FirstDedicated to Launch Low Cost Hosting Service

November 8, 2005; 10:14 AM

London, 08 October 2005 - FirstDedicated Data Communications has announced its launch into the UK small business and consumer hosting market, offering a range of low cost Linux Root Servers. FirstDedicated Ltd is offering unbeatable specifications at highly competitive prices. Customers are being offered a FirstEntry Root Server with 2000GB of bandwidth for £39.95 + VAT a month.

Established in 2002 and based in Hannover, Germany, FirstDedicated is one of the leading internet service providers in Europe. Its Linux Root Server offerings take advantage of the latest automation technologies, and provide customers with high levels of bandwidth and disk space, ensuring that customers always receive high levels of performance.

"These servers are designed to be an excellent value alternative for individuals and SMEs alike in the UK. Our flexible back end systems allow users to take complete control of server management with minimum fuss," said Daniel Rink, director, FirstDedicated "These servers are excellent value and users will benefit from a network infrastructure and expertise that is second to none."

Users will have access to the Customer Control Centre which contains all the administrative tools and information for running the server, including billing and invoices, domain or account configuration, backup policy and IP address management, and a handy multiple domain admininstrator called PDadmin. The flexible back end systems also allow customers to restart, or even re-install
their servers to a default configuration, at any time at the click of a mouse.

In addition to this, customers are able to chose from a variety of Linux distributions such as such as Debian, Gentoo and Fedora as their core OS, offering a wider range of distributions than other competitors in the same marketplace.

FirstDedicated is also offering backup functionality, by providing customers with the choice of making an external backup on their systems. Using software that can be installed and configured directly onto the customer's server, 10GB's worth of data can be safely backed up on FirstDedicated's systems for only £2.99 per month.

Customers joining now will be able to try FirstDedicated's services free of charge for two months.

FirstDedicated Data Communications
Established in 2002, FirstDedicated Data Communications is amongst the most modern internet service providers in Europe. London-based FirstDedicated is now delivering its successful recipe of reliable, low-cost dedicated hosting services to the UK consumer and small business market. FirstDedicated clients benefit from innovative software technologies that are developed in conjunction
with some of the most respected companies in the internet sector, whilst also drawing on the substantial resources of the FirstHop Group, headquartered in Hannover.