[Gllug] Website hosting recommendations?

Matthew Thompson matt at actuality.co.uk
Sun Dec 22 09:09:03 UTC 2002


Hi John,

just a quick message to say that  I've successfully tested SCP and that 
with an account you would get SSH access to the box.

M at t :o)

On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 04:40  am, John wrote:

>
> Thanks for your fast response. :-)  In looking through this more, it 
> seems I only need a few very small sites hosted there.  I'd estimate 2 
> or 3 domains (plus 1 or 2 aliased domains), very small "brochure-ware" 
> sites of 10-20 pages each, probably about 5MB (for all three 
> together), and then very little traffic each month as well.  scp 
> access is important so that I can securely transfer content there 
> without plain-text passwords, etc.  If I could run a few C++ CGI apps 
> later on, that might be great, but for now, I really just need a few 
> plain html sites to start.  Pretty boring, I know. :-)
>
> These companies will eventually need real hosting, real Internet 
> access, all of that, but for now, I just need a place to park a few 
> glorified placeholder pages.
>
> (Should we take this offline?  Or are others on this list also 
> curious? Just want to make sure I'm not boring anyone else to tears 
> here...)
>
> Thanks again for your help. :-)
>
>
> 	Best regards,
>
> 	   =john
>
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Thompson wrote:
>> Hi John,
>> If you let me know now many domains and what sort of size you want I 
>> can let you know how much I'll host it for.
>> I have a box hosted and there's plenty of disk space and processor 
>> going spare on it still.
>> Let me know, M at t :o)
>> On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 01:07  am, John wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if the members of this list had recommendations for 
>>> website hosting companies in London which provide shared hosting 
>>> accounts on Linux servers, optionally with CGI support and Linux 
>>> shell access (or at least scp access), and ideally for a fairly low 
>>> monthly cost. :-)  If there is a good site which lists reputable 
>>> companies, that would be great as well.  I need to register a few 
>>> .co.uk domains and setup a few small sites, and while well-versed in 
>>> those things here in the US, I've not yet dealt much with Internet 
>>> firms in the UK.
>>>
>>> BTW, I'm presently in Los Angeles, likely relocating to London in 
>>> six months or so, and hope to join your group in person when there. 
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>>     Best regards
>>>      and happy holidays,
>>>
>>>           =john
>>>
>>>
>>>
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