Looking for hosting provider
 

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a host for a personal website for me. It won't be a big deal -- it's just really for me to experiment with web design on a personal site. It will also be used for e-mail, and hosting my blog. I don't need masses of space, and I'm not expecting masses of traffic.

I'd also like to register a (.net) domain name, and want this in my name rather than belonging to the host (if you see what I mean).

I've found http://www.hosthere.co.uk/students/ , but I don't know enough about this to know if I'm getting a good deal! Does anybody have any advice?

Thanks in advance,

Tristan

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http://www.i-websolutions.co.uk/cfhosting.php ;)

have had greate service from them and always register my domains with www.123reg.co.uk

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I also have hosting with I-Web Solutions & am amazed at what you get for the price - both the package & the customer service feel like they should be much more expensive.

I also have purchased a domain from 123-Reg, with no problems, transfer of the domain to my hosts DNS was hassle free. As I bought a 'co.uk' I just got my nominet confirmation sorted :tu:

One of Cable Forum's members sells domain name registration, it may be worth having a look for comparison - check out the link in the sig of Mr_love_monkey.

:)

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What ^^^^ said.

Don't go with I-web, oh no - not another user with them reccomended from here.

Oh no... wer'e gonna want some commission before too long... ROFLMAO.

Seriosly though, they do a good package, especially as your a member of CF.

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My host - Webmania http://webmania.co.uk/cgi-bin/hostshop1.cgi

£20 for 500mb / 6gb transfer/month. Can't complain about it, does what it says on the tin.

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I'm currently using Penguin Computer Services... have been for a long time, and am very happy, especially with the level of customer services, as well as reliability of the service. They're slightly more expensive than I-Web... but i'm happy staying with PCS. I've looked into signing up with I-Web, but theres one thing holding me back... and thats the Control Panel I-Web uses... I can't stand cPanel.. sooo many bad experiences with it, PCS, uses the Ensim control panel which i get on with soo much better.

PCS's website is: http://www.pcs-net.com/

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Seconded... :tu:

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I'm with Dreamhost - got a good deal thanks to a promotional code. It cost me $9.24 per year, and I get the following:

†¢ 2400 MB Storage
†¢ 120 GB Transfer ($1/GB extra)
†¢ 3 Domains Hosted
†¢ 15 Sub-Domains Hosted
†¢ 600 Mailboxes
†¢ 75 Shell Users
†¢ One FREE .com/.net/.org/.info domain
†¢ CGI/FrontPage 2002 Extensions
†¢ PHP4, perl, python, C, C++
†¢ Unlimited MySQL Databases
†¢ IMAP, POP3, and Web-Based email access
†¢ Unlimited email aliases, auto-responders, announcement lists, discussion lists, media streaming, and more...

PM me if you want any info, and the promotional code. Bear in mind that this is a special offer, so after the promotional period is up (12 months after sign-up) you'd revert back to their normal pricing - although it's not automatically done if you choose so.

This is a US-based server too, so if you'd rather have a UK-based server, then I'd look elsewhere (i-web seem OK to me ;) )

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That looks really good - but do you know if they could they host a .uk address i already own? (if so could you PM me the promo code?) :tu:

EDIT: also is that price definately per year? (Well for the first year at least?)

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Yes and yes... I'll PM you the details.

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Yup highly recommend I-Web too! I tend to use UKReg for registring domains, easy to setup/configure and reasonable cheap.

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are the I-Web servers in the UK or USA?

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US I believe - just like the one you are posting on here.

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I signed up to HostHere (http://www.hosthere.co.uk) a couple of months ago to host my site, and so far I've been very impressed with their customer service and reliablility. I would recommend them to anyone - they seem to be very honest.

Simon

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Whats your website? Its not setup in your profile.........

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Who?

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I shoudve quoted him shouldnt I :D ooooops:angel:

jc_inda_house

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Its called Bloater-Central - just a collection of reviews/funny pics etc done with a few mates. The URL is http://www.bloater-central.com.

Thanks for letting me know btw... its added now :)

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Ahh.... so you actually own hosthere.co.uk ;) better to be honest mate ;)

Just to let you know.... i setup I-Web, but am partnered with 3 other chaps in it now :) All good fun in the hosting world.. i can assure you. Lots of long nights :( early mornings, linux binary issues etc.... But we'll save that for another thread ;) BOT :D

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I've used bluecity hosts for the past year or so, can't fault them one bit.

Support is always exellent, I once put a request in regarding some email issues I had at 3am and by 3.10am they had replyed and sorted the problem out for me, can't really complain at that!

Anyway they have been ok for me, they may not be the cheapest but for £20 quid a year I can't complain. I think they also do a free domain with each yearly hosted package as a friend of mine took up the offer last month, got his own domain management thing aswell which i thought was quite good.