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I don't like fasthosts, though it was kinda my fault.
I'd ordered on my mums creditcard and I assumed they would like contact me asking to renew a year later, they didn't and just charged the card, so she didn't know what it was and declined the payment.
So they immediatly deleted all my content on the server, which was very annoying as I didn't have backups for most
I'd ordered on my mums creditcard and I assumed they would like contact me asking to renew a year later, they didn't and just charged the card, so she didn't know what it was and declined the payment.
So they immediatly deleted all my content on the server, which was very annoying as I didn't have backups for most
Shovel
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Well, I've got experience of a few now.
34sp.com, BurtonHosting.com and NeatHosting are all pretty reasonable. There's nothing really special about them, just fairly standard PHP+MySQL hosting with enough storage for most personal sites. The annual fee is reasonable (£15, £40 and £60 respectively).
The only annoyance is that hosts of that variety tend to be playing-safe with their setups: So they were all using PHP4, rather than the more powerful version 5 and they're slow to update. The same is true for MySQL, where you'll tend to find version 4.0, even after 4.1 went stable and even now after they're pushing 5.0 as the main, stable version.
MySQL support in scripts will last for a long time, I suspect, but the absence of PHP5 might start to be a pain as time goes on.
My personal favourite is Dreamhost. Fatty, Walnaj and I share one of their standard accounts. The storage is insane (20Gig), the bandwidth limit is also insane (about 1Terabyte to use each month) and the cost is all of $120 a year (which we obviously split between the three of us).
The thing that I like particularly about them is the technologies they support: PHP5, MySQL5, unlimited domain hosting, shell access (SSH) and Proper subdomains (where you can have "something.ben-ward.co.uk" without having to have a "/something" directory cluttering up your main "ben-ward.co.uk" domain, which is something the CPanel does on cheaper hosts).
There is very occasional down-time (all cheaper hosts do, unfortunately), but in my experience they're quick fixing things and have a nice server-fault tracking system too.
So yeah, very highly recommended.
Oh, and just to fight any cynicism: I promise on my life that even if Dreamhost didn't have a generous referral system, I would have said exactly the same things. (If you want a discount on the first year, however, PM me and I can generate a referral code for you). They are honestly really good. I think they may even have a 90-day money-back guarantee as well.
34sp.com, BurtonHosting.com and NeatHosting are all pretty reasonable. There's nothing really special about them, just fairly standard PHP+MySQL hosting with enough storage for most personal sites. The annual fee is reasonable (£15, £40 and £60 respectively).
The only annoyance is that hosts of that variety tend to be playing-safe with their setups: So they were all using PHP4, rather than the more powerful version 5 and they're slow to update. The same is true for MySQL, where you'll tend to find version 4.0, even after 4.1 went stable and even now after they're pushing 5.0 as the main, stable version.
MySQL support in scripts will last for a long time, I suspect, but the absence of PHP5 might start to be a pain as time goes on.
My personal favourite is Dreamhost. Fatty, Walnaj and I share one of their standard accounts. The storage is insane (20Gig), the bandwidth limit is also insane (about 1Terabyte to use each month) and the cost is all of $120 a year (which we obviously split between the three of us).
The thing that I like particularly about them is the technologies they support: PHP5, MySQL5, unlimited domain hosting, shell access (SSH) and Proper subdomains (where you can have "something.ben-ward.co.uk" without having to have a "/something" directory cluttering up your main "ben-ward.co.uk" domain, which is something the CPanel does on cheaper hosts).
There is very occasional down-time (all cheaper hosts do, unfortunately), but in my experience they're quick fixing things and have a nice server-fault tracking system too.
So yeah, very highly recommended.
Oh, and just to fight any cynicism: I promise on my life that even if Dreamhost didn't have a generous referral system, I would have said exactly the same things. (If you want a discount on the first year, however, PM me and I can generate a referral code for you). They are honestly really good. I think they may even have a 90-day money-back guarantee as well.
Maljonic
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As above 34sp and Burton Hosting haven't been a letdown yet, 34sp servers seem really fast to and they're very cheap. I had a few problems recently when they updated MYSQL and PHP which made some of my sites stop working, but they sorted it out double fast with no trouble at all. Burton Hosting support is also very quick, I think their servers seem a bit slow sometimes, but then it is shared hosting with about 300 other sites on the same server.
I've been thinking about a dedicated server recently so I might check out others.
Fasthosts is by far the worst company I ever dealt with. Just don't go there for hosting in my opinion. UKReg (owned by Fasthosts) is okay for handling your doman names though.
I've been thinking about a dedicated server recently so I might check out others.
Fasthosts is by far the worst company I ever dealt with. Just don't go there for hosting in my opinion. UKReg (owned by Fasthosts) is okay for handling your doman names though.
Sar
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Anyone heard anything about http://www.webkoreserver.co.uk/ ?
I may switch from my ISP hosting, cos it's down half the bloody time...
I may switch from my ISP hosting, cos it's down half the bloody time...
Maljonic
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Never heard of them, has someone recommended them to you? Some of it feels a bit bogus when I look around the pages, but that might just be me. The fantastico page is about 2 years out of date.
Also the site's only been going 3 months I think.
Also the site's only been going 3 months I think.
Also been using hosting-unlimited.net for years... next to no downtime, fast download speeds (many good comments about them), good support and cheap as chips my package is as I got an ebay special hehe..
Not bad for a cheap host though
Not bad for a cheap host though
http://hosting-unlimited.net/elite.php <-- I've got that but pay £17.95 a year
TheJkWhoSaysNi
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I use dreamhost.com
If you use the code SAVFIFTY you can get $50 off your order
I got the $120/year package for $70 Great deal.
So far i've had one issue, that a domain I own was already in their system. (I guess someone else on dreamhost had previously owned it.) Though I sent an issue to tech support and it was fixed the same day. Cant say i've had any real problems.
If you use the code SAVFIFTY you can get $50 off your order
I got the $120/year package for $70
Great deal.So far i've had one issue, that a domain I own was already in their system. (I guess someone else on dreamhost had previously owned it.) Though I sent an issue to tech support and it was fixed the same day. Cant say i've had any real problems.
