HostGator Web Hosting

HostGator (HostGator.com) has become one of the better known web hosts in the industry simply by being an overall great web hosting company. Though nothing they do is completely spectacular or unbelievable, they really provide reliable and competitive web hosting solutions. That is, HostGator actually answers their phones when you call them, promptly replies to their emails, responds to all live chat requests, doesn’t rip you off, provides quality hosting and overall treats their customers the way they should be treated. It’s actually quite sad that most hosts can’t seem to get these things right, but it’s great for HostGator as their focus on the needs of the individual customer has translated in to phenomenal success for their company.

At first glance, HostGator is nothing about HostGator the really catches your eye. Their website is fairly generic. They believe they have an average logo and a lame slogan - “we eat up the competition” (the alligator in the logo is eating the "H"), ordinary text copy on their website, an apparent lack of regular updates on their site, a pretty standard ModernBill setup, a generic cPanel, and basically everything an average web host has.

However, that’s what so extraordinary about HostGator. They don’t have too many bells and whistles or marketing ploys like their competitors. What you see is exactly what you get - they keep their offer simple, direct and competitive in all regards. HostGator doesn't shove marketing down your throat at every page and they have a simple billing process. The order process takes about 5 minutes and HostGator accepts both credit cards and PayPal (which is always nice), as well as debit cards.

Reliability
Choosing Host Gator means that your sites will be accessible via a fully meshed and redundant Certified Cisco Network featuring 10 backbone providers. These providers include:

UUNet (GigE)
Sprint (GigE)
Global Crossing (GigE)
Level 3 (GigE)
Verio (GigE)
AT&T (GigE)
Broadwing (GigE)
Time Warner (GigE)
Allegiance Telecom (2 x GigE)
AboveNet (2 x GigE)

Data Center
Host Gator has chosen The Planet to provide its customers with superior network connectivity with minimal downtime. Their data center is located in Dallas, Texas, and boasts over 35,000 square feet of raised floor space featuring state-of-the-art safety, security, and cooling systems and is second-to-none in the web hosting industry. The following are just of few of the features of their data center:

(21) 26-ton Data Air AC units
Over 500 smoke detectors in an integrated system
Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system
Simplex security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility
Multiple TXU electrical grids
3 main transfer switches
4800 volts of input power
1-megawatt generator (2000-gallon tank)
1.5-megawatt generator (2200-gallon tank)
DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

Overall Impression
Overall HostGator is simple yet high quality web hosting company.

HostGator Web Hosting Packages

SHARED HOSTING	PRICE	HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES	WEBSITE
Hatchling	Monthly - $6.95 Setup - FREE	3.5 GB Diskspace 50 GB Bandwidth Unlimited MySQL Databases Unlimited Email CGI, PHP4 or 5, Perl, Python, etc. cPanel with Fantastico E-Commerce Ready Web Statistics more details...	Visit Site
Baby	Monthly - $9,95 Setup - FREE	5 GB Diskspace 75 GB Bandwidth Unlimited MySQL Databases Unlimited Email CGI, PHP4 or 5, Perl, Python, etc. cPanel with Fantastico E-Commerce Ready Web Statistics more details...	Visit Site
Swamp	Monthly - $14.95 Setup - FREE	10 GB Diskspace 100 GB Bandwidth Unlimited MySQL Databases Unlimited Email CGI, PHP4 or 5, Perl, Python, etc. cPanel with Fantastico E-Commerce Ready Web Statistics more details...	Visit Site
Semi Dedicated	Monthly - $74.95 Setup - FREE	25 GB Diskspace 500 GB Bandwidth Unlimited MySQL Databases Unlimited Email CGI, PHP4 or 5, Perl, Python, etc. cPanel with Fantastico E-Commerce Ready Web Statistics more details...	Visit Site
DEDICATED SERVERS	PRICE	HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES	WEBSITE
Basic	Monthly - $174 Setup - FREE	2.8 GHz Pentium 4 Processor 1024 MB DDR Memory 80 GB Hard Drive 1500 GB Bandwidth 5 IP Addresses 24/7 Support Unlimited Domains Unlimited Email Extensive Software Tools and Features more details...	Visit Site
Standard	Monthly - $219 Setup - FREE	1024MB DDR Memory 80 GB SATA 1500 GB Bandwidth 5 IP Addresses 24/7 Support Unlimited Domains Unlimited Email Extensive Software Tools and Features more details...	Visit Site
Elite	Monthly - $279 Setup - FREE	3.6GHz Pentium 4 Processor 1024MB DDR Memory 2x80 GB SATA 1500 GB Bandwidth 5 IP Addresses 24/7 Support Unlimited Domains Unlimited Email Extensive Software Tools and Features more details...	Visit Site
Pro	Monthly - $374 Setup - FREE	Dual 2.4GHz Xeons Processor 4096 MB DDR Memory 2x73 GB SCSI 1500 GB Bandwidth 5 IP Addresses 24/7 Support Unlimited Domains Unlimited Email Extensive Software Tools and Features more details...	Visit Site

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