AN Hosting Review

AN Hosting was part of the midPhase family for a while, but both were acquired by UK2 in late 2007. Since then, they are equal siblings in the UK2 family, with AN Hosting occupying the single-plan niche. They give the same solid service and reliability that you’d get from [#%0#2]midPhase[/#%0#2], but with the simplicity of a one-plan-fits-all approach. In general, I like one-plan hosts as most multi-tiered plans seem to overly favor on level anyway. If you are considering [#%0#3]midPhase[/#%0#3], you should look at AN Hosting as well (and vice versa) as both are worthy hosts.

Shared Hosting

AN Hosting’s one plan (the “Mega” plan) is a shared Unix hosting plan. It comes with generous storage and transfer allowances, [#%0#4]midPhase[/#%0#4]’s trademark “free domain for life,” unlimited MySQL database, and the ability to host up to 20 domains in one package.

The Mega plan gives you the Fantastico script library, SiteStudio for quick site construction, Agora cart and osCommerce for ecommerce, Ruby on Rails, and plenty of other amenities. Add in SpamAssassin and unlimited emails and this plan becomes quite appealing for the multisite webmaster.

Support

Since AN Hosting and [#%0#5]midPhase[/#%0#5] are both part of the UK2 family of hosting services, you get the same high quality service you’d exapct from the better known [#%0#6]midPhase[/#%0#6]. To quote from our [#%0#7]midPhase[/#%0#7] review:

midPhase has a solid support record, with average ticket and telephone supports times below 15 minutes. I think this is their best selling point, regardless of how attractive their features are. If you’ve tried some other “bargain” hosts, you know that these times can be orders of magnitude larger, which is just painful when your site has a problem. They also have an online support forum where you can converse with other customers.

Customer Testimonials

• “The service from ANHosting reps has been the best I have ever seen from any company. My questions were answered almost instantaneously, and my problems solved just as fast. Thanks for the great service!” — Irvin S.
• “Thank you so much for that ! I dreaded the thought of having to set all that up. I will be recommending your services to all I know as I am completely blown away with the sturdy response and also the great assistance I have received so far.” — Terence N.
• “You have always been fast, you have always gone beyond my expectations as a service provider. Thank you. You are also very patient (for people who don’t know much about these things) which is another plus.” — Earl M.

What AN Hosting Says

AN Hosting was born in early 2001 as a small, two-man shop in a basement office near Chicago. That changed quickly as the company grew and progressed over time. In 2005 AN Hosting was acquired by [#%0#8]midPhase[/#%0#8], and now collectivly hosting over 150,000 domain names on a network of over 1,000 servers supported by true 24/7 phone, E-mail and live chat tech support.

AN Hosting is proud to be recommended by numerous open source projects including WordPress, Mambo, Sub Dreamer, b2evolution and others. AN Hosting’s parent company, [#%0#9]midPhase[/#%0#9] Services, Inc., is a member of the Chicago BBB and the BBB OnLine program. AN Hosting hosts more blogs than anyone else, hosting tens of thousands of independent blogs. AN Hosting has won numerous awards for customer service and support.

We know that YOU are most likely coming from a bad hosting experience. We’re good at just one thing: keeping your website online and smiling.

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www.anhosting.com