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Whatever your needs
may be, AWWG.Net
can provide a low cost,
high quality solution.

AWWG uses and recommends the Frontdoor managed firewall from PaisleySystems for traffic shaping, qos, remote access VPNs and network security

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Sales: (800) 993-6540

Local: (240) 876-0935

Support: (703) 843-5455
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Why are your prices so low?

AWWG is a small business of a dozen full time staff and consultants that target individuals to mid-sized companies who are in need of affordable and reliable computer services. We currently have shared office space and a "dark" hosting facility. Most of our programmers/engineers telecommute and/or consult for us on an as-needed basis. We intend to pace our growth as our customer base increases.
What is your support like?

Currently, we are in the process of fully automating our hosting services and prefer to be contacted via email. In cases of emergencies, customers on our Profession or Delux Shared plans and customers on a Dedicated or Colocated plans can contact us by phone. Customers on our Economy and Basic plans are limited to email. Our email address is on our contact page.
What is Hosting?

A "host" machine or "server" is simply the computer that the content of your web-site physically sits on. It is almost impossible to host your own site from your home computer due to bandwidth restrictions. Click here to learn about our hosting
What is Bandwidth?

The term bandwidth refers to the speed of file transfer between any computer and the internet, or more specifically - how fast a browser can download information from a specific web-site. When you connect to the internet using a modem and phone line - you have very low bandwidth and things move slow due to your connection and not that of the server that the web-site is on. Even if you had a "high-speed" connection at home, legal restrictions prevent you from hosting your own site.
What is E-commerce?

Electronic Commerce, is a buzz word that everyone gets way too excited about. It is simply a phrase that refers to some kind of business or financial transaction taking place over the web. AWWG offers e-commerce solutions tailored to the lower to middle-end retailer. Click here to learn about the E business process
What is a page?

A page is simply a category within your web-site.pages are structured so that there is only a certain amount of information on the screen at a time to shorten download time. Each page may have different images, backgrounds & information.
What is a banner ad?

A banner ad is a means of advertising a product, service, or website and drawing traffic from another site to (your site) if the viewer clicks on it. They usually appear near the top or bottom of a host page are typically "animated". No one "gets rich" from them either.
What is a link?

This is a tag that, once selected, takes the viewer to the page associated with the link. A typical link is underlined.
What is a JPEG?

(Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a graphics file format. As the name indicates, this format is best used for photographs, or for images that have subtle color changes, depth, lighting effects, or other gradations of color or tone. Click here to see jpg photos
What is a GIF?

(Graphics Interchange Format) is also a graphics file format, but is best used for images with large areas of solid color, such as simple illustrations, logos, text as graphics, etc.
What is a site map?

When a site becomes too large for easy navigation, a site map is implemented. This page can consist of graphics or text with 'hot spots' that you can click on to go to an assigned page.
What is a Keyword?

A key word is a word, phrase, or several various combinations of a phrase with which you use to define your web-sites content. Software "robots" roam the internet and read your sites keywords and ad them to search engines, as appropriate. This can take up to several months to happen. Click here to learn about our marketing services
What is a Search Engine?

A search engine is a group of computers that the above-mentioned "robots" (which are just software programs) report to. They are usually impartial to who gets displayed depending on what someone searches for (unless it's Excite or similar where you have to pay to list your site). Usually only major companies and or extremely well done sites get top rankings. The time you have been on the internet and the validity of your sites goal is also a deciding factor as to how high your "ranking" is.