Byethost Reviews
PHP sendmail OFF
One of the biggest advantages of Byethost was that they had the PHP sendmail option ON on their free hosting. Despite the spam filters which blocked a lot of the mails and that you had to wait for hours for an email to come, that option was somehow useful. From couple of weeks I noticed that none of the requests from my contact form are coming to me and couple of days I made some tests. Definitely sendmail is not working. Yes you have the backup option - phpmailer, but you cant get proper info from almost anywhere how exactly to use it in your forms and you have to write everything from scratch. For somebody probably that is easy, but for most of the users is not. Anyway - I post this just to say to the future users - be aware PHP sendmail is OFF on Byehost free hosting.
By byethostUser
September 09 2010
Byethost is good host.
Byethost is good host. The servers are fast, but sometimes I see my site http://xpost.in/ unable to load due to MySQL errors on a daily basis, which is easily solved by refreshing the page. However the host free plan is one of the best.
By xpost
August 03 2010
Byethost is lousy
Byethost is a scam. They let you easily sign-up and ftp and then take your site down in an unreasonable amount of time so that they can send you solicitations for upgrades. I also received too much spam (using a free email that I didn't use for anyone else) when I was subscribed to their services. DON'T USE THESE CREEPS. I have had free hosting on various sites since 2000. Angelfire, Atspace, Tripod, Geocities, Anzwers, Bravenet and more. Tripod and Bravenet suck now because of the banners that stay on the screen no matter where you scroll. Tripod is the worst because it is now a black, depressing banner that always stays on the top of the page no matter how far you scroll down. The others are still fine except Geocities is now gone. R.I.P. "original" Geocities (non-yahoo)
By Teacup
July 06 2010
Dangerous Hosts
At bytehost they make you feel like a criminal.Everything looks fine until your website starts getting traffic.They will suspend your account without warning or notice.They literally force you to upgrade or else your remain suspended and you cannot go back to the free account even if your website has stopped taking too much bandwidth.The worst thing is they are very unfeeling when it comes to deleting your Files.They can delete your files without warning.Also,they suppress all people with negative comments.You will never find a negative comment on their forum review,because all the comments are made by bytehost resellers.
By Truth
November 10 2009
Byethost.com is the best host ever!
I am using their free plan & everything is just like paid hosting but i am getting tired of the vista panel they are offering in my opinion they should upgrade it! I do not means that the vista panel is bad its good and easy to use ;) now i am going to upgrade to a premium plan surely to monthly standard after it i will upgrade to monthly ultimate! & also the great thing of this company is that they never terminate any account without giving a backup & if they closed your account without any backup then you can get backup by submiting support ticket! this makes byet the no.1 choice.
So if you wants a reliability,speed,value then choose byethost.com as your permanent host!
Byet keep it up we all are very happy with you~
By Asmar
March 14 2009
Don't Bother
I am coming up to my 2nd year as a Premium Client, and it can't end soon enough. I have been victim to extended downtimes, and usually at the worst times, complete data loss (seriously - everything... GONE) and inappropriate site redirection (Porn site anyone?) while they fumbled with their hardware. I've lost clients, and never an official apology. I dread seeking support, as I know I'll get some cookie cutter answer that doesn't even remotely relate to my question. Their forums are at least amusing, but be careful, else you be gagged if you complain too much, or shed some truth to how awful the service is.
(Ever wonder why there's no bad reviews on their forum? Mmmm, makes you wonder.)
What once was, is sadly no longer. Go elsewhere, anywhere, but run as far away as you can from Byethost (and stay away from their little resellers too - it's even worse!)
By svartr
January 12 2009
Byethost rocks!
I don't know about that guys... I have been hosting with byethost for some 4 or 5 years now and I have never as much as lost a single file. Sure, their servers go down from time to time, but I guess that gets better with paid programs...
Anyway, I never had any major problems, and if some minor issues occured, I have every time anew been amazed by their support - they're really fast and it seems like they really work 24/7. And what I like the most about it is that their support is so nice and eager to help even though I've always hosted with them for FREE... So I have all the more reason to be grateful...
By Glorinand
October 31 2008
bad host
I used Byethost for about a year , everthing went good most of the time. They do a lot of redirecting, and are down alot. i got my website in good standing with the search engines. I was making alittle money of them. Then poof all my work gone. Don't waste your time...
By infantryman
October 25 2008
BAD HOSTING
I thought of them as good hosting at the beginning and the host was fast and everything except the FTP.
Anyway after working for countless hours on a new website they come and delete all my files.
Luckily they didn't delete the database so I took a backup on my PC but it'll still take some time to recover the lost files.
Also I made sure that I wasn't violated their terms.
I don't recommend anyone this hosting.
By Gabrola
October 04 2008
Average
i have tried bytehost but file upload limit is really annoying, average -,-
By Alican
March 25 2008
