If your hosting company supplies live chat support, you are able to talk to a representative in real-time and find out helpful information or get an issue resolved in a very timely manner. The key advantage of using chat rather than calling to consult with a live person is that you'll need only a computer with access to the world wide web, so that you will not pay any fees when you are in a different country or state. Furthermore, it'll be easier to copy and paste info for instance domains, usernames or error messages i.e. details which are sometimes hard to provide to the other side on the telephone. The real-time chat is also a much quicker option to contact your hosting supplier's support crew compared to using a ticketing system. Last, but not least, if some trouble requires a little more time to be resolved, you're able to do something else while you wait for assistance on the live chat, which means that you will not lose time - something that is impossible if you are on the telephone.
