Hosting from a US account?

[Staggord]

My first post!!

I've been with DonHost in the UK for the last 4 months and have realised how much its costing me

I was looking at some of the prices of the US hosting companies and was wondering. Is there anything I have to think about when choosing a US hosting company that I can host my UK based websites.

I have been looking at websitesource.com, anybody have any experience with these people? Or maybe mediatemple.net?

Thanks

[seveninternet]

Originally Posted by Staggord

My first post!!

I've been with DonHost in the UK for the last 4 months and have realised how much its costing me

I was looking at some of the prices of the US hosting companies and was wondering. Is there anything I have to think about when choosing a US hosting company that I can host my UK based websites.

I have been looking at websitesource.com, anybody have any experience with these people? Or maybe mediatemple.net?

Thanks

There isn't anything wrong with using US hosting companies but there is a couple of areas I would look at first.

1) search for hosting companies in your country. (the different time zones can be a really pain when you need to speak to someone in support).

2) Call the hosting company up & speak to there sales team. Find out how easy it is to up/down grade hosting package & See how long it takes for someone to answer.

3) Send an email to there support team. The response for a good hosting company should be no long that 30mins - 1hr.

4) go to the netcraft(.)com website & see what the server uptime is.

Finally choose a hosting account that you can cancel at anytime.


Happy hunting

[Rifat]

It wouldn't be much different then choosing a new web host, seveninternet covered them pretty well.
I can't advise you on those web hosts, I've never had any experience with them, Sorry.

[IndigoHosts]

I agree with seven, best to do your home work on the host first and make sure that they offer decent support at time sthat suit you (many offer 24x7 so maybe look at them first).

Being a UK based company, we find that US hosts are far more affordable and lets us put cash into improving our services much easier than if we went the UK route.

Before commiting to anything, try out the company's support by sending them a ticket and see how longbefore you get a reply as that will give you a good idea on how long it's likely to take to get a resolution to any problems you may have.