It's official: WebFusion is the UK's top host

WebFusion, Pipex’s specialist web hosting brand, has been recognised by research company Netcraft as the UK’s top web host. According to March’s web host reliability findings, WebFusion is ranked sixth in the world, well ahead of competition from other UK-owned web hosts.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of fifty leading hosting providers' sites. The performance measurements are made at fifteen minute intervals from separate points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

"We’re delighted to be recognised by a reputable source such as Netcraft," says Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at WebFusion. "Netcraft’s survey is important as it is ranked by the percentage of failed requests, which is much better from a customers’ point of view as they can see the reliability of the hosting company’s network routing capacity and congestion."

Beyer continues, "If you are choosing where to locate a dedicated or co-located server, it is good to also look at the number of prolonged outages a company has had, rather than necessarily going for the company with the fastest connection time, which fluctuates continually. Again, this is where WebFusion scores highly, reinforcing our credentials as a provider of reliable hosting services for businesses and home-users."


About WebFusion
WebFusion is the specialist web-hosting operation of Pipex and one of the UK’s largest hosting companies. WebFusion’s service is entirely built around making web-hosting easy, through cost-effective, flexible, reliable, resilient and feature-rich packages that empower the user. The company boasts a diverse customer-base, from home users and business start-ups to professional web developers and large blue-chip corporations.

WebFusion’s customers benefit from market-leading security and service, including 24x7 technical support and state-of-the-art data centres. As part of the Pipex family, WebFusion’s offering is underpinned by one of the UK’s most extensive communications networks.

WebFusion became part of Pipex Communications in May 2004, following Pipex’s acquisition of Host Europe. Pipex is a highly respected tier-one ISP, delivering a powerful set of class-leading hosting and telecommunications services including hosting, connectivity, security products, voice services and managed services.

For further information, please visit www.WebFusion.co.uk and www.pipex.com.