Richard N.

When I started with Hostwinds I had an intention to grab smallest VPS, but started with shared hosting account, because I was told I would be able to upgrade my account to VPS with no problem. And after some time I do understand that it was correct to not to start with VPS.
Signing up process - nothing special, but my new order was put "on hold", so I had to reach hostwinds and just confirm my identity. Do not feel really comfortable on this, but it seems to be normal to most services I used.
Now I have everything I expected (nothing extra) - site up and running, assistance always in pace (I always have the chat assistance when I'm in my client area).
Price I pay is fair enough.

It is okay when you use that on your phone or via webinterface. At the same time if you have email client and have it installed on your laptop - their security system will warn you several times and you will not get access untill you confirm that via web interface. Traveling - getting new IPs and every time you will have to go to the web interface to confirm. But when you have phone app you will never be asked.