Recently signing up its 100,000th user, iPowerWeb has become the fastest growing hosting service on the internet. Though there are millions of web hosts, only an elite dozen or so have amassed more than 100,000 users. Some of these web hosting leaders include: Verio, Interland, NetNation, and CIHost. Boosting itself into this new crowd of web hosting competition, we decided to see how our top choice host, iPowerWeb, is measuring up. We compared iPowerWeb to the web hosting giant, Interland.

What Put These Hosts at the Top
Interland- With over 400,000 users as of 2002, Interland is the big dog of web hosting. Relatively low cost web hosting and a wide array of other internet services offered have contributed to the phenomenal growth of this host. Interland offers easy sign-up, numerous hosting plans to fit the needs of users, and our favorite, online live chat support. Testing their support services we were able to receive instant responses to our questions using the online live chat support- a wonderful resource for users and potential customers.

iPowerWeb- iPowerWeb offers one web hosting package, jam-packed with features, for one of the lowest prices in the industry ($7.95 per month). The sign-up is easy, support is stable and efficient, and hardware is top of the line for hosting the growing numbers of users. iPowerWeb has proven reliable as well as popular and prepares for upcoming growth with well-trained staff members. Because they offer only one hosting plan they are able to concentrate man power on serving the needs of users in others ways, such as improved technical support. For example, iPowerWeb now staffs three individuals just for assisting users in transferring domain names. This kind of targeted support is what makes iPowerWeb stand out from other low-cost web hosts.

Dealing with Growth
Interland- Interland has accumulated its large number of users over the past four years mainly by acquiring smaller hosting companies, such as Innerhost, Communitech, Dialtone, Trellix, HostPro, and Lightrealm. According to user reviews, Interland