[ubuntu-uk] web hosting recommendation

[Kris Douglas]

On 9 May 2010 15:41, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/05/10 14:45, ian pettitt (RRes-BB) wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> My webhosting company has let me down again, the mysql server is down for the second time in fortnight and they don't seem to do any support outside of office hours.  Therefore I am looking to move hosts.
>>
>> I don't need a very advanced package, just apache/mysql/php, email so I don't want to pay for (or need) a VPS. Does anyone have any good recommendations?
>
> I really don't like shared hosting services for much at all. It is far
> too easy for your service to be interrupted by activities that are
> outside of your control...
>
> I have heard good things about bitfolk and for just £8/m you can have a
> VPS which you will have total control over.

True, but a well shared hosting package comes with support you may not
get with a VPS, and usually you get tools like cPanel with shared
hosting, which isn't often had on VPS...

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