Powweb offers web hosting with PHP, perl, MySQL, CMS systems, forum systems, image galleries, blogs and more — with a software installation wizard for many software packages. Of course, they also offer email services, including POP3, SMTP and webmail — all servicing your hosting package. Each Powweb hosting account can handle subdomains (there”s even a wizard for setting them up) and up to different 7 domains.

The biggie”s are disk space and throughput — and Powweb supplies both. With your Powweb web hosting account, you get 5 GB space for your files and up to 10 GB per day of throughput. Combine that with software packages (via the installation wizard) like Wordpress and b2Evolution (blogging); phpBB (forums); Gallery, Gallery 2, and Coppermine (photo galleries); AgoraCart and osCommerce (shopping carts); and more, and you have a winning package.

Of course, if you want an alternative to those or if you want to install your own version with your configuration options, you can also install many of your own PHP- and perl-based software packages. For example, my blog runs Serendipity, which I downloaded, unpacked, uploaded and ran the “install screen.”

Powweb”s great, current special is “buy 1 year, get 2 months free; buy 2 years, get 6 months free!”. Powweb”s official price is $93.24/year.

Buy 1 year”s web hosting, and get 2 extra months or
Buy 2 years” web hosting and get 6 extra months (average $6.22/month).