1&1Hosting

Overview
Based in Germany, 1&1Hosting is billed as the World’s largest web hosting provider, with offices and data centers around the globe in Germany, UK, France, Austria, and USA. They have almost 6 million customers on paid web hosting services. They offer many hosting programs and solutions for all price ranges, including basic hosting, developer, business, shared hosting, dedicated servers, and e-shops.

Price
1&1 Hosting is offered for many different price ranges, from $2.99/mo to $14.99/mo (for the first 6 months) for hosting, and $99/mo to $119/mo for dedicated servers. Their prices and product offerings are very competitive in the global market.

Reliability
99.99% uptime guarantee. 1&1Hosting utilizes top-of-the-industry data centers. They just built a new data center in Kansas City, Kansas. This state-of-the-art facility brings power, connectivity and security unsurpassed in the industry. It includes 55,000 square feet–5 server rooms provide space for 40,000 servers; excellent 20 Gbit connectivity and high redundant capacity, capable of routing thousands of Tbytes of traffic per month without any data jams; superior energy capabilities of Kansas make it ideally suited to host data intensive operations; and redundant steel-reinforced walls, backup diesel generators, custom argon fire protection system, multiple hard drives, dual routers, cooling systems and gel battery power banks ensure top-of-the-line security so that their servers will continue to operate regardless of external conditions. 1&1 Data Centers also promise 24/7 monitoring by Internet specialists, 150+ permanently recording video cameras, safety locks and more; eight high-powered cooling units rated at 5,600 KW and two spiral vortex compressors work alongside bespoke heat exchangers to keep everything cool. Every system is n+1 redundant.

Customer Service
Customer and technical support is available 24/7 via phone and email. The phone is a toll-free 877 #. The website offers an FAQ section.

Testimonials
“My search for a great web host ended when I discovered 1&1. At first, I was suspicious that any company could offer me so many resources at such an inexpensive price. My web site has been hosted by 1&1 for a year now and 1&1 has delivered on all of its promises. In the fickle world of web hosting companies I have come to appreciate 1&1’s reliability, performance and security. 1&1 will be my choice in web hosting for many years to come.” - Allan Shelswell