Web Hosting?

[HughF]

A few points.

Stay away from the larger companies. Fasthosts, 123 Reg, Go daddy, TSO et al, are rubbish without exception. Their shared hosting servers will be packed to the point of absurdity.

Don't register the domain with the hosting company.

The big boys try to pull in the uninitiated with offers of 99p domain registration for the first year. Have a look to see how much they are going to screw you for after the first year.

For a simple Wordpress site there is no need to pay much more than about a fiver per month to get a decent service.

Small companies like Hi Hosting are pretty good. I can recommend Dan myself. I host one of my main money sites with him.

Slightly larger you've got companies like Freethought internet who are also pretty good.

Recently I've started using Stablepoint, it was started by Seb and the guys who started Vidahost many moons ago. They sold out to TSO for a tidy sum, and TSO subsequently ruined Vidahost, but Stablepoint is where Vidahost used to be when it was excellent.

I actually have the reverse to say about fasthosts. Used them for years for our domain and hosting (except email which we pickup and host internally). I use them for a few other local companies to handle their domain reg/web/mail. I have always found them fast, reasonably priced and reliable.

 

[ukracer]

I was with Host gator for years but they got taken over and support just died overnight.
Since i have been with Guru the speed of sites have been way better (and i have the option to apply a boost if needed) plus support is spot on.

 

[mike os]

I use tsohost, used to be vidahost. .. 120 for 3 years