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Brinkster`s Offer: `Try Before You Buy`

Brinkster is making a special offer in free Linux hosting to customers worldwide. The chance to `Try before You Buy` is something that Jared Stauffer, President and CEO of Brinkster, wanted to make possible. `Often customers do not know if they have chosen a quality web host until they have spent money. This offer will allow Brinkster to prove the quality of its services.` The free Linux accounts will include 750 MB of web space, 15 GB of data transfer, and 200 e-mail accounts. The free accounts can be used for personal or business use.

Many free hosting offers in today`s market have a limited feature set and environment. This specific offer features a regular sized hosting account. Brinkster is also offering $1 domain names with the promotion. Alternatively, customers can transfer-in existing domain names. International customers are required to purchase a domain name to assist with identity verification.

Brinkster is no stranger to free hosting, having offered the free Educational Plan or its equivalent for nearly six years. `Brinkster has spent many years developing systems, software, and infrastructure to successfully support our users,` says Stauffer. The free Educational Plan is a free hosting account that provides an ideal environment for people of different experience levels to test and hone their skills in HTML and Microsoft`s ASP and ASP.NET.