So out of curiosity I had a look in 1&1 internet privacy policy, where I found no mentions regarding to passports. That's why it is time for us to focus on the problems, pros and cons.

Problems

Not receiving validation email, You should get it right after you sign up, otherwise check your spam filter first, if still not, well, wait for a while and contact their support, for vps and dedicated may take up to 5 days to set up.

other problems are not really problems, such as how to set up joomla, wordpress, all you need to do is to use an ftp client such as filezilla, if you don't know how to do it, let me know, I will make a video on that.

Pros

Good variety of hosting plans, shared hosting, vps, dedicated servers etc. The starting price is surprisingly low for dedicated server, only $49/month,  as for shared hosting and vps are pretty much the same as many other hosting providers.

I like the sound of green hosting, it feels like that we are helping to protect the environment as we are building our sites.

90 day money back guarantee (does not apply to dedicated), while most of the hosting companies offer only 30 days.

24/7 support which is pretty standard with all the big hosting companies, although I am a big fan (my surname is Fan too, and I am big) of live chat support, which is not available.

Cons

The account cancellation in 1&1 internet can be tricky, many customers had complaints on that issue, so read through their policies before you purchase 1&1 internet hosting plans (that applies to any other hosting companies)

Even though 1and1 and many other hosting companies provide a free domain when you sign up, but unless you are just testing it out and don't care about the site much, don't use the free domain provided for your site. I think we can all afford $10 for a domain name.

Conclusion

Don’t decide whether to register for a hosting account with 1&1 internet or not based on what I have just said, as I always suggest do more researches before buying any hosting service, and that will save you a lot of headaches and nightmares in the future. Watch my video “how to find a reliable hosting service”, and don’t forget to order hosting services through my links, because you will get a nice gift, actually a few. Click to see what you will get