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之前對這家感覺還不錯，有Cpanel、Rvskins(就是Cpanel中文控制台啦 ? )、Fantastico，支援的軟體也很齊全，像是Zend Optimizer、ImageMagick、PostgreSQL也都有安裝了，官方也有專屬的討論區，想說都打9.9折了，試用看看吧，付費時可選用PayPal，不一定要用信用卡，Order下去之後就收到2封來信關於你的訂單以及付費資訊，付完費之後沒過多久就開通了，這前後才不到15分鐘而已喔 ?

空間開通後，習慣性先測試一下連接順不順 ? 分別從Domain Dossier、Hinet Traceroute、Seednet Traceroute去看，Hinet跟Seednet都超過30個節點 ? 自己試的結果如下

中華電信 2M/256K ADSL
C:WINDOWSsystem32>ping -n 10 mami.info
Pinging mami.info [72.52.162.173] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=233ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=233ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=47
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=47
Ping statistics for 72.52.162.173:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 230ms, Maximum = 235ms, Average = 232ms
C:WINDOWSsystem32>tracert mami.info
Tracing route to mami.info [72.52.162.173]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
2 48 ms 57 ms 49 ms ty-pi-t64-1.router.hinet.net [168.95.104.34]
3 47 ms 47 ms 49 ms ty-fo-c12r11.router.hinet.net [220.128.8.18]
4 48 ms 47 ms 47 ms ty-fo-c12r32.router.hinet.net [211.21.116.145]
5 172 ms 177 ms 175 ms la-c12r11.USA-LA.router.hinet.net [211.21.116.153]
6 192 ms 192 ms 191 ms la-c12r12.USA-LA.router.hinet.net [202.39.93.10]
7 183 ms 184 ms 184 ms 12.118.42.13
8 233 ms 232 ms 231 ms 12.122.82.138
9 236 ms 232 ms 232 ms tbr2-cl21.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.13]
10 235 ms 234 ms 233 ms tbr1-cl24.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.9.141]
11 232 ms 230 ms 233 ms tbr1-cl28.dtrmi.ip.att.net [12.122.12.185]
12 225 ms 229 ms 227 ms gar3-p300.dtrmi.ip.att.net [12.123.139.137]
13 231 ms 231 ms 232 ms 12.116.80.98
14 231 ms 230 ms 227 ms lw-core1-ge2.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.30]
15 237 ms 233 ms 231 ms lw-dc2-dist2-ge1.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.106]
16 234 ms 232 ms 234 ms server20.01domain.net [72.52.162.173]
Trace complete.
中華電信 T1
C:WINDOWSsystem32>ping -n 10 mami.info
Pinging mami.info [72.52.162.173] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=191ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 72.52.162.173:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 190ms, Maximum = 194ms, Average = 190ms
C:WINDOWSsystem32>tracert mami.info
Tracing route to mami.info [72.52.162.173]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 211.72.208.66
3 4 ms 5 ms 4 ms ty-fo-c76r1.router.hinet.net [203.66.74.130]
4 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms ty-fo-c12r11.router.hinet.net [211.22.39.50]
5 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms ty-fo-c12r32.router.hinet.net [211.21.116.133]
6 145 ms 145 ms 145 ms la-c12r11.USA-LA.router.hinet.net [211.21.116.157]
7 133 ms 132 ms 133 ms la-c12r12.USA-LA.router.hinet.net [202.39.93.10]
8 * 141 ms 141 ms 12.118.42.13
9 192 ms 190 ms 192 ms 12.122.86.18
10 193 ms 193 ms 193 ms tbr2-cl21.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.13]
11 190 ms 191 ms 191 ms tbr1-cl24.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.9.141]
12 191 ms 192 ms 190 ms tbr1-cl28.dtrmi.ip.att.net [12.122.12.185]
13 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms gar3-p300.dtrmi.ip.att.net [12.123.139.137]
14 190 ms 191 ms 190 ms 12.116.80.98
15 193 ms 192 ms 194 ms lw-core1-ge2.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.30]
16 191 ms 191 ms 191 ms lw-dc2-dist1-ge1.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.98]
17 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms server20.01domain.net [72.52.162.173]
Trace complete.
交通大學
C:WINDOWSsystem32>ping -n 10 mami.info
Pinging mami.info [72.52.162.173] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Reply from 72.52.162.173: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 72.52.162.173:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 192ms, Maximum = 195ms, Average = 192ms
C:WINDOWSsystem32>tracert mami.info
Tracing route to mami.info [72.52.162.173]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 140.113.0.166 3 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms v255-194.NTCU.net [211.76.255.194] 4 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms pos12/0.tp_c124_1.twgate.net [203.160.226.137] 5 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 203.78.186.26 6 133 ms 132 ms 132 ms pos3-0.pa_c124_2.twgate.net [203.160.226.190] 7 133 ms 132 ms 133 ms ge701.pa_c124_1.twgate.net [203.160.225.82] 8 133 ms 132 ms 132 ms GigabitEthernet4-3.IG3.PAO1.ALTER.NET [157.130.195.217] 9 132 ms 132 ms 132 ms 0.so-1-2-0.XL2.PAO1.ALTER.NET [152.63.51.138] 10 186 ms 186 ms 186 ms 0.so-7-0-0.XL2.CHI2.ALTER.NET [152.63.68.90] 11 184 ms 184 ms 185 ms POS7-0.GW9.CHI2.ALTER.NET [152.63.69.165] 12 193 ms 193 ms 193 ms liquidwebOC12-gw.customer.alter.net [65.207.234.198] 13 192 ms 192 ms 192 ms lw-core2-ge2.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.34] 14 192 ms 192 ms 193 ms lw-dc2-dist1-ge2.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.102] 15 193 ms 192 ms 192 ms server20.01domain.net [72.52.162.173] Trace complete.

放個Joomla 1.0.11中文版測試上傳/下載速度
自家用滴ADSL
上傳速度平均速度約在25.21 KB/sec，透過proxy.hinet.net下載時平均速度只有63.3 KB/sec，直接連線反而平均速度有103.2 KB/sec
中華電信 T1
上傳的平均速度約在40.12 KB/sec，下載平均速度123.14 KB/s
交通大學
上傳的平均速度約在69.72 KB/s，下載平均速度217.31 KB/s
總結：下載速度好像粉詭異。 ? 但是網頁開啟速度很快，我利用Fantastico直接安裝了一個Joomla，早上、下午、晚上打開都還滿快的，沒什麼變化，記嘉獎一枚 ? 另外Downtownhost提供的NameServer我覺得是一個大缺失，ns34.downtownhost.com(72.52.162.173)、ns35.downtownhost.com(72.52.162.174)，IP只差1，要是該區段網路斷了，網站就連不上了，我用Geo IP Tool去查主機位置是在密西根州蘭辛市，還好印象中好像沒啥天災地害的。@@ 另外這邊也有人寫了篇空間換到Downtownhost的文章。
Downtownhost的主機硬體部分是CPU*4 Intel(R) Xeon 2.80GHz、4G記憶體以及SATA RAID1的環境，還算OK(如果是SCSI硬碟的話更棒 CCC )，傳PHP探針上去查了一下套件版本是Apache 1.3.37、PHP 5.2.1、MySQL 4.1.21，要用MySQL 5的要到支援中心送tickets過去；需要用到SSH的也是送tickets，內容簡單說明你需要SSH權限控制網站跟資料庫的備分、還原就好。 ?
我用的是SHARED BRONZE方案，另外還有SILVER、GLOD方案分別是7GB空間/250GB流量、15GB空間/300GB流量，3種方案都包含無限數量的MySQL資料庫、Email、Add/Park/Sub domains，除了空間比不上HostMonster、BlueHost、Lunarpages之類的1~200GB但也算夠用啦 ?
SHARED BRONZE
5 GB Disk Space
100 GB Bandwidth
Unlimited Addon Domains (Multiple Domain Hosting)
Unlimited Email Accounts
24/7 live support
Cpanel Control Panel
Pre-Installed Script Library
Money Back Guarantee
Site Move (Free)
附圖1、Cpanel登入之後找到蹲在左下角的語言選單選擇Traditional-chinese就會變中文介面啦 ?

附圖2、中文介面的Cpanel

附圖3、Cpanel提供的預先安裝程式，填個帳號就幫你自動安裝到好。

附圖4、Fantastico的WordPress

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