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herc · 01-08-2004, 07:35 PM

I know people are forever looking for free webspace for their sites, or simply a place to host pictures. 1 and 1 is an established company trying to break into small business/home hosting. They are offering 3 years of service for FREE is you sign up before Jan 21st.
This is a c&p from a letter:
Before launching their full range of products in early 2004, 1&1 Internet is offering a unique pre-launch promotion. Sign up today and you'll enjoy the fully featured Professional Package FREE for 3 years!
1&1 is the world's #1 web host, with over 2.5 million customers. They have industry leading connectivity & Data Centers, cutting edge features like the latest all-inclusive e-commerce & CRM, and a superb support team.

Here are the details:
Website/Connectivity:

* Hosted on I/O optimized own 1&1 Linux version
* 500 MB web space
* 5,000 MB/month traffic ($.99 per GB for additional traffic)
* No limits on simultaneous hits/bandwidth
* Protected by firewall
* Daily backups of your website
* 99.9% Uptime guarantee

Website features:

* Advanced live site statistics, log files, ready-to-run CGI-library, own CGI programming (Perl, Python), FrontPage 2002 extensions
* Advanced Password Protection
* 5 FTP accounts
* PHP3 & PHP4
* MySQL
* Proxy SSL Secure Server
* Cron Jobs
* SSH Secure Shell Access
* Advanced Developer Tools

CRM/E-commerce:

* WebElements
* Newsletter Tool
* One-on-one online dialogue
* Turn-key web database applications
* Chats
* Forums

Domain names:

* Register or transfer .com/.net/.org/.info for just $5.99/year
* 50 subdomains (e.g., shop.yourDomain.com)
* Point up to 100 external domain names to 1&1

Applications:

* Free template loaded online WebsiteCreator
* Free full version of Fusion 7, search engine registration, ranking, optimization
* Total software worth $300
* 1&1 Control Panel

E-mail handling:

* 50 POP3 e-mail accounts (50 MB each)
* Catch-all e-mail addresses
* Auto-responders, unlimited forwarding.
* 1&1 Advanced WebMail
* Symantec virus scanner

Support:

* 1&1 Express support by e-mail

DH is a member of several "geek" sites, and they have all poured over the fine print, and there really isn't a catch. Daomin registration is also SUPER cheap through them-- 5.99 I believe. I f you want to just use the space for pics and such, you don't even have to register a domain-- they assign one to you. If you want to use it just to host pics and such, I reccomend downloading a program like ftp commander to upload your pics. It is free and easy to use

If you need help setting things up, or have questions (or need some web design done

) lmk!
heather

edited to add link

www.1and1.com Also I haven't had any problems at all with them.. no downtime. etc. Anyway, I hope this helps someone!

angelbaby · 01-08-2004, 07:44 PM

WHOA~ I need something cheaper than what I am using (picturetrail) and that has more space. Thanks!

angelbaby · 01-08-2004, 07:46 PM

Wait...do u have the web address?

ReeseMomma · 01-08-2004, 07:49 PM

www.1and1.com

I use them and so far I've not had any problems.

tits4tots · 01-08-2004, 07:49 PM

link please

Pixie's~Mama · 01-08-2004, 08:32 PM

Okay, this is the second time today I have seen this (well 3 times if I count your reply to my other post, Heather! LOL).

So, who's used it? I think Teddy might have mentioned that their cpanel is a little slow to load? Or was that something else? Nonetheless, I'm looking into it.

Thanks Heather!!!

treecitydiapers · 01-08-2004, 09:26 PM

I've been using them for about 2 months with no problems at all!

herc · 01-08-2004, 09:27 PM

i have used it, even on a few sites I have designed. Their control panel was a little slow for me one day, but it was 2 days after it was posted on a LOT of "geek" boards, so I imagine the traffic was insane. Oh and by slow I mean 30 secs MAYBE (I have a cable modem). Since then I haven't had any trouble, and hey, its free, so I figure what can it hurt to sign up for the space... it is nice to have extra webspace to use for whatever.. and who knows what I will want to do with it in three years

heather

momgoddess · 01-08-2004, 11:15 PM

Well, I don't get it. I signed up and then waited for them to call to give me my PIN and it never happened. So then I emailed them telling them that I never got my pin because they kept emailing me reminding me to use it, but I never got it. So then they emailed me a link to do it all over again, so I did and once again they never called to give me my PIN so I emailed them to let them know and never heard another thing again.

MammaMel · 01-08-2004, 11:40 PM

I signed up last time this was posted, have been real happy with it. I bought a domain name too, so far it has been very easy to use.