Host Required...

The Mad Rapper · 19 Sep 2006 at 14:19

I am looking for a host for my personal site, and some friends on another forum have directed me towards Site HQ.

Have any of you had any experiance with them?

daz · 19 Sep 2006 at 14:26

Official Sponsors of Kings Cross Steelers RFC... lol.

Not sure if they're listed on www.ochostreview.co.uk

Sherbs · 19 Sep 2006 at 14:48

Tsohost are brilliant, from my personal experiance

The Mad Rapper · 19 Sep 2006 at 14:58

daz said:
Official Sponsors of Kings Cross Steelers RFC... lol.

Not sure if they're listed on www.ochostreview.co.uk

I've checked, they aren't. That's not indicative of anything though, it's not a huge review site so it's going to be all encompassing.

daz · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:12

The Mad Rapper said:
I've checked, they aren't. That's not indicative of anything though, it's not a huge review site so it's going to be all encompassing.

It's not indicative of anything other than ratings and reviews of hosts that are (or have been) used by lots of OcUK forum members.

The Mad Rapper · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:34

daz said:
It's not indicative of anything other than ratings and reviews of hosts that are (or have been) used by lots of OcUK forum members.

I accept your point, I wasn't trying to be difficult. I am just always wary of a review site I look at where so many companies have 10/10. They can't all be that good

daz · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:37

It's a shame it's not slightly more objective or critical, but that's the nature of it. People tend to either give a host 1 or 2 or 3 (if they're bad) or just go for 9 or 10. In reality, there's no objective sliding scale... what does it mean if somebody gives a host a 9 instead of a 10? Or a 4 instead of a 2? :/

The Mad Rapper · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:40

daz said:
It's a shame it's not slightly more objective or critical, but that's the nature of it. People tend to either give a host 1 or 2 or 3 (if they're bad) or just go for 9 or 10. In reality, there's no objective sliding scale... what does it mean if somebody gives a host a 9 instead of a 10? Or a 4 instead of a 2? :/

I agree, it's easier to see quality in a 1-5 scale, then a 1-10 scale.

Dj_Jestar · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:58

Actually, it's easier to judge quality with no rating at all because scaling is completely subjective, so you get to read actual reviews and decide for yourself.

Some use a scale 'accurately' where as you'll find some won't put below 5 unless it was appalling, and the mediocre number is around 7 when it should be 5.. and so on.

But of course it takes a little longer to read a paragraph or two for every review, and not just those "Thumbs up, good host. 10/10" or "Ok host, nothing special. 6.12312346/10."

But what makes them "good" or "nothing special"?

All because people perceive the mid-point to be a 0 and not what it really is.. the middle.

Same goes for magazines rating computer games "This was just a run of the mill, average game. 75%" so 75% is the mediocre point..

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celliott · 19 Sep 2006 at 18:05

I can reccomend www.Vizonhost.com - UK Based and very good pricing.

Immsy · 19 Sep 2006 at 18:33

http://www.register1.net - cant get much better for support and service than these guys.

daz · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:03

VizonHost?

From vizonhost.com

We are based in the heart of London's Docklands area at the Redbus Datacentre Facility. You will be hosted on our state-of-the-art systems, professionally managed running CentOS Linux with Apache web server from a secure data centre with redundant connectivity and fire supression systems.

Our typical server specification features a Pentium 4 "Prescott" 3.0Ghz Processor with 512MB RAM and multiple SATA hard disks in RAID confuguration for high levels of redundancy.

From another site...

We are based in the heart of London's Docklands area at Redbus Meridian Gate - Our state-of-the-art systems, running Red Hat Linux with Apache web server from a secure data centre with redundant connectivity, fire suppression systems and regular backups, feature:-
(list of features)

Our typical server specification includes the Intel P4 "Prescott" 2.8Ghz with 1MB cache and Hyper Threading technology, 512MB DDR RAM and large SATA hard disks.

Somebody has been stealing/paraphrasing...

uk_viper · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:48

if you just need some simple webspace let me know and i'll put you on one of my servers

blade007 · 20 Sep 2006 at 00:02

I am with Vidahost. Have been very impressed so far.

Lovemonk · 20 Sep 2006 at 00:20

Vidahost have been nothing but impressive to me in my first couple of months with them.

the_box · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:34

i have recently aquired a vps suppose i could put you on my system!