Small businesses and personal users

Gloucester: Small businesses and personal users alike could benefit from a new line of web hosting packages launched by the UK’s largest web hosting provider, Fasthosts Internet Ltd. The new solutions are unique to the market in coupling large quotas of web space and professional quality web building features with unlimited website traffic. The facility for unlimited traffic is of particular value to online businesses and websites that attract high numbers of visitors.

(1.5GB web space), Fasthosts’ new range of packages, priced from £3.99/month+VAT, comprises the Home web hostingDeveloper web hosting (4GB web space) and Business web hosting packages (10GB web space). Every package features a powerful new SiteBuilder tool, which enables a user to build an impressive website within minutes. With generous technical allowances, the plans are ideal for web professionals. Even the entry-level Home package includes some 5 x 1GB mailboxes and 5 FTP accounts. On the Developer package upwards, the MySQL databases provided are the latest Version 5.0.

The company remains at the forefront of Microsoft Hosting technology, with its Windows Developer web hosting and Windows Business packages including ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. All web hosting packages are available in both Linux and MS formats at an equivalent price, an approach unique to Fasthosts.

Fasthosts’ unlimited website traffic on all shared hosting means no caps or extra fees to pay that could limit traffic to hosted websites. Unlimited traffic provides peace of mind to businesses or users who experience higher levels of traffic or fluctuations in visitors throughout the year. For small to medium sized enterprises, the ability to accept unlimited website visitors at times of high demand is essential for capitalising on peak consumer spending periods.

Mark Jeffries, CTO Fasthosts Internet, said “Our new range of shared hosting plans delivers professional features at an affordable price. The unlimited traffic promise allows our users to focus on attracting as many website visitors as possible”.

All Fasthosts web hosting customers also receive a free £50 Microsoft adCenter voucher enabling them to advertise their website on Microsoft Windows Live Search. Microsoft adCenter is an easy pay-per-click online advertising system, designed to increase traffic to websites and boost sales. The new solutions are intended to offer an ideal, no-risk introduction to search marketing and include Microsoft adCenter’s excellent free customer support.

Jeffries added that Fasthosts, “Will continue to provide our customers with the latest tools to give their websites the best possible chance on the Web”.

As the ’s largest web host, Fasthosts offers a comprehensive range of the latest web solutions including domain name registration, MailPlus and Exchange email solutions, shared web hosting, dedicated servers, online payment services, reseller web hosting and feature-rich broadband packages.