   [web] UK Web Hosts
  I'm looking for recommendations for a fairly cheap UK web host.It must be able to support PHP and MySQL.  SSH access would be very useful, too (basically to support rsync).It doesn't need huge space or transfer limits - it's not going to be hosting very large files - although it'll have a large photo gallery (it's a website for a university hall junior common room)John B   
  *bump*   ;  I've used web-mania a few times and been pretty satisfied with the service. Considering all they are offering, the price is very good [smile]I've heard good things about 1&1 but can't really recommend them as I have personally never had anything hosted by them. They are a big company (international) and offer some pretty decent rates though.All the best,ViLiO   ;  You could also search for UK webhosts on http://www.hostsearch.comYou can search for specific hosts there, so try it.   ;Quote:Original post by ViLiOI've heard good things about 1&1 but can't really recommend them as I have personally never had anything hosted by them. They are a big company (international) and offer some pretty decent rates though.All the best,ViLiOI have fallen out with 1&1 in a BIG way, and will be terminating my account at the end of next month when it expires. One thing that always annoyed me with them was the stupid usernames they would give you, everything is prefixed with your customer number, eg your ftp login is: m1234567-myusername which is just impossible to remember. This annoyed me, but didnt bother me too much.My issues started last billing period, I had never touched my payment details, but somehow my credit card details had dissapeared from it. I got an email saying payment was now due, and as it normally comes off automatically, I thought nothing of it. 3-4 weeks later, a letter arrived through the post saying my payment was overdue, and if I did not pay within 7 days my account would be suspended. This was the first I had heard that payment had failed!I immediately logged on and spent ages trying to find out how you could pay your bill by Credit Card, eventually I discovered an entry hidden away in a help file stating that if payment is due, simply update your account with the payment details and it will automatically try to charge the card again.So I entered my card details, and submitted. I recieved no email at all saying if it had succeeded or failed. 2 days later (not the 7 mentioned in the letter) my account was suspended, as the card had apparently failed again! I updated yet again, and sent a furious email to support demanding they fix their billing system, to give confirmation, and asking them to confirm if payment had succeeded this time.A few hours later my account came back online, and it took 2 days before a reply arrived telling me yes payment had worked.I was furious and decided I was moving my account at the end of the 6 month billing period. Then two weeks ago I found I couldnt access my site, I was getting an internal server error whenever I tried.I emailed support asking them what was wrong. My site started working a few hours later....then 2 days later I recieved a response stating that there had been a problem with one of their machines, and it was fixed now.I am not prepared to be hosted by a company that takes 2 days to reply to support queries. 1&1 are a Joke!;  Thought I'd just play devil's advocate to gavco98...!I've been using 1&1 for professional and personal sites for quite a while now and have never had any problems with their service. If you take one of their "professional" accounts you also get a 24/7 support line number should anything go wrong or if you just have any questions. I've found that to be very useful and have upon occasion rang them up at 2am while working late just to check some configuration doo-dad with their server.YMMV,Mike.;  I don't know if it's UK but DreamHost have a coupon which gives you 1 years hosting, php, mysql, mail, 1 years domain name for $7. Let me know if you want the coupon code.   ;  I can personally vouch for http://www.bucklehost.co.uk/;  www.pmhis.net   ;  Question: Why a UK host? Unless you think you're going to attract large ammounts of mostly UK visitors, there's no point in specifying a location. Speed usually isn't an issue, even from a US host.   