Hostway Ranked #1 Web Hosting Provider by TopHosts [June 2, 2005]

CHICAGO, June 2, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hostway Corporation, a leading provider of web hosting and managed services, has been chosen by TopHosts as the number- one Web hosting provider for their top 25 Web hosts rankings. This highly influential Web hosting industry observer selected Hostway as the top provider based on the company's exceptional dedication to service and technology and its continued commitment to its customers.

Each month, review panels sort through thousands of applications from hosting companies and conduct rigorous product testing for each host being considered for the award. There are numerous factors considered during the product testing, such as the company's competitive advantages, technological offerings, pricing, value-added services, usability, uptime guarantee, customer and technical support and average response time. The findings from such tests are combined with user feedback from the hundreds of thousands of Webmasters that visit http://www.TopHosts.com and serve as the basis for granting the awards.

"Hostway has been presented with numerous industry awards in the past year, however this recognition from TopHosts is especially significant because the awards are partially based on feedback from the Web hosting community," said John Lee, VP of marketing for Hostway. "Hostway's customers are our highest priority and acknowledgments like these reaffirm our success in providing superior service and consistently meeting our customers' needs."

Hostway has been consistently recognized as a leading Web hosting provider by online hosting resources. TopHosts has ranked Hostway as the number-one hosting provider from 2000-2005. Hostway has also been rated the number one E-commerce Hosting Provider by Web Host Directory for the last three years.

About Hostway
Hostway Corporation provides Web hosting and managed services to more than 300,000 customers worldwide. Hostway helps individuals, small businesses and large enterprises achieve more value from state-of-the-art Web-based technologies by reducing their complexity and cost. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the five largest Web hosting companies in the world with offices in North America (Chicago, Tampa, Austin and Vancouver), Europe (London, Frankfurt, Hanover and Amsterdam) Asia (Seoul) and Australia (Sydney). For more information about Hostway Corporation, please visit http://www.hostway.com or call 1-866-467-8929.

Contact: Jennifer Mussman, Hostway (312) 994-7720,
Jennifer.Mussman@hostwaycorp.com
Drew Mitchell, Hostway, (312) 994-7714,
Drew.Mitchell@hostwaycorp.com

SOURCE Hostway Corporation

Note: TopHosts very seldom considers hosts for this award that are not major advertisers for their site.