Descriptions of Features

Domain Name Registration

netImpact will handle new domain registration or transfer on your behalf. The U.S. governing agency InterNIC charges $100 to register a domain name which covers the first two years. They currently bill at a rate of $50 per year thereafter. Non-US domain registration must be handled by the end user.

Unlimited updates via your own FTP account

You will have unlimited access via FTP 24-hours a day to set up and maintain your web site. You can literally work on HTML documents, graphics, and scripts locally and then upload files to your web site when ready. An FTP tutorial and client software is available.

MB of data transfer per month

In general, any outward bound traffic from a website with the exception of email is considered to be data transfer. For example, each time a web page or image is loaded, a file is downloaded from your web site (not uploaded), or an audio file is requested, data transfer is generated. Our experience has shown that 1000MB/month will be more than enough bandwidth for the average web site.

Multiple T3 OC3 fiber optic connection to the Internet

Multiple T3's are our connection to the internet. Each T3 affords a high speed at which data can be transferred. In addition, the T3 ensures that sufficient bandwidth will be available to each netImpact customer. netImpact maintains multiple full T1 lines as back-up. The T3 is equivalent to 28 T1's.

Redundant connections on diverse backbones

Our network is connected to the Internet by six separate high speed connections, each from a different backbone provider, ensuring extremely reliable connections. Even if one or more backbones has trouble, our routers will automatically use an available connection.

Unlimited mail forwarding to a default address

Once your domain name is active worldwide, you can receive all email addressed to your domain such as webmaster@yourname.com, sales@youname.com, etc. By default, all email addressed to your domain will forward to your real email address provided by your local internet provider. For convenience, multiple mail forwarding options are available if you need specific addresses to be forwarded to different addresses on the internet. For example, email addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could forward to an account at AOL, but sales@yourname.com could forward to a Prodigy account.

POP3 Accounts

In addition to mail forwarding, users have the option to retrieve email directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using a Program like Eudora. One master POP and up to 20 additional ones are included in your domain web site service. The additional POP accounts can be assigned unique ids and passwords to ensure privacy. A PPP internet connection is needed.

Auto email responders

Autoresponders reply to incoming e-mail automatically. An autoresponder could be used to send a standard text file to persons addressing, say, info@yourname.com . netImpact uses an autoresponder to send basic information to persons addressing info@netimpact.net . If you've ever received a reponse to an email which suggests that the recipient is away from the office, you may have received such an automated response.

Custom CGI script support via your own cgi-bin directory

All customers have access to a personal cgi-bin directory which is reserved for custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts are often used to accomplish tasks which are not supported by basic HTML such as a "hit" counter or guest book. his directory can be used to set up scripts that you write or find elsewhere on the web.

Detailed web usage statistics & access to raw log files

We use a program to process and report web usage statistics such as what domains are accessing your web site, how many "hits" you are getting, how much data is being transferred and more.

Account "Control Panel" accessed via WWW

All users have access to a web-based Control Panel which allows you to set mail forwarding options, enable/disable anonymous FTP access, change your password and more. It also allows access to other features such as an HTML Form Generator, web-based HTML editor and Perl script checker. Users can also update account contact information at anytime without having to contact customer support.

SQL Database Server and Utilities^*

mySQL (mySQL), is a lightweight database engine designed to provide fast access to stored data. We provide the tools to create a searchable database. In most instances, custom programming (commonly Perl) is needed to implement a fully functional web-to-database interface.

Access to our SSL Secure Server^*

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) allows users to collect data such as credit card information in a secure environment. Information submitted via a secure form is sent to the server in an encrypted mode. Users may choose to research methods such as encrypted email (PGP), CyberCash, or other solution for retrieving such information from their web sites.

^*Not included in all plans