Hosting a website?

Biz.Kid09 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:24

Someone has just built a website for me and i was wondering if it was possible to host it myself..instead of going through a web hosting company....I was just wondering if it was possible would it be better or is it worth paying for a company?
What companies are considered the best/cheapest...
Thanks

chrisxuk · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:30

Do you have a computer that can be connected to the internet 24/7?

Personally I'd get a dedicated company to host it for myself. Depends what you need from the hosting. The HTML sub-forum have come up with a website where forum members can compare and recommend companies. Tsohost is number 1

http://www.ochostreview.co.uk/

atmax1 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:33

You can host yourself but means pc on all the time.

It best to just get a hosting company to host it, hosting is mega cheap nowadays anyway.

fasthosts do hosting for £1.99 a month.. heartinternet is £2.49 etc..

Both big names, but i don't know whos the best any more as I run a dedicated server for the past 2 years since i do web design and sell a bit of hosting xD... you could spend a bit more and use the respected mediatemple..

wilko49 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:34

if you have a spare computer, i would give it a go. otherwise, your ISP may host a site for you

Biz.Kid09 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:53

Well i do have a spare pc?....I am with Virgin Media..do they do hosting?
I will do a bit more research on those hosting companies...Thanks guys

Speed · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:54

Go with a decent host like Tsohost, having a PC on 24/7 with electric prices like they are will make it not worth doing imho.

Biz.Kid09 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:54

Ok cheers Speed i will check them out....

grudas · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:55

seriously not worth the hassle... can't you pay like 3quid a month and have properly accessible site? you need FAST upload speed for the site to be accessible by many people....

Biz.Kid09 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:56

What does it mean by 500mb webspace?

Randomface74 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:57

Freewind Hosting

Biz.Kid09 · 13 Jun 2010 at 22:57

What does it mean by 500mb webspace? and 5gb bandwith?

wilko49 · 13 Jun 2010 at 23:23

the web space is the storage capacity provided for your site on the server's hard drives. the bandwidth is the amount of data that can downloaded simultaneously.

PistolPete · 14 Jun 2010 at 02:48

wilko49 said:
the bandwidth is the amount of data that can downloaded simultaneously.

Bandwidth is the total amount of data transfered from them, usually per month.

Tealc · 14 Jun 2010 at 09:13

PistolPete said:
Bandwidth is the total amount of data transfered from them, usually per month.

Yes so if your site is content rich (ie video or downloading of big files) and has thousands of users then you may exceed the 5GB. If it's just a basic html thingy then you'd be fine.