UK Web Hosting
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- Hue
Would anyone recommend good, reliable UK web hosting? I have been looking at www.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk and wondered if anyone knew anything about them?
- WeLoveNoise0
dnt know much about them but i use
http://orchardhosting.com/I host all my clients with them and they are really good for service and support
- lol @ "dont know much"DannyDyer
- lol i meant about hue's link dumbassWeLoveNoise
- nice siteintVal
- nice site !! if you say soair_yourself
- Hue0
orchard hosting seems a bit limited on space and info, but then I am never sure whether to trust a company that offers you unlimited space.
- Hue0
I really want to make an informed decision on this, and for all the reviews I have read about hosting companies, it all seems to be biased and makes it harder to make a decision.
I have had a variety of hosting companies in the past and used quite a few when working on clients sites. Shortlist at the moment:
Heartinternet.co.uk
1and1.co.uk
easyspace.co.uk
lcn.comI could really do with your opinions on reliable, good support, value for money, good uptime UK Hosting, as with all of the above I am just not sure about
- Nightshade0
www.heartinternet.co.uk are the best I've used
- http://www.heartinte… if you want to spread the affiliate loveNightshade
- lukus_W0
NEVER and I mean _NEVER_ use 1and1.co.uk.
You will live to regret it.
- lukus_W0
What do you need from your webhost? How many sites are you hosting? What kind of package do you require?
- Hue0
Well, at the moment 1 domain and space to create folders to test sites and for clients to preview them. I have been looking at the reseller hosting packages, wondering whether it is worthwhile offering hosting services with the sites I build. But really just want someone reliable, UK Based, and with good support for a reasonable cost. Any recommendations?
- If you have good knowledge of systems administration - I'd recommend going with a VPS. Linode are very good.lukus_W
- Otherwise - Webfaction are also great .. only thing is, they're not UK based. Webfaction have excellent support.lukus_W
- I use both of these (and have referral codes) http://tinyurl.com/l…http://tinyurl.com/l…lukus_W
- Hue0
I think a VPS may be a little out of my league, any recommended UK hosting companies?
- detritus0
I use ezpzhosting.co.uk, which actually hosts here (a lot of UK hosts apparently just buy rackspace in the US), making ping times quite quick this side of the pond. They're relatively cheap and they offer the fullest back end management I've seen on a host (that doesn't mean much, eh - I've only seen a handful. It was better than MT's, put it that way).
Can't say much about support - haven't needed it so far. Email alerts about downtime have been accurate.
They do have a shit name and less than insipiring branding though, if that kind of thing is important to you...
- Hue0
Thanks detritus, I will have a look into that one. I am surprised people aren't recommending more, or warning me off others. It would be good to get some more opinions on good hosting companies
- Samush0
I use unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk they're not too bad. had a few outages in the early hours of the morning, usually totalling 2hours per month approx.
they have been very accommodating when we've needed them to change settings for things, and we're only on a standard reseller account.
their servers are running Plesk panel as standard, just to let you know.
- lukus_W0
Pick a company that has a good reputation that they want to preserve - and is large enough to care if everything goes tits up. You need to be able to demand better service - a smaller company might be less able to offer a solution some of the time. Having said that 1and1 do not follow this rule. They absolutely break it .. a large company who blatantly don't give a damn.
- Hue0
Cheers for the opinions guys, still not sure what to go for, wherever you go I think there is always something not to be happy about, that is why I thought I would ask around. Is Plesk any good? or is it limiting? My current hosting is on CPanel. Any other UK hosting companies with a good reputation?
- lukus_W0
I've heard good thinks about http://www.rackspace.co.uk/
- rackspace are really good but expensiveWeLoveNoise
- ops, I meant thingslukus_W