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 Review by doa 
Posted: 3.3 years ago
member for 8.2 years, 1316 visits, last login: 12 days ago
 Baldwin,Nassau,NY
 $9 per month
 about 3 days
 "Very cheap 10GB on web space up to five domains"
 "Very cheap"
 "Very cheap, lots of space NOT for a business to use"
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1and1.com is cheap, keep that in mind before you move to them. You get what you pay for.
I moved over to 1and1 from hosting my own server.
I wanted a place for store pictures and more. Wife has a small business and it works great for that. I did a a pro package for a very cheap price 9.99 a month for 10GB of storage and Five domains.
If you run a big business and do not know if you want to move over to 1and1.com
If you are looking for a place to run a website with lots of space, then 1and1 maybe for you.
They have five domains and email for all five domains. I use IMAP for the email. I do not use there exchange server. (too much money) IMAP maybe a little slow, but I do not have to do any of the work.
In a nut shell, You get what you pay for.
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 Review by Nymostwanted
Posted: 3.4 years ago
member for 5.4 years, 1493 visits, last login: 7 days ago
New York,New York,NY
$1 per month (6 month contract)
about 1 days
"Pricing!"
"WebsiteBuilder could use some modifications"
"Good for beginners"
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My dad and I were bored. So we decided to start a new website. We didn't want something fancy or expensive. I logged in BBR and asked around. 1&1 was the one that stood out both in pricing and what met my needs.
We ordered the package with a free domain and that same day we were adding content to the web site
The Website builder is a great tool as it allows HTML-illiterate people set up a site and add content. Sometimes the Web Site builder can get hard to use, as it locks up or there is some other difficulty.
I've never had no problems with the site actually being DOWN.
In conclusion, if you are questioning whether to start a small home-home office website, this is the definite choice for you.
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 Review by yock
Posted: 3.4 years ago
member for 9 years, 4927 visits, last login: 9 days ago
Fairfield,Butler,OH
$10 per month (3 month contract)
"Respectable uptime."
"Key services are a bit outdated.Tech support is slow."
"They're a solid host, but right now there are better choices."
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I guess you could say that, given my level of entrenchment, I am content with 1and1. They host several domains of mine which run several applications, so migration wouldn't exactly be easy should I find a webhost that fulfills what I'm missing.
1and1 is behind the times when it comes to their facilities. Apache 1.3.x, MySQL 4.0.x, and PHP 4 are still the standard fare for all shared hosting accounts. You can request that PHP5 be enabled on yoru account, but you are stuck with the latter two. What really tempers my praise for them is MySQL. As technology progresses and web software takes further advantage of database technology, 1and1 users are left in the dust stuck on a server 3 point releases behind the current supported release. It is true that this won't affect most people who only care to install PHPBB and go, but it will likely affect developers who need a DB that supports stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries.
It wouldn't be much of a review if I only stated my disappointments. I am rather impressed with 1and1's uptime. Aside from a 5-minute database hiccup on or around June 2nd, I haven't had any memorable availability problems whatsoever in more than a year of service.
I suppose I can still recommend 1and1. If you have only basic needs and want a cheap host with lots of storage and bandwidth, they're right up your alley; however, I cannot recommend 1and1 for aspiring web developers and hobbyists like myself.
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 Review by fegul
Posted: 3.7 years ago
member for 5.2 years, 2035 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Littleton,Arapahoe,CO
Contract price not specified.
"PHP and MySQL in the Basic Package, Price is great"
"Slow support, sites can be a little slow depending on package"
"Great for the money, Paying a little extra can be a good thing though"
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The price is great for PHP and MySQL support, however the basic packages are oversold and they're trying to host too many sites on one server. Other than that, its pretty good, the web interface is clean, and easy to manage. I would reccomend it for the basic site and business site so long as you don't try to skim by with a cheaper package to save money.
Also, the e-mail side is a little slow and could use some work.
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Review by ohbrother1
Posted: 3.8 years ago
member for 3.8 years, 0 visits, last login: 3.8 years ago
Albany,Albany,NY
Contract price not specified.
"price (if your time is worth 2¢ an hour)"
"everything"
"absolute crooks - DON'T give them your c/c number"
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watch out. hidden Auto-Renewal policy (try to not renew)
phone billing first to see if you can even get through.
DON'T give them your c/c number
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Review by skout
Posted: 3.8 years ago
member for 3.8 years, 0 visits, last login: 3.8 years ago
Clarksville,Howard,MD
 Business customer
$9 per month
"solid theory of a business model"
"bad concept in practice"
"run screaming. now or later, you're going to, eventually."
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We switched to 1&1 after having problems with our previous host, and the problems vanished.... for a while.
Email was delayed here and there by a few hours, but it wasn't perpetual until about 3 months into things. Last Thursday, their email servers went into a permanent delayed status, at least during the days, six days later, things have only gotten worse. Now we're experiencing dropped emails, inaccessible mailboxes, and the incompetent technical support 1&1 is famed for.
Anyone who works in the tech business has to be used to dealing with foreign tech support. It's generally bad.. but you can usually get something accomplished. Not so with 1&1. Their current "support staff", when they do answer, has obviously been placed there only to handle the slew of calls from people wanting to know why they haven't been able to get to their emails for SIX DAYS. There is no attempt to explain the problem, no attempt to find out a status, much less give one.
I am putting my own mail server up. I figure if it stays up one day a week, I'm doing better than the "best" in the business, right?
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 Review by gigahurtz
Posted: 4 years ago
member for 8.1 years, 2405 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Palm Coast,Flagler,FL
$5 per month (6 month contract)
about 1 days
"everything - fast servers, excellent customer service, low prices"
"none"
"great web hosting company..."
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I have used 1&1 for ALL of my web hosting/domain registering needs and it's been great. Go with them and don't look back.
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 Review by TouringComet
UPDATED: 4 years ago
member for 5.3 years, 577 visits, last login: 23 days ago
Los Angeles,Los Angeles,CA
$5 per month (6 month contract)
about 1 days
"no setup fee, no extra cost for private domain registration"
"none"
"easy to set up, great value"
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Update 11/23 - A good deal is now even better, 10 Gig of storage and 500 Gig monthly bandwidth, for the same $5/mo price. If you don't need the space, there is a new lower tier for only $3/mo.
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I had set up a couple of small websites using my ISP's personal web hosting facility, but needed more space to host videos, plus finally decided to get a domain name. Compared a few web hosting companies, and liked what 1&1 offered. I was a little worried about what all was involved to get it setup, but I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to do with 1&1. Just filled out a couple of screens of online forms, and waited for the domain name registration. Did the order in the morning, and by that evening, I was FTP'ing my content up to my new website. So far, there have been no problems, and I am a very satisfied customer. Thanks, 1&1!
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 Review by lizzi555
Posted: 4 years ago
member for 4.6 years, 1063 visits, last login: 88 days ago
Germany
$10 per month (12 month contract)
about 14 days
"reliable service"
"no cost free hotline"
"one of the better providers in Germany"
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I have a flatrate with ADSL 576/6016. There are no port limitations.
Since 3 years there was no major problems only when I moved I had to contact the support.
1&1 Germany is a reseller of the german telecom so I don't know who caused the delay of configuring my Account.I got my new connection two days after the date mentioned by 1&1.
They offer a lot of additional services as web-hosting which I can't evaluate.
My opinion for German DSL users: A good Provider - I can only recommend.
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Review by FeldBum
Posted: 4 years ago
member for 5.6 years, 13 visits, last login: 4 years ago
New York,New York,NY
Contract price not specified. (36 month contract)
about 1 days
"Very Cheap, Good Domain Management"
"Occassional Outages, Web Tools are not Robust"
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1and1 stands out as having some of the cheapest business hostings packages available. I got in on the free 3-year hosting package, and currently host about 50 sites on that package.
Domain names are cheap, and it is easy to host multiple domains in your package. Otherwise, the web tools are not up to par, and the webmail client is awful and terribly slow. If you use Outlook or an email client, you should be fine.
1and1 is plagues by occassional outages and email problems. Issues are usually resolved in about a full day.
Amazing for the price.
-Eli Feldblum
VP, Mapau Bingo
»www.mapaubingo.com
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