Cheap Web Hosting in the UK

[madzimoo]

Hi i was wondering if there was any hosts out there with the following:

500mb+ webspace
Very high or unlimited bandwith
CGI-Bin
Pre installed scripts
PHP
FTP
Unlimited subdomains, auto reponders
Mailing lists

For under about £8 per month

[MN-Carl]

http://www.donhost.co.uk

or

http://www.kdawebservices.com

or

http://www.openhosting.co.uk

or

http://www.splashhost.com

[Giancarlo]

Avoid Donhost. ;)

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
Avoid Donhost. ;)

why ...

Donhost is improving ..they offer good shared hosting accounts :)

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18


why ...

Donhost is improving ..they offer good shared hosting accounts :)

They are improving? Am I missing something? They delete accounts from all of the customer feedback I have heard and they still do.

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


They are improving? Am I missing something? They delete accounts from all of the customer feedback I have heard and they still do.

They delete accounts which voilate there AUP and/or TOS ... :rolleyes:

And actually they work with resellers and inform them first :)

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18


They delete accounts which voilate there AUP and/or TOS ... :rolleyes:

And actually they work with resellers and inform them first :)

From what I heard they go on deleting sprees of accounts that don't violate the TOS and/or AUP. And when they do this they don't even inform their resellers.

Yupapa... tell us about your experience with them..... he actually used them for a reseller for quite a while...

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


From what I heard they go on deleting sprees of accounts that don't violate the TOS and/or AUP. And when they do this they don't even inform their resellers.

Yupapa... tell us about your experience with them..... he actually used them for a reseller for quite a while...

Yupapa has had no real problems with donhost ... like i said they are improving .. so his experiences don't matter ...

New Staff New Ideas

New connections :classic2:

Add ... you heard of competitors right .... they like to spread stories .. especially onces which get them .. erm business

Not mentioning any names ... but i'm pretty sure thats one of the motives whereby these "mass account" deletion sprees got around

They are pure gossip :cry2:

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18


Yupapa has had no real problems with donhost ... like i said they are improving .. so his experiences don't matter ...

New Staff New Ideas

New connections :classic2:

Well I dunno... btw do you actually use them?

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


Well I dunno... btw do you actually use them?

I edited me post to include more info ..

erm .. i don't use them at the moment ...

i have no use for a reseller account .. been there done that .. i got hosting from AWH ... now as yupapa says " i want a big daddy server :devious2: "

[MN-Carl]

Also .. he wants private hosting direct .. he should have no problems ..

But i listed more hosts than just donhost

KDAwebservices is worth a checkout

Same with the other 2 :)

[cheatpark]

http://www.netweaver.com

http://www.oneandone.co.uk

Not the best hosts but they could be considered. One and one have a package with 40gb bandwidth limit so maybe you could use them if you want loads of bandwidth. However, I'm sure there are other hosts that provider better quality bandwidth.

Also, I've heard that http://www.webfusion.co.uk are not a bad host but I've never used them.

[MN-Carl]

i would have mentioned them ....

but ...

for what he wants .. the onces i listed would be better :)

oneandone is far too epensive :mad:

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18
oneandone is far too epensive :mad:
I don't see how they are too expensive. They seem quite affordable for me. Unless you are comparing it to his budget of £8 per month. But for what you get I think that oneandone would be considered cheap. £16.99 for 40gb bandwidth seems pretty good.

[Technics]

Hosting with Webfusion is like hosting with the grim reaper, You try cancel your account first time and transfer your domain away from them, You will then no what stress is.

Oneandone, Cannot supply you with 40gb bandwidth and i've spoken to people on that have been on that package who got booted for using close to 12gb and they only used html and images, no server intense stuff. Plus they lie, customer service is about as good as a chocolate fireguard.

http://www.kdawebservices.com are excellent value for money and have proven to be the best host i've used in the UK and even come above tera-byte which i thought would be impossible. I host http://www.bantamschat.co.uk with kda and the server im on is awesome, nice and fast. The support is amazing, Sunday night i was setting up my new domain things werent working I spoke with karl and he sorted it. this on a sunday evening at 11:30 is amazing.

Netweaver have a blazing fast network but have VERY VERY rude tech support and they do lie. We had our dns changed to there nameservers for 6 days, the domain didnt resolve said unknown host name, We emailed them 5 minutes after we got a response go figure it comes up and works a dream, fishy eh?

Donhost, They seem to be putting steps in place to improve there service but i'd wait till all these steps are in place till you host there.

[GordonH]

Am I right in thinking that kdawebservices.com have servers in the US, not the UK?

If you open it up to companies with servers in the US it opens the choice up considerably.

Gordon

[Technics]

Yes KDA has there servers based in the US, but he never said he wanted the host to have it's network based in the UK he asked for UK hosts.

[GordonH]

Sorry
Usually thats what people mean when they say UK Web Host.....

I am not sure what the advantage would be if using a UK host with servers in the US over a US host with servers in the US.
You will have to pay VAT for a start.

Gordon

[Technics]

Well my reason for using KDA is because of the support, I get support during UK hours which for me is better than US hosts. Although KDA provide support at odd times of the night too.

On yourr definition Gordon you would class KDA as a US host?

[GordonH]

No.
But most of my UK customers would.

Before we had UK servers it was very difficultto market our services in the UK.

You can see the difference in speed yourself by pinging these URL's

http://www.hostroute.com
http://www.hostroute.co.uk


There is a substantial difference.

Personally I don't think its a huge difference.
More an issue of marketing than anything else.

Gordon

[Technics]

Were are your UK servers based?

I actually find your american server to be a faster response. I personally dont mind what country my site is hosted in as long as it's fast and support from the company is good.

I also dont like the regulations of service providers in the UK, Within your UK datacentre do you own the material hosted? places like demon and claranet used to claim full rights to your work.

[GordonH]

Hello
Our UK servers are at Redbus Interhouse in London.
Ping time from here (256k leased line)

UK 30ms
US 122ms

However, if your ISP uses a webcache there will be no practical difference most of the time in deliver of pages.
When we went for UK servers we got them as close to linx as possible at a reasonable price.
If you don't put them in east London you would be as well having them in the US as most out of london options are way too slow to be worthwhile.

Those rules of Clara and Demon are nothing to do with them being UK companies. Its just rules they have made up for their own reasons.

We do a lot of Windows hosting in the UK as well.
In the US Windows hosting is not popular, in the UK its expected as the norm almost.

Gordon

[Space Ghost]

With www.uk2.net you can get a Cobalt RaQ for £11.00 a week. Unless you buy a domain, your hostname is raqXXX.uk2.net.

[GordonH]

I take it you have some expereince of UK2.

Try phoning them, or indeed e-mailing them.
You might find it rather difficult.
I can think of at least 10 dedicated server providers in London
who would be better.

(we don't do dedicated servers so I have no axe to grind!!)

http://www.ultraservers.co.uk/
Are our main suppliers in our three countries of operation.

Gordon

[pearhost]

<<Not what was requested. Please read the rules>>

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by GameCube
With www.uk2.net you can get a Cobalt RaQ for £11.00 a week. Unless you buy a domain, your hostname is raqXXX.uk2.net.

There is a £150 + VAT setup fee ... you pay the whole payment in 1 bing lump i believe or atleast used to

UK2 is located in Redbus Interhouse with multiple backbones providers such as

AboveNET , Carrier1 ( gone basically ) , Level3

:classic2:

[Technics]

I have access to two 2mbps connections one through Telewest and one through NTL. Using my telewest connection i find your US servers faster ..... however your US servers on NTL take ages to load pages but load your uk stuff as fast as lightning.

[GordonH]

Hello
It justhappens I have access to the Telewest network via my leased line (I use Onyx Internet and they provide network services for TW and my IP is acceptable onto their network)

If I plug in the TW/BY proxy server (ink2-) the US pages come up very quickly but if I just use a straight connection they are a lot slower.
It really depends on who the ISP uses for transatlantic data and how they are set up for it.

Gordon