Iglou Open Rack Colocation, $ 69.00/mo. on Colocation

Open Rack Colocation has been added on Dec 7, 2020

📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

See also initial Open Rack Colocation plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

IgLou Internet Services is a long-standing regional Internet and hosting provider based in Louisville, Kentucky, with roots going back to 1989, when they first started offering dial-up access. Over the decades they evolved into one of the better-known local ISPs in Kentucky, adding broadband, data-center services and commercial web hosting on top of connectivity. The company remains a family-owned business with a small, hands-on team, and the whole positioning is very much "local provider that actually knows your network" rather than high-volume, anonymous mass hosting.

On the hosting side, IgLou focuses on Linux shared hosting, managed environments for mission-critical sites, reseller / private server hosting, personal hosting for residential customers, domain registration, and server colocation in their own Louisville data center. Everything sits on infrastructure they operate themselves, which is a key difference from many small hosts that simply resell someone else’s platform.

Shared web hosting is built around three main plans — Intro, Standard Business and Ultra — aimed at small businesses, agencies and more demanding sites. These accounts run on a standard LAMP-style stack with cPanel, PHP (multiple versions from 5.2 through 8.2), MySQL databases, and one-click installers for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, osCommerce and other open-source apps. All plans include unlimited email accounts, free DV SSL certificates, automatic backups, Cloudflare performance optimization, and options for advanced spam and virus filtering per domain. For most "normal" business websites and email, that combination is more about stability and support than squeezing maximum disk space per dollar.

For customers whose sites are truly mission-critical or subject to big traffic spikes, IgLou pushes its Custom/Critical Hosting as the flagship service. This is a fully managed environment where their engineers design a custom setup: tuned disk and CPU allocations, custom firewall rules for PCI or other compliance needs, OS tweaks for specific applications, on-server and off-site backups, and optional CDN and caching configuration. Typical use cases include busy news sites, high-traffic e-commerce, seasonal applications (tax preparation, holiday retail), online communities or applications that need non-standard performance or security profiles. The idea is to get something that feels like a dedicated or private server platform, but with IgLou taking care of the heavy lifting.

There is also a reseller / private server web hosting angle, aimed at web designers and consultants who manage multiple client sites. These setups sit on a dedicated virtual or custom server with a reseller control panel, support for separate content domains, and the ability to segment resources and access for different clients. It is designed for small agencies that have grown beyond a single shared hosting account but still want IgLou to manage the underlying platform.

For residential Internet customers, IgLou offers free Personal Hosting accounts. These come with a full cPanel interface, about 250 MB of disk space, one MySQL database, scripting support and around 10 GB of monthly transfer, under a .iglouhost.com subdomain. That’s enough to host a personal site, WordPress blog or small PHP app, and it can be upgraded into a paid hosting plan if the project grows.

On top of hosting, IgLou runs domain registration services (new registrations, renewals, transfers and help with more complex domain issues) and online backup offerings for desktops and servers. The backup service uses encrypted cloud storage with incremental backups, support for SQL and Exchange on servers, and the option to restore remotely or from shipped media. Combined with their server colocation in Louisville, the overall picture is of a small but complete local provider that can handle connectivity, hosting, backups and physical server housing under the same roof.

The site and control panels are in English and pricing is shown in US dollars (USD), which matches their focus on Kentucky and broader US customers rather than international audiences.