Canvas Dreams, located in Portland, Oregon, was originally founded as a web design company in 1998. Disillusioned by how many hosting companies failed to provide reliable service, they began hosting their clients in 2002, and things progressed from there.
I have personally spoken to the co-founder, David Anderson, and I can tell you that not only is his company operating with the the environment at the top of their priority list, but they operate with the utmost of integrity.
One of the “dirty little secrets” of web hosting is something called “overselling”. Basically when a company tells you that they give you XX amount of bandwidth per month (bandwidth is when someone visits your website and loads it in their browser to view it, they are utilizing your bandwidth allotment), really what that company is saying is “I guarantee that you have this much bandwidth to use”. Well, it doesn’t really work that way. Hosting companies oversell their space (stack up too many websites on a server) and the next thing you know, your site is taking forever to load. Well, that means everyone else can’t load it easily either.
Canvas Dreams guarantees no overselling. This is HUGE in the industry. I don’t know of another host who does this (even non-green ones) and for a host, this is operating with the utmost of integrity.
Green Features:
- Hosting facility is powered by 100% new wind energy from local wind farms in eastern Oregon and Washington states (purchases wind green tags that directly benefits the local area)
- They use greener dedicated servers: ultra-efficient CPUs created through a lead and halogen-free manufacturing process, generate little heat, and draw considerably less power
- Accredited member of Co-Op America
- Recycles old equipment
- Aggressively recycles office waste
- Has an open tele-commuting policy for employees
- Offers non-profit discounts and sponsorships
Plan Features:
Plan: A
Payment terms: Monthly or Annual
Cost: $7.50 (10% discount if paying for 1 year or 20% if 2 years)
Storage: 2 GB
Data Transfer: 40 GB
Domains: 2 domains
Set-up fee: none
Support: Toll-free phone support 24/7
Any Caveats?
- Nope. I love this company. They are one of the companies with the highest integrity and best service I’ve ever experienced.
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