About 1and1.co.uk
Along with its american branch, 1&1 has to be one of the biggest web hosting company around. As Netcraft's independent and statistically analysed study shows, 1&1 are the World's biggest web host with 2,586,662 active websites and 8.80 million domains registered.
1and1.co.uk offers shared hosting, VPS as well as dedicated servers on both Linux and Windows plateforms.
Reliability
1&1 guarantees the highest product quality, top security, and unshakeable reliability. Coupled with the development and release of innovative applications, 1&1's network has the strength to power your web presence with industry-leading 40 Gbit Connectivity and 1000 terabytes of monthly traffic - all at the lowest market prices. 1&1 are so confident of their ability they provide you with a 99.99% up-time guarantee, helping you secure your reputation for online excellence
Support
Their support has been reported as average by a considerable number of customers. Billing problems seem to be taking too long to resolve. Management is unreachable by phone as customers are instructed to send an email to the complaint department. Some of their support has been outsourced to third party companies (which can affect the quality of service).
Features And Pricing
1and1 offers good pricing for the value as they provide many features and their hosting control panel is appreciated by many. The only downside (as with many large companies) is that getting good and fast service may be difficult at times.
You also get some nice vouchers of different values for Microsoft AdCenter, Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing and Citysearch depending on the hosting plan you choose.
