[Lancaster] geek web hosting

andy baxter andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Tue Oct 18 07:44:25 UTC 2011


Hi wayne,

Thanks for the info.

I wouldn't be hosting my main site over the ADSL line - it's just for 
services that I wouldn't have the resources for on a web host (I can't 
afford to get a VPS, which is what I'd really like)

see you,

andy

On 17/10/11 21:55, Wayne Ward wrote:
> dont use TSO host what ever you do ;)
>
> ive just moved all my hosting onto a cluster
>
> to be honest andy your better going external hostings never so great 
> on the back of a adsl connection.
>
> 1 and 1 prices dont seem to bad also take a look at TSO host
>
> Regards
> Wayne
>
> On 17 Oct 2011, at 21:45, Mark Wickens wrote:
>
>> On 17/10/11 19:47, KEN HOUGH wrote:
>>> Hi Andy!
>>>
>>> I use 1 and 1 Internet Ltd. They're reported to be one of the 
>>> biggest Internet Hosting companies in the world.
>>>
>>> They offer a lot of services and types of account, including the 
>>> choice of running on Linux
>>> or Windows servers.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Ken Hough
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Mon, 17/10/11, andy baxter 
>>> /<andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     From: andy baxter <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>
>>>     Subject: [Lancaster] geek web hosting
>>>     To: "Lancaster Linux User Group" <lancaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>>     Date: Monday, 17 October, 2011, 15:55
>>>
>>>     Hi all,
>>>
>>>     Can anyone recommend a good geek friendly web hosting company?
>>>     I'm thinking of moving from dayanahost.com
>>>     <http://dayanahost.com> who I've been using for some time. The
>>>     things that have prompted me to want to move are:
>>>
>>>     - The python support from dayanahost isn't that good (old python
>>>     version, plus no mod_python or mod_wsgi).
>>>     - I am thinking of setting up a service on my home server
>>>     (running over our home broadband), which needs SRV DNS records
>>>     and also dynamic DNS updating (no static IP). At the moment I'm
>>>     using dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org> for my home server's ADSL
>>>     IP address, but I would rather have it set up on a subdomain of
>>>     my main domain. Dayana's DNS can do subdomains but not dynamic
>>>     updates or SRV records. Dyndns can do SRV records but only if I
>>>     pay for a separate domain, which I don't really want to do.
>>>
>>>     I'd also be looking for things like:
>>>
>>>     - recent versions of php, perl and python
>>>     - ssh/sftp access.
>>>     - good tech support.
>>>     - able to start with a small cheap package, then upgrade
>>>     according to the resources I use.
>>>
>>>     Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>     andy
>>>
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>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> I use supergreenhosting.com <http://supergreenhosting.com>
>>
>> You can get SSH access and the web panel allows you to do a one-click 
>> install of many different CMS.
>>
>> If you do decide to join one tip is to fill in the application form 
>> but not submit - you will be an email offer within a few hours for 
>> more money off.
>>
>> Support has always been excellent via a live chat system which means 
>> no waiting around to get answer or 'take a ticket' system.
>>
>> Regards, Mark.
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