1&1's web service is pretty good, as long as you plan on running a basic website on it (aka: just html no scripting and no databases). They're pricing is decent its just the servers that are problematic.
Its not that the servers go down, its just that they tend to get VERY slow quite often. I would not recommend this host if you are looking to use them for a site that requires mySQL. They make it difficult to manage the database, and the database servers are incredibly, horribly slow.
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