Website Hosting

[501damian501]

morning everyone, this is sumthing which has been on my mind for a while now, which web hosting do we all use ?, UK based or USA based, a quick search of the internet will tell us quickly enough places like the U.S are far more cheaper, does it really matter which country your hosting is coming from ?,

[Jiggles]

www.servage.net. Its German with UK servers but i haven't had any problems. 24/7 365 support. £4.50 per month.

[Vectis]

does it really matter which country your hosting is coming from ?

Not especially, if you're only putting up a 'typical' half-dozen-paged static content site.

All other things being equal (tiering, speed & contention ratio of server), using a US-based host rather that a UK-based host is likely to add a very small latency overhead - anything from 20ms to 2/300ms - simply because of the laws of physics - and for highly interactive sites or those with lots of content this will become noticeable to the end user.

My advice? For a simple static site it doesn't matter. For anything more than this, go with a UK-based host, ideally Tier 1 (but they're not cheap) but certainly Tier 2 if you can afford it over a Tier 3 operator.

[groove on discos]

thanks iv been thinking about this too =p

[discomobiledj]

There are loads of hostiong incentives around at the moment. 123 are doing a £1 per month hosting for 6 months, 1 & 1 are offering buy one domain get another free when you buy hosting. Just shop around.

[501damian501]

ive allways been told to steer clear from 123 and ive seen the deal on 1&1 and it sounds to good to be true lol

[discomobiledj]

I use 123 and never had a problem, I have 4 sites with them. Never had problems with 1 & 1 either.

[bank]

Personally I know people who use 123 and the service is good, although it is relatively hard to use, and I would steer clear of 1&1 their customer service is awful and overcharge you for most services. Have a look around, but there are some really good companies with fast customer service, its not to hard, but look through all the fine details, else you'll be caught out.

[rob1963]

I used to be with Claranet, but left them due to large numbers of webstats not being picked up or included in their reports.

I now use this forum's very own Marc J.

Highly recommended.

[501damian501]

rob your braking the forums advertisment regulations i believe, ONLY JOKING