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I know you said "UK based, of course", but servers in the US are cheap at the moment. I've found they are cheaper anyway, but with the dollar so low ... I use http://www.vpslink.com/ D On Saturday 24 November 2007 12:23:47 Kevin Lucas wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: > > I know that I am asking for trouble with this but here goes ..... > > > > I am thinking of setting up a second website, or indeed transferring > > the current one. I feel that there are better hosts out there than the > > one I am using, though I may be wrong. I have now learnt a lot about > > having my own web site, and now I would like to progress a bit. > > > > So, any suggestions please for some good hosts? UK based, of course and > > happy with Linux too. I trust the opinions of lug members more than > > those of official reviewers that I can find on the internet. One I have > > come across is Impression Internet in Weymouth. Looks good but ...... > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil Winchurst > > Neil > I have just changed hosts, for Simplyweb to Streamline. Mainly due to > the Offer of MySql and the cost of £47.00 for two years. > > My bandwidth got exeeded (only 1 gig / month) on my last host and I > didn't want to pay more for the extra so I was pointed to Streamline.net > by a friend. > Things transfered ok (after I remembered where I put the password for > Nominet) > as you need this to alter the DNS settings from your old provider to the > new. > > I have just one gripe and that is with the MySql databases you cannot > "name" a new db just select a pre-named one from a list. So even though > I am on a linux server there are some restrictions. > I find the "Control panel " applets scary, but I like ssh and I have a > mounted folder on the desktop to my home folder on the web. > best of luck -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html