If your web hosting company provides live chat support, you can speak to a representative live and learn helpful info or get a problem resolved promptly. The advantage of using chat rather than calling to talk with a live person is that you will need just a computer with Internet connection, so you won't pay any rates if you're in a different country or state. In addition, it will be a lot easier to copy and paste details for instance domain names, usernames or error messages i.e. details which are sometimes hard to share with the other party over the phone. The live chat is also a faster solution to contact your web hosting service provider's support team as compared to using a ticketing system. What's more, if some situation requires a little more time to be resolved, you can do something different while you wait for support on the live chat, therefore you won't lose time - something that's impossible when you're on the phone.