure in California.

And for their large European customer base they work with Equinix to deliver an enterprise-class data center facility in London, England. This means that website latency is greatly reduced because data does not have to travel long distances.

Both data centers have 24 x 7 onsite security, along with enterprise-class power, cooling and internet network connectivity and redundancy.

Customer Service and Support

Round-the-clock customer support's provided by DiscountAsp's online support portal, using their MCP, MSCE and MCDBA-certified engineers. (They don't outsource support.)
In addition, there's a comprehensive knowledge base and an active online forum for asp.net and sql developers.

Further cementing their solid reputation as a leading provider of shared Microsoft Windows server hosting are regular awards in the commercial hosting press. For example, they won the "Best Hosting Service" title in asp.netPRO Magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice poll - for the fifth Consecutive Year.

And they were also chosen as Best ASP.NET Hosting Service for 2009 in the Code Project's first annual Members Choice Poll.

And to round off the acclaim, Microsoft Corporation itself selected DiscountASP.net to host their knowledge-based alerts website, kbalertz.com.

Web Hosting Features

DiscountASP.net are dedicated to providing the very best in shared Microsoft Windows server hosting. They're also recognized innovators and often first to market. Free Sandbox hosting for developers, FTP Management tools for the Windows 2008 hosting platform and a SQL backup API are just three examples - there are many more.

New customers can take advantage of a 30 days money back guarantee and, while the offer is available, get three months free hosting with an annual plan.