Omnis Network Reviews

So, I finally got rid of Omnis Networks after 8 years of doing business with them. Why? Well, I'll start at the beginning.

So for a long time Omnis has been a great host. Lots of room and lots of options. Their frontpage says unlimited space. Nothing is unlimited and I knew that, but it was actually 1.7TB of space. I figured that was close enough to unlimited for what I was doing. The annoying part was they limited the number of files I could use to like 46,000. Ya, that sounds like alot, but it went fast. So I was playing the game of deleting one set of stuff to put up something else. I lived with that for a few years. Then comes the bad part. The site began to slow down. It went down slowly so that I hardly noticed it. I thought it was my internet connection. Then, people began to commant on it...hmmm, I thought, what could be happening. I still thought it was my internet connection or that the video they were trying to load was just too big. Then it happened. One day I went to upload a file and I was transfering at 8.0Kb/S. Not fun. It would go faster if I sent the file by airmail.....So I asked Omnis. They said I was using to much server resource and I was being capped. It took them a while to admit it. I went and looked in my admin panel and I was using 9Gb out of 1700Gb. I went back to omnis and told them that. They insisted I was using more and they would never cap me for using that little. Ya, right. So after a few days of screwing around with their low level tech support, we tried to talk at a system admin. To no ones great suprise, they would not let us. We did find out though, that Omnis has a blanket clause in their TAC that allowed them to cap anyone at any time for using what they deemed as too much server resources and hurting other users. Now, I knew we were not causing slowdowns in other user service. All we had were static files. We were using low bandwidth, but becuase we passed the 2Gb use mark we began getting capped. Let me say that again, on Omnis, if you use more than 2Gb of space you are capped in bandwidth and transfer speeds; the higher you go above that the worse it gets! File size does not adversely effect other customers and 2Gb out of 1700Gb is such a small level. They say they have unlimited, but it really is limited to 1.7TB and that is limited to only being able to use 2Gb without being capped to kingdom come. Omnis is false advertising! I urge everyone that reads this to STAY AWAY from Omnis Networks!

Great uptime and customer support keeps me a happy customer. I’ve been with Omnis for a few years, and have more than one web site with them. I like their prices, and I never had any issues with spacing from them. So I think they are being honest with their offers for unlimited storage and emails. I usually contact their tech support via email, and they always get back to me within a day. They have even called me on the phone when my account was almost expired. I know they are doing it to make sure customers make a payment, but I have had another hosting company say nothing when my account expired and I ended up losing the domain altogether. So I appreciate Omnis and the extra little things that they do for me.

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Our Profile

Omnis Networks was launched in 1999, and is a privately owned firm.

Company and Services
Omnis is a firm believer in the ‘keep it cheap and customers will be happy’ approach to hosting. From the start, its business approach has been to provide customers with low cost unlimited data storage. When it started operating, Omnis offered hosting packages for as little as $1 a month. While prices have risen, Omnis’ web services are still highly competitive today.

Omnis Networks is based in southern California in the town of Torrance, a suburb of Los Angeles. All of its sales and support staff are employees and are based at its Torrance office. Currently, Omnis has around 200,000 customers within more than 100 countries.

By offering affordable products with generous amounts of disk space and monthly bandwidth, Omnis Networks has maintained its position in the budget hosting market over the years.

Hosting is managed on shared servers and is available on either the Linux or Windows platform. Packages come with the option of using the popular SiteBuilder software or you can opt for a custom design if your budget allows.

Omnis also offers a large selection of added extras which you can pick and choose from to create the right solution for your needs. All of Omnis Network’s packages come with a 30 day money back guarantee. Technical support is available 24/7 via toll free phone, email or live online chat.

Omnis has won many awards during is decade at the forefront of the low cost hosting space. Most recently it was WebHostingSearch.com’s Top Host in 2008. It has also won awards from Web Host Magazine & Buyer’s Guide, WebHost Directory and Rate my Host.com had it in its Top Five List of web hosts.

Server Location
Omnis owns and manages all of its own servers, which are located in the data center at its Torrance, California office.

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Knowledge base - http://www.omnis.com/help.php
Customer support - http://www.omnis.com/contactus.php
Awards - http://www.omnis.com/aboutus.php

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