[Gllug] Hosting

[Andy Millar]

(see bottom of post, best way on a mobile)

-----Original Message-----
From: Hampus Linden <hampus.linden at gmail.com>
Sent: 25 September 2008 22:58
To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Hosting

www.49pence.com which is a part of rapidswitch and based out in Maidenhead
(bluesquare).

The customer service is outstanding considering their very low prices.
I had a failed disk in a server today and raised a ticket, they read it
within 2 minutes, replied to within 11 minutes.
Disk replace within the hour (after scheduling the outage with me).


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Jason Clifford <jason at ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 18:51 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> > I'm sure this has been asked a huge number of times before, but who do
> > you recommend for sensibly priced, reliable LAMP hosting?  It can't
> > really be shared - the site will be particularly busy, though not to
> > YouTube levels!
>
> Leaseweb. They are based in Amsterdam and very, very well connected.
>
> They offer a lot of very nice server options.
>
>

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I use rapidswitch for colocation, and although I wouldn't call them "enterprise grade", their service is very good and their support is exceptional, especially given the price.

They have, however, suffered network and power outages in the not too distant past. Although not necessarily their fault (the datacenter that they use, bluesquare, had power ougates) it should still be noted.

Their internal network, at last update, leaves something to be desired as if I recall correctly a  router upgrade took segments of the network offline (no redundancy??).

All that said, their price is exceptional, their support is exceptional, and their ipkvm servie is very useful. 

One or two issues; but all in all, rapidswitch (and therefore 49pence, blackcat networks) are a reasonable company to use.

- andy

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