[Phpwm] Recommendations for Hosting

[Andy Cowan]

Lester,

Drop me a mail off-list and let me know what you're looking for. I'm sure we've got something that will suit you...

A.


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From: Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>
Sent: 26 February 2008 09:07
To: West Midlands PHP User Group <phpwm at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Phpwm] Recommendations for Hosting


David Goodwin wrote:
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> | The ADSL line here is becoming overloaded so I need a bit more
> | bandwidth. SDSL is not available, but at £200 per month a machine
> | somewhere else is looking attractive. ( The other quote for a line was
> | £36k per year ... )
> |
> | Personally I need something that will support a current Apache/PHP
> | set-up along with Firebird. I'd prefer an AMD64 based Linux machine, but
> | that seems as elusive as shared hosting of a REAL database like
> Firebird ;)
> |
> | Current short list is Fasthosts down at Gloucester. I know WHERE it is
> | does not matter, but I've 30Gb of data to push in initially, so dropping
> | DVD's down seems a good idea.
>
> Get a dedicated box with Bytemark.  They do AMD64 etc. If money is a
> real issue, consider using a virtual machine (also from Bytemark, and
> migration between the two is easy).
>
> (If you need support from a Linux sysadmin point of view, come and
> hassle me off list.)
>
> See : http://www.bytemark.co.uk and
> http://www.bytemark.co.uk/page/Live/hosting/prices/dedicated
>
> I've never heard anyone say anything bad about them, I've been using
> them for a number of years; they're very approachable, know what they're
> talking about and helpful. They are relatively small (5-6 employees, I
> think), so you do get that personal touch, as opposed to e.g. fasthosts.
>
> thanks
> David.
>
> p.s. If you decide to go with them, tell them I'm your referrer and I'll
> get a tiny discount in the future. :)

Prices too high :(
I don't want to have to worry about bandwidth planing again either ;)

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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