Which UK web hosting is the best ?
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I stand by Tsohost and the other Paragon Group companies such as Hostroute and Vidahost. Great company, great service, great results!
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SamRapidSwitch
I'd say avoid Fasthosts and suggest looking at the Paragon Group (TSOHosts/Vidahost) or Iomart Group (EasySpace/Melbourne etc).
Both have decent infrastructures (although of different size - iomart slightly larger i think), and on the whole decent reviews.
To me a company should be judged on perhaps not so much their mistakes (as things are bound to go wrong at some stage), but how they put them right or ensure it won't happen again.
Both have decent infrastructures (although of different size - iomart slightly larger i think), and on the whole decent reviews.
To me a company should be judged on perhaps not so much their mistakes (as things are bound to go wrong at some stage), but how they put them right or ensure it won't happen again.
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Openmind, I been with Phil and the team for almost 5 years now and in that time they have never let me down.
https://www.openmindhosting.co.uk/
https://www.openmindhosting.co.uk/
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GarryP
Hi,
Are you referring to 123-reg.co.uk, yes I believe they have UK servers, but they mainly know for there domain services.
Or are you referring to 123reg.com which look to charge in $ and there main website is in Dallas USA, by the look of it.
I talk from experience, when I was referring to NetHosted and Clook.
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If you don't mind your hosting in Europe or USA check out HawkHost.
Over the years I have been lucky with picking hosting provides, be it for Shared, Reseller, VPS and Dedi servers.
But I do look into the company I am picking, and not go for the cheapest.
Some advise when picking a hosting provider:
These hosts that offer Unlimited Space, it does not exist, there is always a limit, unless you can tell me where to get unlimited hard drives.
Also don't go for the cheapest, as you get what you pay for
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crelers
According to the review blog hostingcustomersuk.wordpress.com 123-reg ranks at the bottom with only 18% positive reviews so you better watch out. Many complaints about this provider. Linux Hosts Ltd. ranks as number 1 with 100% positive opinions. It happens to be our host and so far no complaints at all.
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Josh_Farmer
Where do i start, since as you;re comment has been deleted below.
1. Fake review sites are laughable, even more so, when they look like they were thrown together in 2 minutes
2. Linux Hosts Ltd, could it be a worse website? I would bet money on it, no one buys from there unless you're giving the hosting away for free, even then i wouldn't go near it with a barge pole
3. Nearly no business if not any business will have 100% positive reviews, its something every business will strive for, but i highly doubt any business has it!
4. No complains at all, well a few things, contrats that in 18 years of business (domain was reg in 1995 acording to whois) you've never had a complaint, however if you've been in business that long, surely you dont need to spam forums to gain traffic? Who are duoservers.com this is where the site redirects if you click buy now? then you click another link and it throws you to a different site? Seriously whats going on.
5. Simply the site is awful, again i repeat myself, but that site is that bad! Wait you're actually reselling hosting services, with nothing yourself? All through resellerpanel?
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I also think it is illegal to pass your self off as a uk ltd company when you are not. (lawyers please chip in), even if its not illegal it is one for trading standards.
Linux Hosts Ltd is not registered at companies house as far as I can see, the closest was LINUXHOSTING UK LTD disolved in 2008, yet the website claims
As always there are always spammers and trickster, only do business with someone you don't know after doing some due diligence.
Linux Hosts Ltd is not registered at companies house as far as I can see, the closest was LINUXHOSTING UK LTD disolved in 2008, yet the website claims
As always there are always spammers and trickster, only do business with someone you don't know after doing some due diligence.
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layer7
My advice would be that you should not spend your money on web hosts that advertise on TV or in magazines.
You should choose a web host that is not too big (so they don't care) and not too small (so that they don't disappear overnight).
Reviews are important, but remember there are lots of fake web hosting review sites listed in Google. In fact, there probably isn't a genuine one! Maybe one day Matt Cutts will do something about it
Good luck with the search.
You should choose a web host that is not too big (so they don't care) and not too small (so that they don't disappear overnight).
Reviews are important, but remember there are lots of fake web hosting review sites listed in Google. In fact, there probably isn't a genuine one! Maybe one day Matt Cutts will do something about it
Good luck with the search.
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Seems as well as misrepresenting the business falsly as Ltd, you are also in breach of your own FUP:
http://www.linux-hosts-ltd.com/terms/acceptable-use-policy.html#SPAM_AND_SPAMVERTIZING
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roger_retail
I agree. A company like rackspace really do deserve the moniker "the best" when weighing according to some measures. I was a very happy customer for 4 years or so but moved on a couple of years back for reasons of price when fanatical support gradually became less important to us (we learn't to do it all and co-location was much cheaper). Figure out exactly what service you want/need then be prepared to pay for a good implementation of it. I'm not of the belief you should muck around with something as critical as hosting if you are in etail and your site generates _all_ your revenue.
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guys PLEASE don't reply to spammers and worse still don't link to their sites. ALL you are doing is getting UKBF listed in the scumworld as a place that WORKS!
Everyone complains about the levels of spam we get, but when you are quoting and replying and linking to spammers what else do you think will happen
Cheers<OWG hot botherd and grumpy>
Everyone complains about the levels of spam we get, but when you are quoting and replying and linking to spammers what else do you think will happen
Cheers<OWG hot botherd and grumpy>
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True. I think you have to accept that you will move hosting provider at some point - obviously you want to get to the point where you build your own data-centers right.
That said, take your time in investing in hosting and other infrastructure. One of the reasons I chose AWS and still choose AWS is that I know the infrastructure is obviously world-class.
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easywebhost
This is like a honey pot thread. Any one who isn't a full member or have less than 500 posts who post on this thread should get an automatic ban for 6 weeks
Does that also includes your company ?
we have to start somewhere and just be reasoable, just because people are not full member means that they are try to see if this is a good place before paying
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Josh_Farmer
Plenty of places to start without spam! If you want to get business spamming is the worst thing you can do.
Be helpful and knowledgeable and the business will naturally come in
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As you know it is all about the meaningless spam posts that people make on their first post, for some reason this thread attracts the spammer, writing something that isn't helpful on their first post.
My comments was actually tongue in cheek of course.
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Just take a look at your comment? Do you think with such a poor response people will actually take you seriously as a valued web designer.
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We host with WaiteIT, on a dedicated managed server, and are very pleased indeed with the outcomes.
http://www.waite-it.co.uk
http://www.waite-it.co.uk
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