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Winners are picked by an independent panel of industry experts. </p><p class=''>Krystal was up for the ‘Best Hosted Service’ award, and I'm delighted to say that WE WON!</p><p class=''>This makes it two Best Hosted Service awards in back-to-back years, and three in six years. The whole team works very hard to provide the best service possible, so it’s wonderful to be recognised across our industry.</p> <blockquote> <p class=''><em>“[Krystal] keep impressing our judges with their UK-based support and engineering teams, as well as <a href="https://k.io/" target="_blank">affordable services</a> and <a href="https://krystal.io/hosting/business" target="_blank">flexible options</a></em>.” - <a href="https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-recognises-outstanding-excellence-in-the-isp-industry-and-celebrates-25-years-the-2023-ispa-awards-winners/" target="_blank">2023 ISPA Awards Judging Panel</a>.</p></blockquote> <p class=''>One of the reasons why we keep winning these awards is that we’re 100% independent and reinvest our profits into the staff and platform. We control the quality of your experience from top to bottom and are uncompromising in our pursuit of excellence. Check out <a href="https://krystal.io/3-good-reasons" target="_blank">our "3 good reasons to choose Krystal"</a> for more on this!</p><p class=''>Now is probably a good time to plug our new <a href="https://krystal.io/switch" target="_blank">Switch Credits initiative</a> for any friends or family that might be hosting with NOT the UK’s Best Hosting Service! If you know someone trapped with a mediocre host mid-contract please send them to <a href="https://krystal.io/switch" target="_blank">krystal.uk/switch</a>. We’ll turn their remaining unused time into FREE time with us. Even better, we’ll give you a free month extension to a hosting plan of your choice for everyone you refer, no limit.</p><p class=''>I'd like to finish with a heartfelt "Thank you" to our entire Krystal team. This was a real team effort and very well deserved. 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We’re in business because we’re passionate about technology \u0026 solving problems.","name":"Simon B"},"published":1700141436,"title":"Krystal named UK's Best Hosted Service...again!","banner":"https://blog.k.io/attachment/57ad1f15-3ad1-4268-8abe-e49c971e444c/thumb1400.jpg","categories":[{"name":"News","permalink":"news"}],"category":{"name":"News","permalink":"news"},"html":"\u003cp class=''\u003eThe annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.ispa.org.uk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInternet Service Providers’ Association\u003c/a\u003e (ISPA) Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious in the UK internet industry. Winners are picked by an independent panel of industry experts. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class=''\u003eKrystal was up for the ‘Best Hosted Service’ award, and I\u0026#39;m delighted to say that WE WON!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class=''\u003eThis makes it two Best Hosted Service awards in back-to-back years, and three in six years. The whole team works very hard to provide the best service possible, so it’s wonderful to be recognised across our industry.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=''\u003e\u003cem\u003e“[Krystal] keep impressing our judges with their UK-based support and engineering teams, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://k.io/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eaffordable services\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://krystal.io/hosting/business\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eflexible options\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.” - \u003ca href=\"https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-recognises-outstanding-excellence-in-the-isp-industry-and-celebrates-25-years-the-2023-ispa-awards-winners/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e2023 ISPA Awards Judging Panel\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=''\u003eOne of the reasons why we keep winning these awards is that we’re 100% independent and reinvest our profits into the staff and platform. 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