Judging by the limited response Brainstorm received to this month`s On the Spot feature, the overriding answer to the question of web hosting and its importance to local companies is that it`s not very strategic at all.

Although the lack of input may have been as a direct result of the feature`s deadline (right in the middle of December`s year-end chaos), it may perhaps be more reflective of the lack of understanding nterest in the local market - in the web and just how much it can do for a company, good or bad.