4WebHelp - Choosing a host

When you have a website, choosing a good host is crucial for its success. If your site is down all the time, how can it be successful? But how can you be sure you've got a good host? Well there isn't really any miracle answer to that question, but before you sign up with a host, you might want to ask them some of the questions below. When you have had satisfactory answers to these questions, try searching the web and newsgroups for the host's name, and also try a search at WebHostingTalk.

Beware: You probably shouldn't ask them all of these questions! Choose the ones which apply to you (for example, not everyone needs anonymous FTP). Do not just copy and paste these questions into an email!

Note: This is a work in progress. I will add questions as I think of them or as they are sent to me.

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Zye
My company just left Webhosting UK after a year with them (VPS package). Started off good, great instant support, good uptime. Recently our VPS was hacked and they instantly blamed us for sending spam. We assured them that we had nothing to do with it. After the server was down for 4 days (40+ client domains) we were told that we would be migrated. The migration happened and the server re-instated. The server was up for one day when it was suspended for Abuse complaints. When I say suspended, I mean that they were not going to switch on our VPS no matter what. Not even to investigate further. We were not told that our VPS account had been suspended completely or anything ... high and dry. We pay quarterly and there is not one word from them at all. They might as well have said " you are finished with us, bye". I am now frightened of all hosting companies. It's like you have to have a mirror of your server just in case you get ceased by your provider. My woes happened behind the scenes. I didn't post on their forum so no one knows. A couple of our clients jumped ship and got shared hosting with them on my recommendation. One was down after 2 weeks and the other accused of phishing when it was a bad shared IP. They seem over subscribed to me, I do belive that they are closely affiliated with Eukhost. All in all they have a good infastructure, but expect your site to go down now and then. They treated us like nobody, likle go to another host if you want to. We have too many subscribers to care. Goddbye WHUK ...
Christina
After some bad experiences with other hosting companies we found Bodhost.co.uk. They offer 24x7 support through email, live chat and free phone support. Bodhost.co.uk provides full SSH root access to their VPS through which you can easily manage most of the things from your end too.We are hosting 5 major websites on bodhost's VPS and yet we haven't faced any major problem. Most of the issues are solved on chat itself their support staff is very friendly. Pricing is also good especially if you pay for a year in advance.
Anonymous
I've had downtime problems with WebHosting.UK.com. My server is constantly down and their support is ****.
vj
i paid for a reseller account with webhosting.uk.com. the site says that webshoting.uk.com would be transparent to my domain services. after paying them the reselling account, i realized that they could not hinde webhosting.uk.com from my WHOIS result of my own very domain, they said it is not possible and their site says that they would remain anonymous but it's all lies. have a chat with them, took me over an hour, after the discussion of removing their support email and website from the WHOIS result, i ended up being told that there was a connection error during the chat, tendency is i have to reconnect back and chat with another person and tell them the same story all over again. i was advised in the end that hiding their own domain from WHOIS results would cost me 9 pounds yearly, trying to squeezing out my money on a small time chatting with them. i end up having a refund of the reseller's account but not the domain registration if you can get a better hosting company, it would be better, stay away from this web hosting company that tries to get your money and more of it.
alphawave
After putting up with our previous hosting provider constant downtime we decided to move to webhosting.uk.com Their service is as good as it gets ..... with friendly staff, quick turnaround on billing and support issues and general good service. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.
jazz
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Rick Allen
I have been using http://www.eMonsterhost.com for well over 2 years now with no issues or down time. They host a large gaming site of mine on a shared server. THey might be able to help you out. Best regards, Rick
Anthony Patrick
I have been overwhelmed by the quality of service and the costs that was provided by webhosting.uk.com. I have not met up with anyone who offers a service that comes close to it. I would recommend this company to everyone I meet up with.Great Service.
Alan
I have used many hosting companies in the past but I have to say that webhosting.uk.com has been the best support yet. They have a free phone number and MSN support which seems to always be online. All my problems have been sorted immediately and though they have made mistakes (we all do), they have been fixed very quickly. So, thanks to webhosting.uk.com I have never spoken to a manager but all the level 1 techs seem extremely eager to help.
Allan Watson
I have been with EUKhosting for around 2 years. I will be changing providers in the not too distant future. Their support is great to start off with and after a few problems with down time I am finding extremely difficult to get in touch with them. I am also lead to believe that they are also behind webhosting.uk.com Good in the beginning slowly getting worse as time goes by.
Kyle
I would recommend to go through the Best Hosting review site i have seen ever http://hostingcomments.com . One can get enough resources to distinguish berween TOP Hosts now a days. Also right to add your remarks and comments on particular host.
sandune maker
Well,i personallly would recommend EUKHOST, they provided excellent support, and their way of personally assisting a single customer is just simply mind blowing.
PB
I have had lots of down time with webhosting.uk.com and I have been trying to contact them all day, phone times out, web chat is not answered and email not replied to.....any ideas as to what to do next?
David Green
I also agree that eUKhost are a excellent low cost yet high quality web hosting provider i would also recommend them.
Nick Davis
Hello, I also think eukhost are very good i have had no problems with them at all service is excellent and support is of great quality. I do understand a lot of people have had problems with them but i do think there is a reason for this because me and my friends have had no problems at all. I would happily recommend them. Thanks Nick davis
geosprite
I strongly warn against using eukhost. Cheap they may be, and you get what you pay for. Initially support will be good but will fade until they are either rude or ignore you. The '30 day money back garuantee' is fraudulent. You will not get money back. The service is not even in the UK. the owner is a one man show reseller of US server space. He is also responsible for webhosting.uk.com and probably a number of other cowboy outfits all of which fail to provide the service offered. They will take your money and run. just do a quick google search and see for yourself the number of complaints about them. I will shortly be taking them to the small claims court and have reported them to Trading Standards. STEER CLEAR.
Sam
Good article, wish I thought of those points when I started out. I have now been (after 3 other hosts) using justahost (www.justahost.net). £25 a year for the basic plan. No problems and a nice server in Telehouse London.
Adzyboy
I recommend http://tripod.lycos.co.uk/ Also http://www.breezeland.com/ These both support PHP and MySql, both are free!! Also on Breezeland they have 24 Hour Support!
Mike
I highly recommend http://www.eukhost.com/. It is very cheap and reliable. I have had web hosting for a year and service uptime has been increddible! I only had to fork out £20 for webhosting too! It came with excellent features like php, mysql, 100mb of webspace and good bandwidth.

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