What hosting companies do you use & do you use dedicated servers

[ClaireH-184886]

I am hoping the community of semoz will help me in deciding what hosting company i should use as there are hundreds of them. I have asked previously about dedicated servers but was shocked to have only received one responce.

Recently i have been having nothing but problems with my hosting company so now i am trying to find a UK hosting company that can offer a dedicated server.

I would be grateful if people could let me know what companies they use for their sites and if they use managed hosting companies.

[IainReloadMedia]

Hi Diane,

When I worked in the UK there was only one company to use if you wanted dedicated servers. Rack Space. The customer service they provide is second to none.

If you can't afford Rack Space, just stay away from 1 and 1. They lost a site when I used them and their customer service is just terrible.

Hope you find a new home for your site soon

Iain - Reload Media

[edwardrj]

Do you really need a dedicated server? Consider a VPS. Or if you want to stick with basic shared hosting, check out BlueHost (get the dedicated IP add-on).

[ClaireH-184886]

I need dedicated server because of the number of sites that i have, it works out cheaper

[ClaireH-184886]

thanks for this, yes rack space is very expensive and i have read many horror stories relating to 1 and 1 and did speak to them and was not confident with what they had to say, i have had a site vanish on me this week, they have today got it back but lost the template so i have to re enter the template.