Hostway Limited
6&7 Harbour Exchange
Docklands
London E14 9HE
United Kingdom
Hostway Corporation
1 North State Street
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60602
United States
http://www.hostway.co.uk
We are pleased to announce that Hostway have been short-listed for both the 'Best Business Web Host' and 'Best Consumer Web Host' awards at this year's UK Internet Awards - a competition run by Future Publishing for the last 3 years running.
The awards were established as an attempt to recognise the very best providers in the UK Internet Industry. Companies in each category must be first nominated by the public, then short-listed by the Future Publishing jury. At this point, voting is opened to the general public once again, and customers are invited to vote now.
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Background
Hostway is a corporation which was established in 1996 and is now one of the five largest hosting companies in the world. They have offices based out of the USA, Canada, Austrailia, Holland, Korea and Germany. Hostway provides hosting solutions for over 300,000 clients worldwide! Hostway attempts to add support for the latest scripting, database, ecommerce or other technologies to help ensure you get the most out of your web presence. Hostway has also been a recipient of many eye opening awards, as we will get into below.
Out of all the hosting providers in the industry, Hostway has earned the place of #1 hosting company from tophosts for the years of 2001 - 2003, they were also ranked the #1 web hosting provider in 1999 - 2001 by Host Index. Hostway also earned the recognition of C|NET in the top 3 most popular web hosting provider of 1999 - 2001. Putting awards to the side, Hostway has also has many other achievements such as being a Microsoft Certified Frontpage 2002 Web Presence Provider.
Selling Points
Definately one of my first reasons for recommending Hostway would be their expertise. With over 7 years of experience in the hosting industry and successfully hosting over 300,000 concurrent satisfied clients, Hostway support representatives and administrators know what it is like to operate under an environment of teamwork and dedication. Several options of hosting plans are available like Coldfusion MX and Linux or Windows shared hosting. Order now and recieve 1 month of free hosting!
Linux shared web hosting plans start at only £7.95 per month and includes 150MB of diskspace and 3GB of monthly data transfer, which is perfect for those who are just getting started on the web and as your needs grow you can quickly and simply upgrade via Hostway's control panel.
Those preferring a Windows based environment will appreciate the up-to-date features offered under the 'Windows Silver Plan'. Doing about £8.95 per month damage on your pocketbook, this package includes 150MB of diskspace and 3GB of monthly data transfer. Access to Microsoft Frontpage 2002, ASP v3.0, Microsoft XML 4.0SP2 is yours. You will also be able to add 25 POP3 email accounts and unlimited aliases/forwarders to get your personal email box online within no time.
Hostway also offers Linux or windows eCommerce solutions. Use the merchant manager tool, their complete shopping cart system, to customise look & feel, configure unlimited product categories that you define, track visitors & inventory in real-time, analyse 'hot-selling products' as well as your customer data, and send targeted newsletters. Starting at 18.95, this ecommerce bundle comes equipped with 300MB diskspace and 5GB of monthly traffic. Add $1 extra to the monthly cost for Windows hosting.
Support
Telephone and email support are available from Hostway. A live sales chat is available on the website for any pre-sales or support questions you might have and during normal buisness hours you can reach them by phone. Due to the high volume of support calls, telephone support is only available to members who sign up on the gold plan or above.
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