About 1&1
1and1 Internet Inc. has been providing reliable personal and business web hosting solutions for more than 10 years. 1and1 also offers VPS, dedicated server solutions as well as easy point-and-click set up of eCommerce web sites for those looking to sell his or her products and services.
One and One Hosting Plans
There are 4 web hosting plans that match everyone, from beginner to developer with the former having the least web space, monthly transfer volume, email accounts, mailbox space and comes with only 1 domain. Prices for the packages are competitive with the cheapest being $3.99 a month.
1 and 1 Plans:
- 1&1 Beginner - for first time site owners
- 1&1 Home - for those that are looking for more features than 1&1 Beginner
- 1&1 Business - for small to medium businesses
- 1&1 Developer - for businesses as well as web developers
You can easily upgrade your current plan by contacting 1and1's customer support.
Joomla Hosting Features
Unfortunately there is no easy way to install Joomla on 1and1 hosted domains. And since Joomla requires PHP or MySQL, a Linux hosting package is required because Windows hosting package does not support the two.
One way is to download and unzip the Joomla package. Then uploading content to your domain either by FTP or SSH. This method will take a long time due to the number of files and folders your domain has to create. Another way is to upload the entire zip version of Joomla, without unzipping to your domain directly and decompress the zip file through SSH. The problem is that only 1&1 Business and 1&1 Developer web hosting packages supports SSH.
For more details and instructions regarding Joomla installation please contact 1and1 customer support.
Customer Support
You can contact their customer support or sales assistance through email or by phone. Their sales and billing support hours are Monday through Friday from 8am to 11pm while technical support is 24/7. Their email response is also quick and able to solve or answer any technical questions within reasonable, if not always short, time frame.
