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[madmarv187]

Im currently looking at hosts outside of my country as England doesnt seem to be very competative (in price) or have great features(maybe im not looking properly). Do you think this is a good idea? If not can someone post some decent hosts that are in the UK that arnt gonna rip me of (im a student).

Thanks alot

[essene]

Hi Marv,

We have a number of clients from the UK. Mainly because of the incredible exchange rate between the UK and Canada.

Quite honestly, some days im inclined to only take customers in the UK because they seem to be some of the nicest, most polite people I have worked with.

$1.00 Cdn = .40 GBP.

Good luck with your search!

Erik

[eddy2099]

There is no actual requirements to host in your own country. The internet connections are global and pretty fast at it thus apart from some slight latency, it does not matter. Of course, if you are physical far, it would prevent you from dropping over and saying 'Hi'.

But seriously, there are some UK based web host which have their servers loaded in the US. The US is traditionally where the internet found its beginning and thus it is where the illusive but still very much real 'backbone' of the internet is location. This is the connection of connections to the world. Of course, now it is not all that true but for most part it is.

I guess it depends on your contents and where your target audience are. If it is in the UK, in your town or city, hosting it nearby might mean faster access.

But like you say, non-US bandwidth tend to be a lot more expensive. So if you are happy with your US-based web host then stick with it.

[madmarv187]

Cheers for the replies but what would you say is a good host that has, php and asp as i would like both to experiment with!!

Thanks Ben

[madmarv187]

Also i liked the look of both http://www.national-host.com/ and http://hostmatix.com/ any idea on the better of the two?

[eddy2099]

If you are looking at doing PHP, the linux based server would be more apt for it. If you are thinking of ASP, you might be better off looking for a Windows-based server.

There are some ASP support under Linux but it is nowhere the same as the one on Windows.

By the way, if all you want to do is to experiment and not to really host any real contents, you might be better off installing a web server and PHP4 on your Windows system and test it locally.

I was with Rochen in the past http://www.rochenhost.com/index.php?zone=linux
and Chris is pretty helpful. I believe he is based in the UK. This is currently a Linux server.

If you need ASP then you could opt for Server Centre
http://www.servercentre.net . They are based in the UK too. Adam is a helpful person. I just got an account there but I have not actually used it yet since I am still in the midst of building the site.

I believe that you will find their pricing within the satisfactory level. They may be based in the UK but their servers could be in the US cos they do price around US pricing.

[madmarv187]

again cheers for the help i will need a host though as i will b displaying my work to future employers

but again cheers

P.S has anyone tried either of the hosts ive mentioned above?

Madmarv187

[madmarv187]

http://hostmatix.com/silver.php

this one seems to float my boat???

Seems to have everything i need or would want

has anyone ever had experience with this company or package?