*Updated May, 24 2007*

Many of the low cost hosting plans now include free domains. Before you jump at an offer, take little while to look through following table. Each of the web hosting plans here are from reputable providers but offer different features at different prices. If you want to compare other hosting plans to the ones in this table be careful to watch for hidden costs and unusual terms of service.

	Best Phone Support and Features		Lowest Cost!
	Blue Host	TechHosting	WebHostingBuzz
Real Monthly Cost (includes setup fees and other costs)	$7.95	$5.95	$3.00
Domain Registration	Free
Money Back Guarantee	No	No	Yes
Uptime Guarantee	No	No	Yes, 99.95%
24/7 Phone Support	Yes	Yes	Only support through email.
Disk Space	300 GB	100 GB	30 GB
Transfer	3000 GB	1000 GB	1000 GB
Control Panel	cPanel w/ Fantastico makes website management easy. Fantastico makes installing blog, forums and other software as simple as pressing a button.
Shell Access (ssh)	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Phone Support and SSH Access

WebHostingBuzz is the cheapest hosting available. The lack of 24/7 phone support may be an issue if you do not prefer email based assistance. If you can live with email support, WebHostingBuzz’s money back guarantee is the most affordable option. This hosting company gets good reviews.
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TechHosting has a very affordable plan that includes 24×7 phone support. This provider has been receiving good marks and this site will have a full review in the coming month.
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Blue Host is a well known hosting company. Their plan costs more but also offers more disk space and transfer. The 24×7 phone support is a nice feature if you prefer your technical support that way.

Bluehost has been receiving some mixed customer reviews recently (May 2007). They are still included in this list since they are directly recommended by Wordpress.org as a good Wordpress host.
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A review of Sunwave shared hosting has been published and updated. The review is based on more than 2 years of experience with the host.

Sunwave is not a well known provider, but might be worth consideration. The availability of a no pre-pay $7/mo plan with dedicated IP addresses may make up for the lack of 24/7 support.

Please see the full review:
Sunwave Review

Every new site has to start with its first comment. Here is this site’s first.

“Hello World!” was the traditional message that every beginner’s program would display. The wonderful WordPress project has decided to include it as the default post after you install the system. It is *the* classic programmers line, so I’ll leave it.