Do you prefer EU/UK or USA based hosting?

[[JSH]John]

Do you prefer to use a host with servers in the EU/UK or in the USA?

This is just to see what others prefer. You can even give a reason. :)

[.Bobby]

Since i'm from Asia, i'd naturally go for Asia Hosting - since it'd give me better pings. Though, I don't mind USA based hosting as well - as long as they're quad core ;)

[abboodeh]

what's the difference?

[hamster]

Singapore, simply because I live here and it gives me the option to bash/call/sms the owner of the host if he doesn't give me the service he has promised. Speeds are also better and if it's a dedicated server, I'd have great access to it.

If I can't get local, USA would be ideal :)

[.amaZe]

In all honesty, I think this is a very silly question.

Obviously, you will prefer hosting from where you are located? For many reasons such as, timezones, language, etc..

[[JSH]John]

It might be silly but I was curious :P.

[.Bobby]

Singapore, simply because I live here and it gives me the option to bash/call/sms the owner of the host if he doesn't give me the service he has promised. Speeds are also better and if it's a dedicated server, I'd have great access to it.

If I can't get local, USA would be ideal :)

Holy ----! You live in Singapore too?

[SiberForum]

I suppose that US/CA based web hosting can be good for the global web sites. And for the local audience better have web hosting from the local area. I suppose that is quite obvious

[hamster]

Holy ----! You live in Singapore too?

Yep, I certainly do. I live in Singapore. I breathe in Singapore. I eat in Singapore. I go to school in Singapore.

[EW-Andy]

I prefer SG/MY or IN hosting since I live in India :)

[aphel aura]

I prefer hosting in US (mainly because many of my visitors come from there - 20%) or EU (collectively, 55% of my visitors comes from European countries).

[Razerst]

I prefer Europe Hosting. It's faster from here (I'm in Asia too) and the restrictions is lighter.

[314Hosting]

I prefer UK web hosting though UK hosting is much expensive as compared to USA web hosting. According to my knowledge, there are less issues occur with uk server's hardware because most of servers use expensive DELL hardware.
2nd is, UK servers are very much secured as compared to USA or Asian servers. So i do prefer UK Web Hosting.

Best Regards

[.Bobby]

Yep, I certainly do. I live in Singapore. I breathe in Singapore. I eat in Singapore. I go to school in Singapore.

Oh yeah, I figured.

[~ServerPoint~]

Yep, I certainly do. I live in Singapore. I breathe in Singapore. I eat in Singapore. I go to school in Singapore.
And there are also several web hosting providers there I know. Not only free like yours but some paid decent. I have read recently about it. That is very beatiful place in Asia

[fcolor]

Sorry, but the question asked in the thread is just ... wrong. I'm European, who lives and work in U.S. and in EU, but I must say that the world is not North America and Europe. Asian market is huge and it is getting more and more important.

[Jan]

In all honesty, I think this is a very silly question.

Obviously, you will prefer hosting from where you are located? For many reasons such as, timezones, language, etc..
If I bought Australian hosting, I'd be paying a heck of a lot more than I would for US/UK hosting. Timezone doesn't matter matter as I can find support, (if I ever need it) during Aussie hours and they even speak English :p

To answer the OP's question, it doesn't worry me where I am hosted so long as the host is reliable. If they aint, then I move on.

[Peo]

I prefer to get hosting where most of the visitors come from. If it's a site with visitors from all over the world, I would prefer US hosting. I have hosting in Sweden for my swedish sites and this site is hosted in the US. There is not so much of a price difference as there used to be a couple of years ago between US and swedish hosting.

[CARDRAY-COM]

as I want to immigrate to U.S., I choose American provider, also if this provider can provide me U.S. IP for surfing - it would be ideal, because I very tired from web-sites, which always suggest me use non-English languages.

[wbacky]

depends on location. If I am doing stuff over in Europe I prefer a UK based server if I am doing stuff in the USA I prefer USA. If I am doing stuff in Asia I want one based over there. Less time for each of the websites to get to the people that are going to be doing most of the traffic.

[The Crasher]

i preffer out of the usa for 1 simple reason

i got a game and it isnt that legal in usa so i need a offshore place to prevent trouble with usa :D

the best is germany to do that
and uk isnt good for it because it got the usa laws (if i am right :S)

only 1 downsite , usa is cheap , and outside usa is expensive and differend quality

most of the time is out of the usa better quality then insite the usa (goes over germany/france/belguim/netherland)

the uptime is higher to then in usa but you pay more :S

so it realy depends for what you need it , do it need to be offshore because you host warez ?? do it need to be offshore because you want a faster ping ??
do it need to be offshore for better quality ?? then you need to choose offshore

do you just want to have a website ? then is in usa the best solution , because for a website is it all the same but depending on what you need :D

Thank you
Greets Form the Crasher

[Wong]

I would choose US servers. If you know where to look, you can get reliable US servers. Plus, these servers are generally cheaper than EU/UK/Asian/Australian servers. However, if you're someone who needs a lot of support (i've learnt this the hard way), you might want to settle for a server near your geographical location.

For those who say EU/UK servers are more reliable - why so? A unreliable, lazy provider in the UK with a lot of downtime certainly will lose out to a reliable provider in the US with their servers always up.