Which hosting (anyone heard of Heart Internet?)

englishpremier · 5 Feb 2009 at 15:36

I might be looking for a new hosting provider and wondered if anyone has ever used Heart internet?

The features i need are;

Reseller account
PHP 4 (nice to have 4 and 5 side by side)
Mysql (or Microsoft SQL)
at least 4gb of web space
a very high bandwidth limit
ability to edit .htaccess (would you believe some hosts don't allow this)
cpanel (or something similar with as much functionality)

I personally I use A Small Orange and love their packages and service, but this is for work and they are weary of going with a US based company.

t31os · 5 Feb 2009 at 16:02

Have you checked the Sticky?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17411674

englishpremier · 5 Feb 2009 at 16:29

Yes but its pretty out of date

daz · 5 Feb 2009 at 16:38

OcHostReview is out of date? Lots of reviews are still being added...

Beansprout · 5 Feb 2009 at 16:44

Ochostreview is very in-date, I must admit I'm not sure about entry #4 but I know for sure the top 3 (infact top 10, and beyond) are still in business because 2 of them are my competitors

daz · 5 Feb 2009 at 16:46

I think it's worth putting a mark or something against "GetPro". It was run by a child who got his friends to post reviews... when he got bored of running his hosting site for pocket money he left a lot of people in the lurch.

Beansprout · 5 Feb 2009 at 17:39

daz said:
I think it's worth putting a mark or something against "GetPro". It was run by a child who got his friends to post reviews... when he got bored of running his hosting site for pocket money he left a lot of people in the lurch.

I vaguely remember - just looked at the site now and the domain's expired. Terrible :/

jack21 · 6 Feb 2009 at 02:34

englishpremier said:
I might be looking for a new hosting provider and wondered if anyone has ever used Heart internet?

The features i need are;

Reseller account
PHP 4 (nice to have 4 and 5 side by side)
Mysql (or Microsoft SQL)
at least 4gb of web space
a very high bandwidth limit
ability to edit .htaccess (would you believe some hosts don't allow this)
cpanel (or something similar with as much functionality)

I personally I use A Small Orange and love their packages and service, but this is for work and they are weary of going with a US based company.

You can have PHP/MySQL websites hosted on a Linux hosting package however if you have MSSQL database then you'll need a windows hosting package. cPanel is offered only on linux hosting packages and it is one of the leading hosting control panel. Let me know if you need any help

suarve · 6 Feb 2009 at 12:10

englishpremier said:
Yes but its pretty out of date

No its isn't at all.

englishpremier · 6 Feb 2009 at 18:36

suarve said:
No its isn't at all.

I noticed the dates as 2005/6 and stuff, only on looking again did i realise that was when they were added.

monkeysmith · 7 Feb 2009 at 09:12

I remember reading bad things about Heart Internet on .net magazine forums a while back. They may be better now, you may want to check there.

daz · 7 Feb 2009 at 10:18

monkeysmith said:
I remember reading bad things about Heart Internet on .net magazine forums a while back. They may be better now, you may want to check there.

They are one of those companies that spends more on marketing and acquiring new customers than on keeping existing ones...