Aplus.Net Solo XR
When it comes to Web hosting, there are too many choices and not enough good ones. Aplus.Net's Solo XR plan costs less than $10 a month and works for everything from a one-page Web site to a full-fledged family album. And if you have problems, Aplus offers round-the-clock tech support.

Aplus.Net Solo XR Editors' Choice

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The good: Inexpensive; lots of features; 24/7 toll-free phone support; solid performance and reliability; includes many nonstandard extras.
The bad: $20 setup fee; some hard-to-follow processes, particularly during sign-up.

Review summary

Aplus.Net's Solo XR hosting is inexpensive, reliable, and packed with handy features. It's an excellent choice for individuals or small businesses.

By Matt Lake, April 14, 2003

From the outset, Aplus.Net's Solo XR hosting plan has been a reasonably priced hosting service for small business types. It offers shared hosting on reliable servers and a strong focus on customer service, with round-the-clock toll-free technical support. A year after we first reviewed it, the service is still all that. Only $9.95 a month buys you 200MB of Web server space, with no site traffic limits, 10 e-mail addresses, and a year's free domain registration. Plus, in recent months, Aplus.Net has revamped its look and packed on a considerable number of features, such as graphical site-building tools and wizards, support for FrontPage extensions, and high-end utilities such as cross-platform HTML-validation and code-optimization tools. All that for less than 10 bucks a month? Aplus.Net gets our nod.