Reccomend Web Host w/ DNS Control (Not another one of those...)

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Hello,

Yes im sorry for another one of these threads. Ive looked at the hosting review site and browsed a few threads but the thing is, my main concerns are price and DNS control.

I know the usual responses here are TSOHost / VidaHost yet VidaHost does "not yet have an automated online panel" for DNS and there is no mention on the TSOHost site.

I need to be able to add and edit records for Exchange Server testing. Who would you reccomend?

Cheers
 
Register the domain with 123-Reg (who give you full DNS control) and point it towards your webspace (i.e. TSOHost/Vidahost).
 
Thanks for the replies.

I was origially thinking of using JustHost for hosting as they are dirt cheap, hosting .com's with GoDaddy and .uk's with Heart. I would then point all the nameservers to NameCheap to use their Free DNS service.

However, after spending some time to look over the VidaHost website i can see why it comes so reccomended. I am throughouly impressed by it (and noticed on the forums they are developing a DNS editior for their cPanel).

So, plan is to host with VidaHost, .com's with GoDaddy and .uk's with either VidaHost or Heart Internet.

@DJDaz - Is there any chance you could post a (heavily cencored) screen shot of the Heart DNS control panel?

Thanks for the comments
 
I need to update our (Vidahost's) site! cPanel now provide a full online DNS editor so any other cPanel host should also have the same.

I'd do anything to save you from Godaddy ;)

Edit: Also I know I'm biased but Justhost.com don't seem that cheap to me. Unlimited doesn't exist so it's safe to presume they'll kick you off if your site becomes slightly busy, and you're also paying £106 for 3 years' hosting to get the "best price". Compared to <£20/year for most others mentioned in this thread!

Marketing schmarketing :(
 
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@Beansprout - thats great to hear from you.

By "Full" DNS editor do you mean the whole A/CNAME/MX/TXT etc etc as the cPanel hosting that comes from my ISP only includes a "Simple Zone Editor" for A and CNAME's? Furthermore, just wondering whether this is domain independant (i think i may have seen somewhere an automated system for global TLD's but not for .UK's)?

With regards to GoDaddy it just comes down to cost. £4.59 for a .com is pretty hard to beat - and with 6 global TLD's it does start to add up.

To be honest, with JustHost i was just liking the fact that i had "unlimited" addon domains. Ive got 10 domains registered at the moment so it was nice to have the option to have some webspace with any / all of them for a reasonable price. However, their cPanel is jammed with ads and they are consitently bombarding you with sales. Ive also read that by "unlimited" they are fine on disk space and transfer but as soon as you reach 10% CPU utilization you are instantly, without warning, cut off. Hmm.

Finally, say i were to move my .UK's to vidahost. Is my understanding correct that they will be separate to my webspace (in my.vidahost) unless i add them as addon domains (via cPanel)?

Cheers

EDIT: Oh, just as a random suggestion. Would be a very nice feature, in my opinion, if you could have a demo cPanel account for potential customers to browse around to see what they are getting - that new skin of yours needs to be shown off!
 
cPanel has both an Advanced and Simple DNS editor (can be used for any domain on the account) which provides A/CNAME/TXT and there's a separate button for editing MX/SPF settings :)

Don't think I'm allowed to be answering questions on here but I had to jump in about the DNS :o
 
I use ZoneEdit for all my DNS needs. It beats having to change your nameservers every time you move web host or whatever.. and all the hassle that goes along with that. Often web hosts don't provide enough fine grained control anyway.
 
I tend to use the DNS controls available at the domain regsitrar (in my case Namecheap) and then just point the right record at the right place - A record to the webspace, MX to your mail and away you go.
 
I've just recently consolidated all of my domains to Heart internet, over 30 of them now. They're exceedingly good. :)

For the love of god, don't use 123-reg.
 
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