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HostPapaAbout HostPapaHostPapa is a privately-owned company located in Niagara Falls, NY and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. At HostPapa, we consider every one of our customers to be a part of our family. That's why our motto is "Let Papa take care of you". We understand that our customers' web sites are important and that they need to be able to count on us to ensure that their service is not interrupted. We have established a solid foundation to offer a hosting solution for small-to-medium sized businesses that is reliable, easy-to-use, and customer service-oriented, all for a low cost. At HostPapa, we value our customers and recognize their need for outstanding customer service. We are not satisfied until our customers are. With HostPapa you can depend on:
HostPapa currently offers the following services:
Our internet hosting packages help everyday individuals and businesses in getting their website live on the Internet with our high-powered services and professional service, all at a fraction of the cost of today's technology hosting companies. Our Service GuaranteeHostPapa provides you with an unconditional 30-day Money Back Guarantee + 99.9% Uptime Guarantee. The Ideal Hosting ExperienceSince our inception, we have been focusd on creating the ideal hosting experience, with the goal of maintaining reliable service. Based on our historical data, we are proud to guarantee that our uptime will never drop below 99.9%*. That's our guarantee - based on reality - who would have thought? Service Quality GuaranteeWe guarantee that we'll provide quality service. Specifically:
30-day RISK FREE Money Back GuaranteeIn addition to the uptime guarantee policy, HostPapa maintains a no-questions asked money back guarantee on hosting services. We do incur a cost on domains, so all domain registrations are subject to a $24.95 domain registration fee, but you will own the domain name whether you remain a HostPapa customer or not. If you decide to cancel within the money back guarantee period of 30 days, you will receive a full refund less any setup fees, and domain registration or transfer costs. Why Us? What Will You Get? We have established a solid foundation to offer a hosting solution for small-to-medium sized businesses that is reliable, easy-to-use, and customer service-oriented, all for a low cost.
With HostPapa you can depend on:
Top 5 Reasons#1: Our Commitment to Customer Satisfaction #2: Reliable Web Hosting You Can Count On #3: Our State-of-the-Art Data Centre If you are interested in using a web builder tool and templates, we also work with Soholaunch Pro, which allows you to create a web site even with no previous experience or knowledge in HTML/web design. Soholaunch Pro is provided free to our clients and comes equipped with thousands of templates and add-ons. #5: An Award-Winning Company. HostPapa Data CentersHostPapa provides high performance and reliable web hosting services to our customers. Our web hosting infrastructure is the heart of our service offering. Our data centre has all the security features you can imagine to protect the equipment and the premises and is equipped with complete climate and temperature control, raised floor facility, fault protection, security, fire-suppression systems, water detection systems, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), standby and redundant power generation and diesel backup generators. Web hosting infrastructure is top-notch and all of our equipment is powered by Intel Server products and a fully featured Cisco-powered network. Uptime Guarantee: 99.9%We are striving for more – but can realistically give you the industry standard of 99.9% uptime on your servers. Our mission is 100% uptime – but due to the nature of shared hosting, that is a very difficult proposition as many users are sharing the same resources. We put all the applications, monitoring services and controls in place to quickly identify potential problem areas and take a proactive stance on all of our equipment. 24x7 Manned SecurityOn-site uniformed security is onsite, all day every day. The access control into the facilities is highly controlled. Monitoring in the building includes security devices, alarm systems, access controls such as card readers, alarm management, recording of data and comprehensive reporting capabilities, as well as a photo identification system. The main entrance to the building is protected by optical turnstiles which provide a second level of security at the main entrance. There are numerous closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras located in every sensitive area of the building, monitoring areas such as mechanical areas, tenant floor, loading dock and basically every aspect of the building. Electrical SystemsThe building is fed by two new transformers as the main reliable power supply which are fed directly by the local substation. With power supply being such a critical element of web hosting our data center is second to none in terms of Electrical Power Support and redundancy. The building also currently houses a number of diesel generators for backup power support in case of power failure on the main power grids. Green Hosting from HostPapa
Yes, it's true! Our energy is certified by the following sources:
HostPapa has taken the initiative of going green by purchasing 100% green renewable energy to power our data center, web servers, office computers, laptops and office space. These energy sources supply HostPapa's entire equivalent energy consumption into the power-grid with certified 100% renewable green energy sources, such as wind and solar-powered energy. How do we do it?We certainly do not have a wind turbine on the roof of our data center! Sure, it would be a neat thing to have, but that is not the case. After an energy audit by an outside provider to calculate our total electrical energy consumption from traditional sources, HostPapa purchased "green energy tags" or certificates from a certified green energy supplier. That supplier calculates the total energy consumption of our operation and uses their suppliers of green energy to pump in 100% equivalent energy back into the power grid. This effectively cuts down on the carbon dioxide-producing (CO2) energy that we normally would have required from non-green energy sources. We have actually calculated that, within the scope of one year of our initial purchase of green energy, we have removed roughly 4,000 kg of CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases affecting our environment. That's close to removing two cars from the highway for a 12-month period! By purchasing the green energy certificates, we have completely offset the amount of greenhouse gas production by our current electricity providers with certified wind and solar-power providers in the United States and Canada. Why did we do it?Simply put, we did it because of our commitment to corporate responsibility and to the environment. Ultimately, we wanted to be the green leader in web hosting. The servers and equipment we use here at HostPapa run 24 hours per day and consume a great deal of electricity. Why should we burden the world just because we require that electricity to light up our servers? If we need the electricity for our operation, let's buy it from clean-energy sources and contribute positively to our environment. What is Green Energy?
It's Easy - Buy Green Tags Now Green Tags are created when wind power or other renewable energy is substituted for traditional power. The result is a shift away from our dependence on burning fossil fuel to produce electricity. Using clean renewable energy is friendly to the environment and reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Green Tags represent the real savings in carbon dioxide and other pollutants that occur when green power replaces burning fossil fuel. Renewable energy is still a little more expensive than buying traditional power, so Green Tags are purchased in addition to the electricity that you are now using. Buying Green Tags has the same effect as buying green power. Both replace fossil fuel generators with clean renewables, and both have exactly the same environmental benefits. The purchase of Green Tags - which are also called renewable energy certificates - supports the production of renewable energy in the United States and Canada. Participants continue to receive a separate electricity bill from that provided by their utility company. For every unit of renewable energy generated, equivalent amounts of Green Tags (renewable certificates) are produced. Green Tags support new renewable electricity generation, which offsets the environmental effects of burning coal, gas, and other fossil fuels in the region where the renewable generator is located, and helps shift the overall energy mix toward more renewable resources. Also, Green Tags help build a market for renewable energy, reduce global climate change, and may have other environmental benefits such as reducing regional air pollution. The source of our 100% renewable Green Tag energy that ultimately supplies the HostPapa servers comes from a multiple of sources, including:
The above facilities replace our energy consumption by supplying the power grid with our equivalent energy requirements of 100% green energy from wind and solar energy providers. We at HostPapa are proud of the fact that our company is making the world a cleaner and healthier place. All of our equipment including servers, data centers, power allotment, and even our office computers and laptops are powered by 100% renewable and environmentally-friendly energy. We intend to continue investing in these alternative energy sources, even with the rapid growth and expansion of our company and related equipment. Why Go Green?
Over 80% of greenhouse gas emissions produced by man-made causes in the U.S. are the result of burning natural gas, oil, coal, and other fossil fuels. Half - that's 50% - of energy consumption is by corporations. Put those two statistics together and you get the short answer to why HostPapa felt the call to go green. Renewable or "green" energy is produced without the consumption of precious natural resources, instead created by harnessing the power of the sun, wind, water, biomass, and biogas, to name a few. Renewable energy produces significantly less carbon emissions, and in some cases, none at all. Aiming to do our part (and maybe some of yours too) to fight global climate change, HostPapa has taken - and still is taking - bold measures to switch over our datacenters and administrative headquarters to 100% renewable electricity suppliers. Besides the obvious benefits to our environment, our health, and that of our progeny, going green also provides significant economic benefits to local communities. Since most sources of green power are smaller, locally-based businesses, switching over to procuring energy from renewable electricity providers stimulates local economies. Additionally, by being green, HostPapa reduces the strain on North America's overburdened energy infrastructure, going a long way to securing a sustainable future for our children. Among the steps that HostPapa has taken in this metamorphosis to a green web host is purchasing our electricity from suppliers that participate in one of the following programs: Green-E Certified Green Tags EcoLogo Environmental Choice Progam Why Care About Going Green?
Why should you care about supporting businesses that use renewable electricity? You may think, what difference can I really make? A business owner, an entrepreneur, an internet hobbyist, a webmaster - call yourself what you will, but you are also a consumer of energy and energy products and services. Every kilowatt hour of power that you use, including running your website(s), has an effect on the rest of the world. The electricity you or the businesses you patronize purchase can either increase (if nonrenewable electricity) or reduce (if renewable electricity) the overall environmental impact of that energy production and consumption. That’s a lot of power you have. Make no mistake about it - the generation of electricity (and its resultant greenhouse gases and carbon emissions) is the single most contributing factor in the preponderance of industrial pollution in North America. Acid rain, soot, smog, mercury, and particulate matter (among other pollutants) are serious detriments to our health - as a people and a planet. They contribute to increased cancer rates and other harmful health risks. The American Lung Association estimates that 50,000-100,000 deaths per year in the U.S. are attributable to air pollution. This alone should give you more than an inkling as to how beneficial any steps you take, however small, to reduce air pollution is to your world. And when we say "however small," we mean it. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that each $1 spent on efforts to control carbon emissions gives us back $45 worth of health benefits - in the form of less work days lost to sickness, less visits to the doctor, less people hospitalized, and a lower rate of premature deaths. ONE DOLLAR! How much do you spend on power each month? Multiply that by $45 and imagine how many lives you can save. The World Watch Institute puts the number, should we implement policies to control, prevent, and reduce global warming, at eight million environment-related deaths prevented over a 20-year period. But is renewable electricity good for your business’s bottom line? You may not even believe how much! Since renewable electricity sources like hydro, solar, and wind power do not involve fuel or transportation costs, you - the business-owner - can count on greater price stability. As our civilization continues to deplete the world's natural resources at a breakneck pace, relying on natural "alternative" sources of energy, or renewable electricity, provides your business (and consequently the world) with greater energy security. In other words, you know you won’t be running out of power this way, and you won’t be contributing to the imminent depletion of power generated by, shall we say, less renewable methods. Using renewable electricity also contributes in many significant ways to economic development - specifically saving consumers a ton of money that can otherwise be used for greater affluence and poured into the economy in other, more proactive ways. Renewable energy encourages development of the economy in the form of greater capital investments, such as money to ranchers, farmers, landowners, and tax revenues. It also helps to establish more jobs, as renewable electricity creates approximately twice as many job opportunities as its non-renewable counterpart. Moreover, the increased awareness that a self-avowed and third-party certified green website raises produces a chain reaction of consciousness and conscientiousness across the worldwide web and the world itself. As "green" consciousness is spreading, consumers in all areas are starting to look to the businesses they patronize to take the lead in protecting and preserving our environment. That means now, more than any other time in our history, if a consumer is given a choice between a web hosting provider, for example, or a commercial website like yours that provides some other product or service, but that is hosted by a web hosting company that uses renewable electricity versus one that doesn’t - all other factors being equal - he or she will almost invariably choose the green business - or that one that supports renewable electricity. Why go green? Why support green businesses that utilize renewable energy, like HostPapa web hosting, to help you in your business and personal endeavors? Because it works! On a very practical level, recycling one aluminum can saves enough electricity to power a television for six full hours. Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb lit for four hours. And when a business recycles a single ton of paper, it is able to save over 350 gallons of oil, about 7,000 of water, and enough electricity to run an average home for half-a-year. You can’t beat that with a fossil fuel. |
