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1&1 had been in business since 1998. They are the biggest web hosting provider in the world, and they have more then 6 million customers now. 1&1 has complete product lines in web hosting business, including VPS, dedicated servers, MS Exchange servers, both Linux and Windows products, etc. They also developed their own applications such as 1&1 control panel, 1&1 WebDatabase, 1&1 WebMail, 1&1 Photo Gallery, etc. Professional support, full product lines and reasonable price are their key to success.
Hosting Plan
1&1 provides 4 shared hosting plans : Beginner, Home, Business and Developer. You can choice Linux or Windows server. Whatever plan you choice, you can get unlimited bandwidth. The differences between each plans are included domains, disk spaces, FTP accounts, etc. 1&1 Home plan is the most popular one. 1&1 share hosting plans have some value software for their costumers. For example, if you purchase 1&1 Home plan, you can get Starter Software Suit, which include Ulead® PhotoImpact® 12, GIF Animator 5, Hello Engines, Ranking Toolbox, and WISE-FTP 5.0. If you purchase Business or Developer plan, you can even get Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 and GoLive® CS2! It is a huge bonus for web designer.
1&1 supports PHP, ASP and ASP .net (if you choice windows server). You can also use MySQL, Access or MS SQL database (depends on which plan you choice). That is not a common feature you can see everywhere. You can mostly find any feature you want in 1&1.
Reliability
1&1 has 4 data center around the world. They use fault-tolerant systems on their data center. Most of their services including servers, network connections and firewalls provide redundancy. They also give you 99.9% uptime guarantee, even 90 day money back guarantee!
Other Services
1&1 uses their own control panel, which is very simple to use. They also provide many useful tools for their customers, such as PDF2Web Converter. This software can easily convert your PDF file to web files, so you can quickly build up your own website form your PDF brochure!
They have online support, knowledge base and support ticket system. You can also call for their toll-free support 24/7. |
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