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Who is the best hosted Microsoft Exchange provider?

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World class control panel: HostPilot (Ease Of Administration)

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by chorus, 10 months ago
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99.999% reliability (Stability)

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Intermedia's Exchange hosting supports Blackberry w/out extra payments (Blackberry Support)

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by chorus, 10 months ago

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I could use the control panel and that I could manage my account and services remotely. (Ease Of Administration)

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by vladimir, 10 months ago
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$12.50/mo. per user, a few dollars more than most providers - but the support and stability is untouchable. (Stability)

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by mikeyur, 10 months ago
- 1400 12.50 seems a bit high richesh
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I am pleased with the speed of responses with technical issues and its resolution when they do occur. (24*7 Support)

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by bashagurova, 10 months ago
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It's extremely stable - I've had it for a year and only downtime was due to my ISP (Stability)

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by jterrill8, 10 months ago
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Intermedia's Exchange Concierge provides the easiest migration you've ever seen. (Ease Of Migration)

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by chorus, 10 months ago
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$8 per month for exchange and 100MB SharePoint account is a good deal (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
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All email protected by Spam Stopper (Spam)

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by chorus, 10 months ago
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Free SharePoint site of 100mo on any Exchange signup. (Cost)

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by KarlGagnon, 10 months ago
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Had to deal with their technical support, they were very knowledgeble and helpful. (24*7 Support)

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by embreau, 10 months ago
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24x7 Microsoft Gold sertified support (24*7 Support)

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by chorus, 10 months ago
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Best oeverall Hosted Exchange experience (24*7 Support)

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by pdesco, 10 months ago
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personalized and qualified support (24*7 Support)

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by anmagau, 10 months ago
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Support is responsive (Ease Of Administration)

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by malujoker1, 10 months ago
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Migration of user accounts from another host went fairly smoothly. Support was readily available for special cases (Ease Of Administration)

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by malujoker1, 10 months ago
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Administration interface is user friendly and pretty straightforward (Ease Of Administration)

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by malujoker1, 10 months ago
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If you have any Mac users who need exchange support, they have a promotion where they'll give you $29 for each Mac account you add. (Cost)

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by mikeyur, 10 months ago
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Easy to add blackberry onto an account. (Blackberry Support)

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by mikeyur, 10 months ago
- 1399 is there a cost associated with adding Blackberry to an account? richesh
- 1399 We pay $10 per device/month malujoker1
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Technical support is very polite and are more than happy to help out. It really is the FULL 24/7 support! (24*7 Support)

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by johnnydoes, 10 months ago
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Last time I sent an email to tech support for a question, I got an answer by phone (as requested) within an hour and they had a proper answer for me. (24*7 Support)

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by posseidon, 10 months ago
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Support has been very responsive and wonderful, including pointing out DNS issues on our end. (24*7 Support)

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by altdotnet, 10 months ago
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Excellent and accessible support team (Stability)

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by jterrill8, 10 months ago
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+1.3

The extra-cost spam/virus features are amazingly detailed and flexible. I didn't think I would be able to have this much control over them. (Ease Of Administration)

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by altdotnet, 10 months ago
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+1.3

We're paying $7.95/mo for 1GB accounts and all future accounts we open grandfather in at that rate. (Cost)

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by altdotnet, 10 months ago
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$9.95 / month for 1GB storage account (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
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We have had to use support more times than I like. 50 tickets in just 3 months. (Stability)

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by malujoker1, 10 months ago
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-5.0

Extra $9.95/Month + $39.95 Activation for Blackberry support is expensive (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
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$10 per device/month on top of $12.50/month seems high (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
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-4.3

They claim 99.9% uptime, we have had 5 major outages in 3 months since switching to them. (Stability)

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by malujoker1, 10 months ago
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-3.0

We ONCE received "Take our survey and win xxx" emails once from them. I threw a fit because it was my actual users who received them as well as me! (Spam)

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by altdotnet, 10 months ago
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$9.95/month per user extra for Blackberry support (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
- 1421 It's still less than Intermedia... posseidon
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Have to pay extra for Spam Guard (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
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$20/month for 1 mailbox and 1GB account (Cost)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
- 1397 Don't forget about Blackberry or Activesync synchronization support without extra fees. chorus
- 1397 Prices are the lowest of any Exchange hosting company that offers such level of support and expertise vladimir
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People on twitter mentioned that it is down twice a week (Stability)

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by richesh, 10 months ago
- 1394 I've only ever seen it down for maintenance (which is scheduled and announced in advance) or user ISP troubles jterrill8
- 1394 Only downtime we've seen has been for scheduled maintenance at wee hours of the morning, and we've never had reports of lost mail. I even tested it heavily during a downtime and all messages were delivered. altdotnet
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http://www.intermedia.net/exchange - fully managed high reliable business email service

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http://www.sherweb.com - $17.95/month with blackberry support

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Hosted Exchange by Rackspace ( http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/exchange_hosting ) - $22.50/month with blackberry support

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http://mailstreet.net/exchange/pricing.asp - $19.90/month with blackberry support (plus a one time $39.95 activation fee)

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

Reasons Suggested: 8 (avg points: 2.6/5.0)

Reason Comments: 2

Ratings: 29

score: 62.8

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chorus member since Sep 02, 2009

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Best Option Pick:	Intermedia
Criteria Suggested:	Ease Of Migration, 24*7 Support
Reasons Suggested:	7 (avg points: 3.8/5.0)
Reason Comments:	1
Ratings:	18

score: 60.4

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 5.0/5.0)

Ratings: 9

score: 29.5
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malujoker1 member since Jul 24, 2009

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Reasons Suggested: 5 (avg points: 3.8/5.0)

Reason Comments: 1

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vladimir

vladimir member since Sep 09, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 4.0/5.0)

Reason Comments: 1

Ratings: 7

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Options Suggested: Sherweb, Rackspace, Intermedia, Mailstreet.net

Criteria Suggested: Stability, Blackberry Support, Cost

Ratings: 5

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.8/5.0)

Ratings: 6

score: 21.0
altdotnet

altdotnet member since Sep 03, 2009

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Reasons Suggested: 4 (avg points: 1.8/5.0)

Reason Comments: 1

Ratings: 2

score: 19.5
mikeyur

mikeyur member since Sep 02, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Rackspace

Reasons Suggested: 3 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

score: 19.2
jterrill8

jterrill8 member since Sep 02, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Mailstreet.net

Reasons Suggested: 2 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

Reason Comments: 1

score: 17.7
anmagau

anmagau member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

Ratings: 6

score: 17.7
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KarlGagnon member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

score: 13.2
posseidon

posseidon member since Sep 04, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 2.0/5.0)

Reason Comments: 1

Ratings: 2

score: 12.3
embreau

embreau member since Sep 03, 2009

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Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

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johnnydo..

johnnydoes member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 2.9/5.0)

Ratings: 1

score: 12.1
sbenmaza

sbenmaza member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Ratings: 11

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AlexDeNe..

AlexDeNeui member since Sep 02, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Mailstreet.net

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

score: 11.7
pdesco

pdesco member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

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kermakov

kermakov member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

Ratings: 9

score: 10.0
gbouchard

gbouchard member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

Ratings: 7

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brentsor..

brentsordyl member since Apr 02, 2009

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Options Suggested: Gmail

Reasons Suggested: 1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

score: 7.7
good002

good002 member since Dec 31, 2009

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Discussion Comments: 1

score: 3.0
geckleorn

geckleorn member since Sep 03, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Intermedia

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axelconsult member since Sep 08, 2009

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Best Option Pick: Sherweb

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Reasons Suggested:	5 (avg points: 3.8/5.0)
Reason Comments:	1

Options Suggested:	Sherweb, Rackspace, Intermedia, Mailstreet.net
Criteria Suggested:	Stability, Blackberry Support, Cost
Ratings:	5

Reasons Suggested:	4 (avg points: 1.8/5.0)
Reason Comments:	1
Ratings:	2

Best Option Pick:	Rackspace
Reasons Suggested:	3 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

Best Option Pick:	Mailstreet.net
Reasons Suggested:	2 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)
Reason Comments:	1

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)
Ratings:	6

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 2.0/5.0)
Reason Comments:	1
Ratings:	2

Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.3/5.0)

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 2.9/5.0)
Ratings:	1

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Ratings:	11

Best Option Pick:	Mailstreet.net
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb
Ratings:	7

Options Suggested:	Gmail
Reasons Suggested:	1 (avg points: 3.0/5.0)

Discussion Comments:	1

Best Option Pick:	Sherweb

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