AN HOSTING REVIEW
AN discount web hosting, Inc. was founded in the beginning of 2001. Within a time span of only 4 years, it grew from an organization located in a small suburb of Chicago that no one knew about to a multi-million dollar budget web hosting company. Since then, AN discount web hosting has grown exponentially and now despite having only 3 offices in only 2 countries, with around 30 employees, it has a clientele of thousands of customers in more than 100 countries. However, they are still as humble as they were in the beginning and have not forgotten their roots.
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The AN discount web hosting Difference |
The Best Budget Web Hosting Experience
AN discount web hosting has always strived to deliver the ideal budget web hosting experience since it was founded. To achieve this objective, they offer a single all-inclusive plan with a remarkably high level of services. because of their state-of-the-art equipment and their excellent uptime history, they are able to offer a 99.9% guarantee to their customers.
AN budget web hosting offers 3 types of guarantees:
- 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
- 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
- 24/7 Phone & Email Support Guarantee
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Simplicity of Use - Control Panel |
AN discount web hosting offers the industry-leading control panel called MCC which is built on the Cpanel/WHM and includes Site Builder, Site Studio and their award winning WebMail. The Account Overview section of the control panel includes functions such as SiteStudio Manager, File Manager, Change Password, Disk usage and Backup. Next comes the Email & FTP section which includes Mail,
Webmail and
FTP Manager functions. The Domains & Stats menu has functions such as
Parked Domains,
Addon Domains,
Subdomains,
AwesomeStats,
Web/FTP Stats,
Raw Log Manager,
Raw Access Logs,
Error log,
Subdomain Stats and
Search Engine Submit features. Then comes the Advanced Tools section with functions such as Password Protect Directories,
Index Manager,
Error pages,
MySQL Databases,
Network Tools,
Redirects,
MIME Types,
Apache Handlers,
Frontpage Extensions,
Manage OpenPGP Keys,
HotLink Protection and
IP Deny Manager. To conclude with, the AN budget web hosting control panel is a highly sophisticated web site management tool.
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Packages Offered |
AN discount web hosting offers an all-inclusive budget web hosting package called Mega Plan which has plenty of diskspace, bandwidth and other features. However, if you want more diskspace and bandwidth resources, you can switch to their Mega Plan Plus for an additional $3/month.
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Package Summary |
Disk Space (Raid Storage) |
35,000 MB (35 GB) |
| Data Transfer / Bandwidth |
750 GB |
| Free Domain |
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| Domains Hosted |
10 |
| E-Mail Accounts |
unlimited |
| Autoresponders |
unlimited |
| MySQL Databases |
unlimited |
| Subdomains |
unlimited |
| Agora/OS Commerce Shopping Cart |
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| Cube Cart/Zen Cart Shopping Cart |
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| Uptime Guarantee |
99.9% |
| Money Back Guarantee |
30 Days |
| Purchase Price (1 Year Sign up) |
$6.95/month |
| Free Setup |
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Features vs. Cost Analysis |
The feature-to-price ratio of AN discount web hosting is very high (rather unmatched) as revealed by their Features vs. Cost analysis. For a low price of only $6.95/month, you get plenty of disk space (35 GB) and a huge 750 GB bandwidth per month. Plus you have the option of budget web hosting 10 web sites on 1 account. This type of a discount web hosting package is an ideal deal for webmasters who intend to lauch multiple web sites simultaneously as well as for those who need only 1 web site today and plan to lauch new sites in the future. The features list doesn't end here but goes on and on instead. You also get unlimited Email accounts, unlimited Autoresponders, unlimited MySQL Databases and unlimited Subdomains. The Ecommerce features offered by AN budget web hosting are the best in the industry for this price. You get Agora/OS Commerce Shopping Cart, Cube Cart/Zen Cart Shopping Cart plus Free Self-Signed SSL Certificates. Best of all, they offer 3 types of guarantees including a 99.9% uptime guarantee,
a 30 day money back guarantee and 24/7 Phone & Email Support guarantee. So you have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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Customer Support |
AN discount web hosting's indirect support options include a knowledgebase which can help you quickly find answers to your queries. If you are unable to resolve your problem through their help documentation, you may also contact them directly through MPCustomer. MPCustomer is AN budget web hosting's customer service, support and billing system featuring advanced reporting, easy E-mail and Ticket based interaction with their staff and is the fastest and the best way to upgrade your account, or request customer service. They also offer live chat support and toll-free telephone support at 866-643-7427. The support staff is very receptive to queries whether through email, phone or live chat.
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Money Back Guarantee |
AN discount web hosting understands that while they try very hard to provide the best service, sometimes they're just not for you. Therefore, they offer a no-questions-asked money back guarantee on their budget web hosting services. If you decide to cancel within the money back guarantee period of 30 days, you will receive a full refund less any setup fees, and domain registration, transfer or renewal costs (their market price for domain registration is $21.95 per year).
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Speed & Reliability |
AN discount web hosting leverages Equinix premium data center services for secure colocation; diverse, reliable and cost-effective IP connectivity; next-generation traffic exchange and peering; and managed outsourced IT infrastructure services for greater control, improved performance and lowered costs for their network and Internet operations. Considering their premium infrastructure and network facilities, we can easily conclude that their reliability as well as speed are beyond question. Secondly they offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee which firmly establishes their credibility.
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Conclusion |
AN discount web hosting is a rock-solid, highly reliable and budget web hosting provider whose best selling discount web hosting package Mega Plan has been enticing customers for years. They have been in business for about 6 years and hold many accolades the best of which is the CNET User Recommended Award. They are member of the BBB Online Reliability Program which firmly establishes their credibility and ethical business practices. Go with AN budget web hosting and you will never like to switch to another web host, guaranteed.
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