Re: FN-FORUM: hosting for the UK?

date posted 26th January 2008 15:20

Hi Sam,

I had a look at the whois section of your website and have found the
info I needed. However I wondered if you'd be able to advise me on the
best way to proceed? I am interested in the hosting packages offered
(standard windows) but would like to give you all the facts so I get the
best price for them. Are you contactable off the forum so I don't bother
everyone with the details?

Thanks,

Claire.

Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> So who is the best person to tell me how the email and hosting are
>> setup? I am dealing with a company that has lost all their login
>> details, etc... and knows their providers but not sure who deals with
>> what...
>>
>> Claire.
>>
>> David Nye wrote:
>>
>>> In my experience, buying domain registration and hosting from the
>>> same supplier usually results in problems when changing hosting
>>> arrangements later. You may also be relying on the hosting company to
>>> renew the domain on time. I use 123reg for domains and OpenHosting
>>>
>> for
>>
>>> hosting; happy with both, but I have not compared service levels with
>>> others recently. Perhaps more importantly, I discovered the hard way
>>> that it is definitely not a good idea to use the free mail forwarding
>>> service of the domain registrar... Their servers are frequently
>>> black-listed resulting in the loss of some mail, so my advice is to
>>> always take the option to use your hosting supplier's name servers.
>>>
>
> Hi Claire,
>
> You can do a whois search from our website at http://www.servwise.com/en-gb/whois.php that should tell you most of the information you need.
>
> If you're having difficulty deciphering the output then post it here and we can explain it in more detail.
>
>
> Regards
> Sam Morgan
>