Web Hosting Services Compared
We're not shy. We went out and looked at a lot of web hosting services in an effort to set our pricing and develop a solid service for our customers. Below is what we hope is a basis for which to compare.

It seems that every service we found prices themselves differently. Some charge by the Storage MB or the Access MB or just by monthly rent. So we had to do some sleuthing. Storage Restriction (MB) is imposed to keep people from using the server as an additional hard drive. We can understand that, but feel you shouldn't be penalized for having a large site with lots of pictures or text files. We plan on the 'average' of our users space requirements and the good faith and 'fair use' of the Internet to carry us through. Access Restriction (MB) is imposed to keep network traffic down on popular spots. It is measured by the month. It's more like a use tax. If you're a heavy user, you pay more. Again, we think most user accesses will be 'normal.' But then again, we have a massive connection to the Internet, so we can afford to offer unlimited access to our (abnormal) customers.

Criteria
We began by pricing a small business site in the 10-15 MB range. The services below provide a separate category of service called 'web space rental' or 'web hosting.' A service can also specialize by being a 'presence provider' or 'hosting service'. That way, we don't get into comparing ISPs (Internet Service Providers) who package web space with connectivity. If you can get free space with aol, msn, compuserve, prodigy or other commercial venture, great. If you do get free space, then any service on this list probably isn't the place for your personal web page.

We want to hear from you. This list will continue to grow with everyone's input. So if in your Internet travels you come across a service that sells server space, please tell us. Also, if your service wants to be listed here (or needs updating), feel free to to use our form.

About the table:
All prices by Month (except set-up fee and unless noted). Prices do not include excluding VAT at 17.5% See below for Notes.

Name of Provider	Set-up Fee	Rent	Storage Included	Extra Space	Traffic Included	Extra Traffic	Notes:	Last Updated:
PhutureNet	£50	£25	unlimited	not applicable	unlimited	not applicable	2, 13	1st August 1996
Demon	£50	£5 per MB	--	£1 per MB over 75MB	unclear	unclear	--	1st August 1996
U-net	£50	£25	5MB	£5 per MB up to 100MB, £1 per MB over 100MB	unclear	unclear	--	1st August 1996
Netlink	none	£99 per year	5MB	£79 for 5 MB per year	unclear	unclear	--	1st August 1996
Cityscape	none but see notes	£50 per MB per year	--	£50 per MB per year up to 5MB, £40 per MB per year 6MB to 25MB, £12 per MB per year over 25MB	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Total Web Solutions	none	£79 per year	5MB	£69 for 5MB per year	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Easy IT	none	£30 per quarter	1MB	unclear	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Activeweb	none	£5	1MB	2MB £8, 5MB £12, 10MB £25, 15MB £35, £10 per 5MB thereafter	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Catech Web Illusions	none	£5	1MB	2MB £8, 5MB £12, 10MB £25, 15MB £35, £10 per 5MB thereafter	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
QNE	£62	£65 per year	5MB	£65 for 5MB per year	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
CyberLinx Web Design	£35 - £100	£5 per MB	--	£5 per MB	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Frontier Internet Services	£25	£250 per year	15MB	unclear	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996
Active Internet Designs	none	£80 per year	5MB	£80 for 5MB per year	unclear	unclear	-	1st August 1996

Included Notes:
1. Virtual Domain included
2. Hit Tracking included
3. CGI support included
4. E-mail Account included
5. Not Self Service
6. Pre-configured Order form support
7. Domain Name Alias
8. Pre-Paid Only
9. HTML Programming and/or Search Engine Indexing included
10. Search Engine Annoucements
11. Secure (SSL, https) traffic included
12. Online time included
13. Image Map support

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