Fasthosts was founded in 1999 by Andrew Michael, originally as part of an A-Level school project, but it grew so rapidly he was able to sell it for £61.5 million (around $75 million) only seven years later. These days Fasthosts is owned by United Internet, the German parent company of 1&1, although the two companies maintain their own product ranges.
Fasthost’s shared hosting plans start with the baseline Ignite, priced at £2.50 ($3) plus VAT per month for year one, and £5 ($6) afterwards. This supports only one website using a maximum 10GB web space, but you do get a free one-year domain registration and some welcome bonuses elsewhere. Those added boons include unlimited 100MB mailboxes (you get 5 x 2GB accounts), unlimited email forwarders, unlimited FTP accounts, unlimited subdomains, and ‘OneClick’ installation of WordPress and other top apps. You can also tweak the package significantly during the signup process (more on that later).
The mid-range Momentum plan – priced at £7 ($8.50) plus VAT per month for the first year, £10 ($12) monthly afterwards – bumps up some of these allocations, with 20GB of web space, 20 x 1GB databases (up from 2), 100 x 2GB mailboxes and support for …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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