Absolutus.com specializes in providing fast and reliable low cost linux web hosting services. All packages feature control panel access, CGI-BIN, PHP4, MySQL, Frontpage support, and come with no set-up fees, plus the reassurance of a 30 day money back guarantee. Certainly worth exploring.

DartServers offers an incredibly affordable Linux-based hosting service. Their entry-level package includes 150MB of storage space and 5GB of monthly transfer for only $4.75/month (billed quarterly). A 300MB/10GB professional-level account is available for $8.25/month. Payments are accepted via credit card or PayPal.

eHosting.com hand-holds their users through the development process to ensure that they make the most of their affordable web presence. Their package is offered for $24.95/month, with a 14 day trial period, and grants you access to a variety of tools aimed at increasing the functionality of your website.

FutureQuest offers affordable hosting packages, and is well-renowned for the superior support that they offer. Well worth exploring.

Get Better Web Hosting provides a high level of service and reliability, while maintaining package prices that are more than reasonable. Hosting is available on both unix and NT platforms, with prices starting from just $9.95/month.

GoDaddy is not only the cheapest domain name registrar around, but offers budget NT-based hosting for just $9.95/month.

HostRocket.com present 200MB hosting accounts, complete with a hefty 10GB data transfer for only $9.95/month with no contracts. All accounts are equipped with PHP4, MYSQL, CGI, and SSH support.

Hunt Hosting is the affordable, fast, and friendly choice for your web site hosting needs. What's more, they're presently offering new clients their first month of hosting at no cost.

Lifetime-WebHosting.com makes the claim of offering lifetime web hosting for one fixed fee, starting as low as $12. The lower-grade plans are supported through banner advertising, while the professional level accounts offer banner-free hosting and a far greater range of features. This is an novel business model, and has obviously yet to be proven long-term. Nevertheless, experimental types may find these packages worthwhile.

Liquid Web supports one main account, but it is a doozy. For just $24.95/month, you may gain a 500MB unix domain account, complete with a massive 30GB transfer allowance, unlimited FtP, unlimited email and unlimited subdomains - all managed through a web-based control panel. What's more, Liquid Web will pay for your domain name registration. Though I haven't used LW personally, there feature list is without comparison, and makes this service worthy of exploration.

NTfinity.com offers free domains and crazy hosting prices for those who require a server driven by the Windows 2000 operating system. Based in the UK, their prices range from £4.16 to £12.49 per month.

Perfect Presence offer both webhosting and e-commerce solutions for online merchants. Perfect Presence's hosting packages are appealing for their rich selection of features, and high bandwidth allowance on their Unix accounts. Prices range from $8.95/month (50MB space/2GB traffic), through to $39.95/month (800MB/25GB). Perfect Presence also offer discount domain registration at $15/year.

Premium-Host.com offers a high quality, low client to server ratio environment. Their pricing is very reasonable, considering the quality of service and the low number of accounts supported by each server. Both budget-minded novices and resource-demanding pros will find a suitable solution here.

Spunkyworld.com has been serving up low-cost virtual hosting accounts for several years. Their most popular package includes domain name support, 500MB web space, 50 POP3 email accounts, 1000 email forwarders, Frontpage extensions, Java chat, RealAudio support, FTP, secure telnet (SSH), PHP 4.0, MySQL and more - all for $29.95/month.

Team Internet are a European-based host that offer a free domain name registration process, along with basic hosting accounts starting from just 5euro/month (about $US4/month).

Web2010.com claims to be "The world's largest webhosting network!" - and they very likely are. With feature-laden packages starting at $19.99/month, complete with Miva, SSL, unlimited POP accounts and a dedicated IP address, they offer a great deal for a moderate price. One of my sites, N3XUS Online Games is hosted at Web2010, and I only have praise for the firm's service and support.

Your-Site Hosting is a reliable and long-established web host providing domain name accounts complete with 50 megs of diskspace, a massive 6GB of transfer, 25 mail accounts, Frontpage support, raw logfile access, a fully-functional CGI-bin, and unlimited FTP and telnet access - all for only $5.00/month, with free setup (for a limited time only).

Still confused? The following links will direct you to sites whose sole purpose is to inform Web users about the benefits and hassles presented by various hosting companies:

• Dedicated-Hosting.com - Locate reliable dedicated boxes, colocation facilities and managed services to take your web presence to the next level.
   
  
• HOSTconnections - A dynamic directory of the best web hosting packages available.
   
  
• Hosting-Forums.com - Discuss web hosting products and services with other web developers, and with representatives from several major hosting companies.

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