Hosting (also known as Web site hosting, Web hosting, and Webhosting) is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for one or more Web sites. More important than the computer space that is provided for Web site files is the fast connection to the Internet.  Most hosting services offer connections on T-carrier system lines.  Typically, an individual business hosting its own site would require a similar connection and it would be expensive.  Using a hosting service lets many companies share the cost of a fast Internet connection for serving files.

A number of Internet access providers, such as America Online, offer subscribers free space for a small Web site that is hosted by one of their computers. Geocities is a Web site that offers registered visitors similar free space for a Web site. While these services are free, they are also very basic.

A number of hosting companies describe their services as virtual hosting. Virtual hosting usually implies that their services will be transparent and that each Web site will have its own domain name and set of e-mail addresses. In most usages, hosting and virtual hosting are synonyms. Some hosting companies let you have your own virtual server, the appearance that you are controlling a server that is dedicated entirely to your site.

Dedicated hosting is the provision of a dedicated server machine that is dedicated to the traffic to your Web site. Only very busy sites require dedicated hosting.  Many companies purchase their own servers and place them on a site that provides fast access to the Internet. This practice is called colocation.

A website enables businesses to provide service and information to many customers at once - quickly, efficiently and inexpensively.

We offer flexible shared hosting plans for entry level websites through to database driven websites.  For advice on the right solution for you and your business, simply call 011 021 1278 or mail us.

Mailboxes

Tired of your customers phoning you to tell you that their mail to you has bounced back because your mailbox is full? Well, our mailboxes are 40MB in size, 4 times the size of your standard consumer mailbox!

Aliases and Virtual Mail

With each dial up, we include up to 15 aliases, which may all point to one or many mailboxes.

Infrastructure

Intouch utilises the backbone of Internet Solutions.  Internet Solutions today provides 80% of the South African corporate market.  It is the ISP with the largest International Bandwidth Availability in the country.