I wouldn't recommend these people to anybody, their technical support is a complete waste of time. Their 0845 number prints money for them, nobody answers and if they do and find a problem involving some effort, they jusy put you back on 'hold'.

After a lot of campaigning when you by chance manage to speak to one 'techie' you get one story, speak to another the opposite. Thus, they are either dead ignorant, or they lie. Anything to avoid actually working.

As far as I am concerned I have had zero value from 2 x £200pa over the last 10 years.

No more!

Our Web Fusion VPS went offline last week. At the time of writing (7 days later) it is still offline.

We have used Web Fusion for the past couple of years and this was the first major problem we have encountered. My experience has shown up some major problems with the Web Fusion support.

Firstly, the on line ticketing system is OK for simple problems that can rectified immediately. However, if they reply asking for mor information, your response goes to the bottom of the queue.

Secondly, if you call the support number you have to deal with the person who picks up the call. This means that there is no continuity and you will end up explaining the problem over and over again.

Thirdly, when things are taking too long to be resolved, there is absolutely no mechanism for escalating the problem into the management structure.

Lastly, although the support is 24/7, don't expect anything other than relatively simple queries to be handled outside normal office hours.

I have had a very frustrating week with my most recent problem but I have tried to be objective. I would definitely not recommend this provider but I'm not sure that any of the low cost providers are much better.

Finally, be aware that there is no SLA attached to their VPS configurations so if it fails there can be no claims for downtime.

I used their hosting for 1 year, when I was coming to the end of the 1 year term I was browsing their package deals and clicked on one to find out more info - unfortunately this click, without warning, meant I had upgraded my package automatically! I didn't have to enter any card details and was never shown any terms and conditions before the purchase. They used my card details that had been stored on their system from a year ago when I first signed up - I didn't even realise they still had the details!

I immediately called to say what had happened and ask that the purchase be cancelled. I was told that it's not possible to cancel and get a refund as the upgrade had taken effect immediately. Apparently this is all in the terms and conditions, which incidentally are available on a completely different website of theirs. According to distance selling law in the UK it required that you are shown terms and conditions before making a purchase. I was told that they could not (ie. would not) do anything over the phone and that if I had a problem I had to write a letter to the complaints department.

The operator kindly gave me the WRONG address for the complaints department, so the first letter I wrote came back to me a week later, unopened. I then looked up their complaints address on the internet and resent the letter, recorded delivery. In it I explained that I had not intended to make the hosting purchase and as evidence of this I had called them straight after the purchase happened. I also described how I had been duped into making the purchase without any warning or second chances, and apparently without the possibility of a refund. Furthermore, contrary to distance selling law, without being shown terms and conditions. I stated in the letter that if I did not have a response within 10 days I would issue a claim against them in County Court.

Sure enough within 10 days their customer services emailed me to say that I was wrong, but they would refund the money anyway - as a gesture of goodwill. Thanks Webfusion, thanks a lot for the goodwill. As a gesture of my goodwill I am writing this review.