1&1 Internet is the world's largest web hosting provider, by known servers, with over 7 million customers worldwide. 1&1 currently serves over 10 million domain names at its 55,000 server strong worldwide data centers. The data centers assist in delivering 5 billion emails monthly. 1&1 Internet is a subsidiary of United Internet Group, a public company of some 3,000 employees.
1&1 has the ability to deliver the most affordable prices for both consumer and business level web solutions, for many reasons, one of which is the size of its R&D resource. 1&1 benefits from a 250 developer strong R&D team which means it can develop a lot of its own technologies.
When it comes to years active in the business and numbers of clients 1&1 have to be supreme. They've been in the industry for over 12 years now and with over 2.5 million active websites and 10 million registered domains they are the world's biggest web host. Their grandness of course has its reasons - they only offer quality. Clients all over the world are pleased with their services and in the UK they certainly are the leaders in many ways.