Located in: Phoenix Arizona USA Since: 1998
1&1 is the dominant hosting companies in the UK and Europe. And they launched their US division in 2003 to serve customers directly in North America. Today, 1&1 Hosting is one of the world's largest and fastest growing web hosting company, with almost 6 million global customers.
Unique to 1and1 is that they offer both Linux / Unix hosting, along with their very popular Microsoft Windows/NT based hosting, all for the same price. Also, depending on the hosting package, 1&1 Hosting gives you 1-5 free domain names with every hosting package (or you can pay as low as $5.99 per domain). There is really very limited web hosting providers can compete 1&1 on price.
The 1&1 Beginner Hosting Package offers 10GB disk space and 300 GB bandwidth. The plan only cost you $3.99/month, but you will get $125 advertising credit for free. Besides all above, you will get additional 2GB email space, a serials web site building tools, and 1 free domain. So, you can know the price value of I&1.
1and1 also provides very attractive value in registering domain, you can spend only $5.99 per year to get a domain with private registration, 1 GB free email space, web site builder and marketing tools.
Obviously, 1&1 Hosting is a pricing leader in the hosting industry.
Register a domain with private registration from 1&1 hosting will cost you only $5.99/year, besides this, you will also get 1 GB free email, web site builder and marketing tools from 1&1.
The beginner's plan from 1&1 is only $3.99 per month. And as described in above, you will can host 20 domains with 1 for free. Besides this, you can get 10GB disk space, 300 GB bandwidht, 2GB emailbox space, free site building tools, $125 advertising credit, and more. All those will take you less than a cost of breakfast.
With 4 data centers worldwide and 18,000 megabit connection, one would expect 1&1 to have an incredibly reliable network. 1&1 Hosting uses their own backbone and top carriers such as Sprint and Level 1. 1and1 guarantees 99.9% server uptime.
90 days money back guarantee will also show the confidence from 1&1 about their technology and the service.
1and1 Hosting provides customers a 1&1 custom control panel with an easy-to-use interface where you can configure and control all aspects of your website, including e-mail management, domain management, hosting account, billing, etc. online. Their control panel is good, but may take a little adjusting to if you are already use to using Plesk or cPanel.
The support from 1&1 is average in the industry. Their technical support is available toll-free 24/7/365, which is an advantage over other web hosts offering limited hours of support, or email only. In addition to the telephone support, you also get access to their 24/7 e-mail support for various website issues. Furthermore, 1&1's comprehensive FAQ provides excellent help-yourself answers to most all of the common questions related to hosting and domain related topics.
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