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ANhosting
is our
# 10
pick for a number of
reasons. They have
been in the industry
since 2001 and host
over 150,000 domain
names. Their hosting
package is designed
to fit everyone and
has decent
allocations of disk
space, bandwidth and
even domains
hosted... AN
Hosting's "One Size
Fits All" package
supports up to 40
domain names! AN
Hosting offers 24/7
phone, e-mail and
live chat support --
with a live chat
button on every page
of their site. They
use high performance
multi-processor
servers with RAID
arrays to keep your
data safe. |
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Reliability |
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AN
Hosting
is
able
to
provide
a
very
stable
and
reliable
environment
due
to
its
use
of
top-of-the-line
hardware.
Most
of
AN
Hosting's
shared
servers
are
Dual
Dual-Core
Xeon
servers
with
a
minimum
of 8
GB
of
RAM.
Servers
run
RAID-5
using
SATA
drives
to
provide
for
additional
data
redundancy
and
stability.
AN
Hosting
keeps
weekly
full
backups
and
daily
incremental
backups
of
every
shared
account
they
host,
and
can
restore
backups
in
under
three
hours
compared
to
Cpanel's
backup
restoration
procedure
that
usually
takes
12-24
hours
for
a
complete
server
by
using
their
own
backup
technology.
The
last
cool
thing
about
AN
Hosting
is
their
network.
AN
Hosting
has
an
extremely
diverse
network
comprised
of
Level
3,
AboveNet,
BandCon,
SC
Net
and
numerous
other
providers.
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Price
Value |
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AN Hosting offers a
unique pricing plan
which allows you to
select your own monthly
rate. You can commit to
one, two, three and four
year packages and prices
range from $7.95/month
to $5.95/month. Unlike
many other hosting
companies, regardless of
what term you select, AN
Hosting never charges
setup fees. |
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Control
Panel |
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AN
Hosting
uses
a
customized
version
of
Cpanel
as
its
control
panel.
Cpanel
is
cool
because
almost
every
other
hosting
company
uses
it,
and
if
you
are
considering
moving
hosts
it
makes
transfering
your
site
to
AN
Hosting
easy.
Transfer
Customers
vs.
New
Customers
-
ANHosting
offers
free
domain
registration
or
transfer
for
all
customers.
For
transfer
clients
(clients
moving
from
another
hosting
company)
AN
Hosting
will
do
the
transfer
for
them
manually
making
sure
everything
is
moved
properly. |
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Customer
Support |
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AN
Hosting
really
shines
in
this
area.
Average
ticket
response
time
is
under
20
minutes.
Phone
hold
times
are
usually
under
10
minutes
when
it
is
busy,
and
non-existant
during
off-hours.
They
answered
their
phone
at
all
hours
of
the
night
when
we
tested
them.
AN
Hosting
offers
24/7
phone,
e-mail
and
live
chat
support
--
with
a
live
chat
button
on
every
page
of
their
site. |
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Summary: |
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AN Hosting is a good
hosting provider if you
are looking for
moderatly priced
packages that have a
huge range of features
and quality support.
They are a subsidiary of
much larger midPhase
Services, Inc. which
hosts over 200,000
domains. It is important
to point out what the
package AN Hosting is
offering says about
them. They clearly
understand the business
and understand how to
properly balance disk
space allocation with
server capability. They
also answer their phone,
respond to their E-mails
and pick up the live
chat requests quickly.
Overall, we have no
issue recommending AN
Hosting as one of our
top 10 hosting
providers. |
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