Have you noticed a sudden increase in .fansitehost.org web sites? It’s because FanSiteHost has a new system, an automatic one that gives you a site in less than 5 minutes! (Even if you think the form is too long) One has to wonder, is this too good to be true? A site, with MySQL, “unlimited” webspace 300MB according to the YCS cPanel, “unlimited” bandwidth, and many more. Anyone can sign up for free, all they have to do is place a couple of ads on their site.
Enough bullshit, it has been proven all-over the internet that unlimited bandwidth + webspace is impossible! Even WebHostingTalk says it isn’t possible and they have people who work at GoDaddy, Surpass, BlueHost etc. They seem to ignore the difference between unlimited and un-metered, and that’s a BIG difference! Although they do upgrade your webspace if you ask them (or at least to my knowledge).
Anyway, you also get one subdomain (apart from the .fansitehost.org one), no custom emails accounts, and 1 FTP account (apart from the main one). Seems pretty cool, yeah? All a fan site owner could ever ask for. It is FanSiteHost isn’t it? Now, with everyone joining FSH, how do they keep track of everything. I thought I’d ask Carlos, the nice guy that’s on IM support.
Why did you start your automatic registration system?
FSH: Because we get around 60 new registrations by day, which might not sound a lot, but its like over 1800 per month, and as internet covers all time zones, we cannot be awake 24/7.
Wow! With that many people joining per day, and now without approval, how do you keep track of everything?
FSH: We review hostees every once in a while in a random order. Once we see anything against the TERMS OF SERVICE, we get their accounts suspended, and will only be opened again once the hostee contact us and explains his situation / fixes his problem.
Seems pretty solid, lets move on…
On your “What Can I Expect” page, you say that hostees get unlimited bandwidth, yet it has been proven all over the internet that unlimited bandwidth is impossible. Explain..?
Unlimited bandwidth its not impossible. Our servers have un-metered traffic, so they can allow unlimited output for high traffic websites 
the bandwidth is unlimited, however its max speed is of 100mb/sec (which is great, most of hosting deals give 10mb or less ).
What about unlimited webspace, thats not possible, on the YCS cPanel it says 300MB. Explain..?
FSH: Unlimited webspace is available just for premium domains, the ones that get over 300 unique viewers per day. Subdomains are in the base plan which features 300mb (against the other hostings that just give 100).
Same with webspace, unlimited = impossible, explain..? again?
FSH: One server is just like a computer. We add more space according to the needs of the hostees. By adding data disks and so
FSH: BRB. Need to out for a smoke 
What about the ads? The bar is obviously un-popular with most hostees…
FSH: Many people didn’t manage to get it up since their coding structure was wrong. So it was causing layout breaks.
No more questions popped in my head, so I thought I’d wrap it up.
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Seems like a dream webhost I know, but Surpass owns them. Anyway.. their ads (bar) KILLS most sites, I mean some sites look really good, but the bar goes ahead and ruins it. Systematically and without sensation 
Their support is awesome, MSN, AIM, Gmail, Email whatever! Although the guy’s not always online, but when he is, he’s ready to help. I think that, that’s the thing that makes FSH good. They don’t offer the BEST services, or have the most professional looking web site.
Speaking of the FSH website, did you notice that rarely gets updated? Or did you notice that it has tons of spelling and grammar errors? They should work on making it better, maybe it would encourage people to register!
Enough for now… To be continued…
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Shaibani,
To be honest, I feel your being a little too nice in this blog. I mean they claim to be the best Fan site host around but even free hosts offer better than this, the fact that you have to set up another account just to point a domain at it absolutely sucks and means more work for webmasters.
Secondly, when I chatted with Mr. Carlos Fansitehost (if that is indeed his surname
) he wasn’t the best of persons and I felt that he really didn’t help on my inquiries. I asked what are your hosting packages, he ignored me! 
And then I said about Unlimited Bandwidth and how its impossible and he said “You don’t work here, you don’t know”. Very mean. He doesn’t sound like someone I would want to have help out with a site.
And of course who could forget about that code that ruins the whole damn website — the bar! I hate that with a passion. Don’t they know how to code it properly so that it doesn’t break the coding and cause problems with the layout? Damn, talk about Noobs. And their spelling = atrocious. :O
Comment by Steven on September 21, 2008 at 3:16 pm
@Steven –
I too feel that I was being too nice in this post, but remember, this post’s purpose isn’t to “bad-mouth” FanSiteHost.
Thanks for the comment, I’ll put your thoughts in the second part.
Comment by Shaibanii on September 21, 2008 at 3:28 pm