Can anyone recommend a decent web host?

Spencer For Hire · Thu 01 Feb, 2007 11.19

The one I'm using at the moment is dismal. After initially refusing to believe I had an account with them, it's taken over three weeks since I complained I wasn't getting any emails through, and still it's not sorted.

So I'm looking at transferring my domain, hosting and email to another provider.

Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations of a company that isn't shit?

(edit: should mention I'm just after a fairly basic, but reliable service - I don't require tons of web-space, bandwidth, dedicated servers, etc.)

James Hatts · Thu 01 Feb, 2007 11.28

Go on - name and shame. Who are you using at the moment?

Spencer For Hire · Thu 01 Feb, 2007 11.37

Legend Internet. They bought out my previous ISP (a nice, helpful locally-based one) about a year ago.

rob · Thu 01 Feb, 2007 12.07

I use Free Hostia to host http://www.overtondarts.uni.cc - it's fantastic. No ads, fast loading times, works all the time.

Edit - http://www.freehostia.com

Pete · Thu 01 Feb, 2007 13.10

I use Dreamhost. Lovely company. For about £60 a year I get about 200gig of space and 2TB of bandwidth.

It's occasionally a tad sluggish but their support is fantastic and their blog is one of the most honest things ever.

Spencer For Hire · Fri 02 Feb, 2007 12.02

Thanks for the suggestions. The Easily offer in particular sounds worth exploring.

I'm a little reluctant to use an American-based host, as I know people who've had problems with 'pages from the UK' options on search engines filtering out their sites as a consequence. Unless anyone knows if there's a work-around for this issue?

Pete · Fri 02 Feb, 2007 12.39

does anyone use that pages from the UK thing?

I never realised my site vanished before that. If that is how google works then their technology is hopeless.

antony · Fri 02 Feb, 2007 13.26

Spencer For Hire wrote:I'm a little reluctant to use an American-based host, as I know people who've had problems with 'pages from the UK' options on search engines filtering out their sites as a consequence. Unless anyone knows if there's a work-around for this issue?

I believe it's to do with WHOIS data rather than where you actually host it.

tillyoshea · Sat 03 Feb, 2007 12.01

I've used one.com for a few years now. They're okay, never had too many problems with them, and they're very cheap - 90p per month for 1Gb of space and unlimited traffic, complete with PHP5, MySQL, ASP, everything you could want, really.

Their customer service department is efficient, too. Their domain hosting prices aren't great (£6 per year for .co.uk), but nor are they extortionate.

I've also used 1and1.co.uk, who are alright.

Jovis · Sat 03 Feb, 2007 12.06

I use 110mb.com, I find they're very good, support loads of file formats, good support, no ads even on free package, and just generally great.

Explorer · Sat 03 Feb, 2007 12.32

That's what I use. Great free host!