1&1 Unveils Ten-Times-Faster Flat Rate for Dedicated Servers

26th September 2005, London: 1&1 Internet Ltd, the world’s largest web hosting provider by known servers, today unveiled its latest generation of dedicated server packages bringing to the UK market a remarkable 100MBit connection speed with no traffic bills. Users enjoy the full power of 1&1’s server network connection which is 10 times faster than its nearest competitor.  Priced from £49/month (excl. VAT), the servers combine impressive performance and value, and are well placed to drive the UK market.

1&1’s unique 100MBit flat rate delivers key enhancements to the user experience including the ability to perform an internal back up at full speed and greatly enhanced simultaneous use of the server.  Users now also benefit from the full power of their server hardware without the worry of traffic bills.

1&1’s new range of dedicated servers comprises the Business Server I (80GB), priced from £49/month (excl. VAT), Business Server II (120GB), priced from £89/month (excl. VAT), and the Enterprise Server (2 x 200 GB SATA Raid1), priced from £129/month (excl. VAT).  All servers are available in Root, Managed or Windows configurations.

Andreas Gauger, CEO 1&1 Internet said, ‘Our new generation dedicated server packages bring the UK market ten times the connection speed currently offered.  1&1 delivers the reliability, scalability and availability users should demand at an unbeatable price and we will continue to push these boundaries’.

Further enhancements to the 1&1 dedicated server range include a free FTP back-up space.  This highly redundant high-end back-up facility provides a further 50% of the hard disk space and is accessed directly from the server.  The feature provides extra safety for data and comes at no extra cost.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Ltd visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk

About 1&1 Internet Ltd

1&1 Internet Ltd based in Slough, west of London, is Europe's No.1 web hosting and domain name registration company. 1&1 Internet Ltd is the UK arm of 1&1 Internet AG based in Germany (a subsidiary of United Internet Group, a public company of some 4,700 employees). 1&1 was established in 1992 and employs 1,700 people. It currently holds over 4 million British, German, French, Austrian and US customer contracts and serves over 5 million domain names at its 32,000 server strong European Data Centres. 1&1 prides itself on being the one-stop-shop for web solutions.

1&1 Internet Ltd entered the UK domain registration and web hosting market in June 2000. As a well funded profitable company, it is in a strong position to deliver a high quality service at low cost. 1&1 is an accredited Registrar with ICANN (.com), Nominet (.co.uk), Afilias (.info) and NeuLevel (.biz). 1&1 are also Microsoft Joint Development Partners being the first to launch Microsoft .NET Server 2003 hosting in Europe.