For someone like me, that makes a living building websites, choosing a web host is like buying a car.  It takes a lot of time to compare features and price to make sure that you get the biggest bang for your buck.  Since every website is different, your needs when buying web hosting will be different almost every time.  As a result, you want to make sure that you have a list of the features you need when you begin the process of shopping for a new host.

If you have a business website, then you might need to consider a dedicated or VPS hosting, however if you’ve got just a personal website or blog been shared hosting might be right for you.  If you’ve got a very popular website, then you need a plan that offers a lot of bandwidth and storage, otherwise you risk a down website or a traffic surcharge, both of which can be very expensive.  Although most shared hosting plans offer unlimited bandwidth and storage, make sure you choose a web host that lives up to their claims.

One of the most important factors for me when choosing a web host is the company’s customer service.  I need to know that I can submit technical support claims via e-mail, telephone, and online chat.  I want to make sure that the company will respond to my claim any time efficient manner and that my issue will not just fall to the bottom of the queue.  Unfortunately, there are very few web hosts that offer this capability, so make sure you take the time to find them.

One last thing to consider is that you think about features you might need in the relative future.  If you’re going to lock in a price for a year or more, then you might want to go ahead and add some additional features now, rather than pay for them individually down the road.  This can save you a lot of money and will make it much easier to upgrade your website as the traffic and functionality increases.  Although you might be tempted to take the best offer that comes along, I recommend that you spend some time analyzing each host to make sure that you get the best price and the most features.

Overview:
One.com was founded in 2002 in Denmark by Jacob Jensen. The company was previously known as B-one and has established a reputation for providing cheap hosting solutions. Its founder is still in charge at One.com today and it remains a privately owned firm. They have branches in Denmark, UK, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to sales offices in Germany and the Netherlands – making it a truly international organization.

Features:

• 3000 MB Disk Space
• Unlimited GB Data Transfer

Price:
One.com are very competitive on price, however you may find (as with most things in life) you get what you pay for. They do offer a so called free hosting package, but you in fact pay a setup fee of £9.00, maybe opt for the paid for package as we found the free (well £9.00) hosting slow and un reliable.

Summary:
Unfortunately no unlimited hosting space package like the other top hosts, and the free plan isn’t as effective as the other plans and with hosting its worth paying the extra money to avoid frustration and downtime. But if you are looking for something cheap and cheerful then One.com might be for you

Reliability:
One.com’s servers are outsourced to Interxion, which has 10 data centres in major cities across Europe. All servers are provided by Hewlett-Packard. Free plan had more downtime and a lot slower than the paid plans.

Control Panel:
They use a standard control panel, and standard features with nicely laid out photo galleries etc. I’m guessing this approach was taken to keep costs to a minimum in-order to continue offering a cheap and cheerful solution.

Customer Support:
Customer Support is good; we experience standard waiting times during our tests and responses are always effective.