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Steel becomes super strong only when it is hardened properly. If it was not hardened properly, or if any process ofmaking the steel was not done properly, a steel rod would be no harder than a twig and would break into half when twisted or bent.

And that makes it important for steel to be purchased from good vendors. Mateirals like steel wire cloth, perforated steel, expanded metal,  bar grating and fiberglass grating, should only be taken from reputed vendors like Petro Wire & Steel who have experience in specialty steel products for the petrochemical, architectural, construction, agriculture, mining and marine industries.

From one of the posts below, you should have come to know that I run a company called Indyahozting.com In this post, I would like to put some words about the other hosting companies in India.

ITWare India, is a STINKING hosting company in Pondicherry, who charges about Rs 35000/- for a stupid looking website and hosting. Service isnt very good as well.

Manashosting.com, a bangalore based company is not that good with service. Prices are OK. Clement Susai Raj of Chennai well known for hijacking domain names. A lot of my friends have lost their best domain names to Manashosting. Their site is still running on an Old commercially available layout.

Siliconhouse.net say they have so many clients from across the world, and are performing very well by releasing advertisements in various magazines. But just run a search on google for siliconhouse, and you will get all the bad reviews that are there for them.

Indyahozting has a few bad reviews too, but I being one of its promoters cant comment on that. Run a search on google and find out. And make sure you read the good reviews as well.

Never tested Squarebrothers.com, but from what my friends say, though they are a bit expensive, they are worth it. No comments on them therefore.

space2let, net4domains, net4india etc never let you transfer your domains outside their company. Registering domains like these people assures that you will loose your domain.

Nettigritty.com, is the best company in India, in my opinion. Zubin Saigal is always there to help you. The only World Class Premium service and support for the hosting that you take from them. Really Really Really worth your money. Total transparency etc etc etc. Best company in the whole of India.

There are several other small companies, some of them are good, some of them are still budding, so we can hope that they will be good in a few years. Several others are BAD.

Be very choosy when you choose your hosting. We at Indyahozting never lock your domains. You are free to move it or transfer it anywhere. We dont take backups of your data, cos we guess the client is responsible for their data. But otherwise we are transparant. Give our clients the best possible attention and services, though certain clients complain that our registration procedures are a bit complicated, but we have these procedures a bit longer just for the benifit of the clients. To alert them when its time for renewal, when their quota is exceeded, when some misues is happening on their domain/hosting with or without the clients knowledge etc.

This is the tough part. Particularly when you would be dealing with several new clients every day, and it is not going to be just 1 payment every month. Several small payments come every month, and with that money you should be keeping your company running.

If you are running an India based Hosting company, several of them being there already serving the whole wide world, paypal should be your first choice. You can register for a business account, get it verified with your credit card, and integrate it with your site. If your site is a basic html site, you could paste payapl buttons on the page with which your clients could get into subscriptions, and terminate it when they want to discontinue. Paypal is a service that is used world wide, and you can withdraw money to your indian bank accounts, and you dont really need an offshore bank account in the US or UK to receive payments which you can wire to India.

Otherwise, you could opt for a USD payment processor which can process credit cards for you. But this will need an offshore bank account into which you could collect the payments. You could always bring any amount of money into India, without any taxes.

Looks like Oscar De La Hoya may back off on plans for a May fight. The Golden Boy is now looking at a big money rematch with Floyd Mayweather in September. Their first bout that broke all PPV records last May in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions’ CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN that the bout is “almost finalized” for September 13 or September 20.

Floyd Joy Mayweather,, is a professional American boxer who has a record of 39-0 (25 KOs or TKOs). He is the son of Floyd Mayweather Sr., a former welterweight boxing contender. Outside the ring Mayweather flaunts his wealth and lavish lifestyle, often referring to his $1.2 million collection of jewelery. He is known in and around boxing as the greatest boxer of his generation and one of all the best of all time.

Since July 18, 2005, he has been rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound for pound boxer in the world. Mayweather has won six world boxing championships in five different weight classes; he is the current WBC welterweight champion. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007. In his last bout, he defeated Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas in a highly anticipated match on December 8, 2007, by way of a 10th round TKO. Mayweather is currently working on a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya to take place September 20, 2008.

Mayweather was also well known for competing on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars where he was the fourth celebrity eliminated from the competition.[2] He recently performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, competing in a match against Big Show at WrestleMania XXIV.

Oscar De La Hoya is a Mexican American boxer who won a gold medal for the United States Boxing Team at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather, father,nephews Raul Salinas brother were all boxers, but it was Oscar who took his boxing talent to superstar status. De La Hoya became Ring Magazine’s “Fighter of the Year” in 1995 and Ring Magazine’s top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997. De La Hoya has defeated over a dozen world champions and has won 6 world titles. De La Hoya’s amateur career included 223 wins, 163 by way of knockout, with only 5 losses. He won the United States’ only boxing gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, by knocking down his opponent; a win which he dedicated to his deceased mother. After the superfight with Floyd Mayweather in 2007, Oscar de la Hoya became the richest fighter ever in the history of boxing.

Quote from http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3200384

The richest fight in boxing history is on the verge of getting a sequel.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya, who shattered box office records when they met last spring, are close to finishing a deal for a rematch, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com Wednesday.

“We are still discussing things but we have almost finalized it,” said Schaefer, who heads De La Hoya’s promotional company. “I think an announcement will be forthcoming.”

Schaefer said the fight would be Sept. 13 or Sept. 20 on HBO pay-per-view. He said the site for Mayweather-De La Hoya II has not been settled but he is holding the September dates at the 27,000-seat Home Depot Center, the outdoor home to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He said other venues are also interested, including the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

A source also told ESPN.com Wednesday night that Dodger Stadium was interested in hosting the fight after L.A. native De La Hoya suggested he’d like to fight there before retiring.

Mayweather won a split decision to take De La Hoya’s junior middleweight belt when they met May 5 at the MGM Grand.

The match between boxing’s No. 1 fighter, Mayweather, and its greatest attraction, De La Hoya, was a success and, ultimately, a rematch was hard to pass up.

“Floyd is agreeable to do the fight and so is Oscar,” Schaefer said. “Now it’s just me working through everything.”

Although De La Hoya has said he planned to return to the welterweight division and Mayweather is the welterweight world champion, Schaefer said the weight for a rematch hadn’t been determined. He said it could be at a catch weight somewhere between the 147-pound welterweight division and 154-pound junior middleweight class.

“It’s something we are discussing,” he said.

Backed by five-months of promotion, which included an 11-city cross-country tour and HBO’s reality series “De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7,” the first fight broke boxing box office records including total gross ($165 million); pay-per-view subscriptions (2.4 million); pay-per-view gross ($134.4 million) and live gate ($18,419,200).

Although the fight was panned by many for a lack of action and the rematch probably won’t approach the numbers of the original, it still figures to do well.

De La Hoya had planned to return to the ring May 3, but didn’t have an opponent. The prospect of facing British star Ricky Hatton, his first choice, evaporated when Mayweather returned to welterweight and knocked Hatton out in the 10th round on Dec. 8.

Welterweight titleholder Miguel Cotto was a darkhorse candidate to fight De La Hoya. Cotto promoter Bob Arum acknowledged it was unlikely. He spent Wednesday in New York meeting with HBO executives about an alternative plan for Cotto, who probably will fight in April, possibly against first-season “Contender” star Alfonso Gomez.

Hatton’s lopsided defeat left Mayweather as De La Hoya’s most lucrative opponent. But instead of facing him on Cinco De Mayo weekend, the rematch will move to the fall because Mayweather is taking a break after a grueling 2007 inside and out of the ring.

Mayweather’s fights with De La Hoya and Hatton were the biggest of the year and the promotions were exhausting. He also found mainstream recognition during his fall run on the popular reality series “Dancing with the Stars.”

A rematch with De La Hoya (38-5, 30 KOs) would delay Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs) jumping to mixed martial arts, which he has discussed with “Dancing with the Stars” pal and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who also owns his own MMA promotional company.

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s adviser and close friend, was unavailable for comment.

With De La Hoya moving off May 3, it is possible that his friend and Golden Boy Promotions partner Shane Mosley could fight on the date instead.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.

So go ahead and get your Mayweather/De La Hoya tickets at teamonetickets.com