Re: FN-FORUM: hosting (.co.uk)?

date posted 16th August 2004 14:29

On Monday 16 Aug 2004 11:49 am, Art Jaz wrote:
> I currently use a US hosting service, but would like to offer a .co.uk
> option to future (website) clients.

You can host .uk sites in the US just as easily as you can host .com=20
here in the UK. =20

US hosting tends to be cheaper.

UK hosting will have lower latency and so will be slightly quicker for=20
UK and European users. You may also feel that having support in
the same timezone speaking the same language is an advantage,
although I've found the big US companies have pretty good 24/7
support, that Texan accents are easier to understand than some UK
accents, and finally calling the US (throught Tiscal) is no more expensiv=
e
than calling London through NTL.