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Comparing FTP Today and its competitors is like comparing high-speed cable or DSL to dial-up.

While there aren't a lot of FTP hosting companies to choose from, there are those that entice you by offering what may appear to be a similar service to FTP Today at a lower price.

Don't be fooled.

No one else offers this level of speed and performance.
No one else offers this level of security and management expertise.
No one else offers dedicated server functionality for the price of a shared-server account.

Price vs. Performance... it is all about:

	Throughput (Speed!)
	SAS-70 Certification (Security!)
	Limits on Concurrent Connections
	Bandwidth or Transfer Allowances
	Uptime Guarantee (SLA)
	Bricks & Mortar Company

The following chart lists all of our direct competitors. That's right, all of them! There may be a few other fringe competitors (web hosting companies or "ftp alternatives"), but the ones on this chart are our direct competition. And yes, these comparisons are apples-to-apples.

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Critical Points	ftpToday	zftp	ftpkey¹	iqstorage²	ftptogo³	ftpww⁴
Speed in Mbps Maximum throughput is the lesser of server connection and the smallest Internet backbone connection. Some proudly talk about "T1 lines", "DS3 lines" or "guaranteed rate of transfer", but when translated to a common measurement of megabits per second (Mbps)... well, these Mbps numbers speak for themselves, don't they?	100	0.24	1.5	4	45	45
SAS-70 Certification Our data center partner has successfully completed a SAS-70 Type I audit, an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Performed by a major public accounting and auditing firm, the SAS-70 is an independent report on the design of our data center partner’s business processes. The SAS-70 report was obtained to demonstrate to regulated and security conscious companies that we have internal controls and procedures related to our data center operations and services. The SAS-70 controls description is broader in scope than claims audited in many SAS-70 audits completed by other leading providers.	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Unlimited Transfer A transfer allowance is a limit on monthly bandwidth usage (uploads and downloads). FTP Today provides unlimited transfer bandwidth and won't surprise you with overage fees. With FTP Today you get guaranteed flat rate billing. And FTP Today does not redefine the word "unlimited" to mean something else.	Yes	No	Yes?	No	No	Yes?
Unlimited Concurrent Users Some competitors limit you to as few as one simultaneous login; they have no choice with their over-sold network. FTP Today allows an unlimited number of users to transfer files simultaneously. Unlimited people could even login with the same username at the same time.	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
99.9% Uptime Guarantee FTP Today guarantees 99.9% uptime and will credit for any downtime, when the cause is due to circumstances within our control.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Bricks & Mortar Company Is the competitor a reseller or do they simply lease a pre-packaged server from someone else? Are they no more than a home-based, one-man operation? Or, like FTP Today, do they have an actual office, employees and own and operate their own data center.	Yes	No	No	No	Yes?	No

Note - Comparisons made on this chart are based on public information published on competitors' websites and by researching their subcontractors or business partners.

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Our Bricks & Mortar... & Steel & Marble
150 E. Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Launched in 2001, FTP Today is a division of Horan Data Services . The company has had offices in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1983 and has employed as many as 17. Our Cincinnati headquarters and data center are located in the Federal Reserve Bank building, constructed of structural steel and featuring exterior walls of Vermont marble.

Like MSN, Google or Yahoo, we do co-locate mission critical servers in partner-operated data centers, but we also manage our own data center where systems are employed to keep a watchful eye on our entire infrastructure. Our hardware is custom built to our exact specifications, and all operating software is installed and managed by our own technical staff and administrators.