london.pm Digest, Vol 81, Issue 13

Mon Jul 16 08:21:16 BST 2012

If you really want grow as you grow services I want
nearlyfreespeech.netvery useful(Its based in US though). You can use
catinabox there. Ofcourse
it doesn't give you the flexiblity of VPS or a dedicated server. I myself
moved my sites to a dedicated server on The Planet(now called
Orbit/softlayer) when traffic grew.
HTH,
-Shantanu Bhadoria

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>    1. OT? - Decent webhosting company (Guinevere Nell)
>    2. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (Simon Cozens)
>    3. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (Dominic Thoreau)
>    4. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (ian docherty)
>    5. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (Guinevere Nell)
>    6. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (Chris Carline)
>    7. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (Richard Foley)
>    8. Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company (david)
>    9. Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting
>       2012-07-12 (Eric Johnson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:40:17 +0100
> From: Guinevere Nell <guinevere.nell at gmail.com>
> Subject: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Hello list,
>
> I've been a fly on the wall for a while - I am originally a NY.pm girl, and
> hope soon to join in the social and technical activities of london.pm, but
> as I am no longer perl programmer full time, and quite busy, I have not yet
> had the chance. In any case, today I have a question actually from my
> husband who works as a web developer both full-time and contract and is
> looking for a new web hosting company for himself and some of his clients.
> I suggested Bluehost, but it is based in the US and so he would not be able
> to call them (easily/cheaply) in emergencies.
>
> His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting company,
> not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good customer
> service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on domains
> on a single account?
>
> Cheers, thanks for the help.
>
> Guinevere
>
> --
> http://economicliberty.net/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:01:22 +0900
> From: Simon Cozens <simon at simon-cozens.org>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID: <50016DA2.1030102 at simon-cozens.org>
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>
> On 14/07/2012 21:40, Guinevere Nell wrote:
> > His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting
> company,
> > not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good
> customer
> > service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on
> domains
> > on a single account?
>
> I like Mythic Beasts and UKFSN.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:01:33 +0100
> From: Dominic Thoreau <dominic at thoreau-online.net>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <CAKSYziODFjr_JtBB=
> DuQrhhZ2nKJAfpkmqKB5MFNwTV39tBE9w at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On 14 July 2012 13:40, Guinevere Nell <guinevere.nell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I've been a fly on the wall for a while - I am originally a NY.pm girl,
> and
> > hope soon to join in the social and technical activities of london.pm,
> but
> > as I am no longer perl programmer full time, and quite busy, I have not
> yet
> > had the chance. In any case, today I have a question actually from my
> > husband who works as a web developer both full-time and contract and is
> > looking for a new web hosting company for himself and some of his
> clients.
> > I suggested Bluehost, but it is based in the US and so he would not be
> able
> > to call them (easily/cheaply) in emergencies.
> >
> > His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting
> company,
> > not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good
> customer
> > service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on
> domains
> > on a single account?
> >
> > Cheers, thanks for the help.
>
> Without having anyone in mind, and probably in the future wanting to
> ask the same question myself, I'd want further details.
>
> What do you specifically want?
> - A directory where you can upload files, and have them be on a
> website automagically?
> - Ability to host arbitrary scripts without too much oversight by the
> company (because that would take too long, you trust your / your
> husbands ability to write secure code), although given you're on a
> perl mongers list I'd hope for at least this
> - A virtual machine that you can set up to your own needs ?
> - Dedicated machines?
>
> My own personal needs would probably want a virtual machine, but that
> might just be me.
>
> --
> Nonnullus unus commodo reddo is mihi.
> ABC*D1EFGHIJK2.LMNO3*4PQRST*ITUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-BULLSHEIT-EMAIL*U.56X
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:02:53 +0100
> From: ian docherty <londonperlmongers at iandocherty.com>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <CA+J=dj1iAYZ7KoBdxDjRMUGavEJVJ_-mSuU=
> 06EOoFD-DGdfrw at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On 14 July 2012 13:40, Guinevere Nell <guinevere.nell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I've been a fly on the wall for a while - I am originally a NY.pm girl,
> and
> > hope soon to join in the social and technical activities of london.pm,
> but
> > as I am no longer perl programmer full time, and quite busy, I have not
> yet
> > had the chance. In any case, today I have a question actually from my
> > husband who works as a web developer both full-time and contract and is
> > looking for a new web hosting company for himself and some of his
> clients.
> > I suggested Bluehost, but it is based in the US and so he would not be
> able
> > to call them (easily/cheaply) in emergencies.
> >
> > His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting
> company,
> > not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good
> customer
> > service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on
> domains
> > on a single account?
> >
> > Cheers, thanks for the help.
> >
> > Guinevere
> >
> > --
> > http://economicliberty.net/
>
> Guinevere, my personal preference is linode.com, I have never had
> contention issues with other accounts and they have UK based hosting
> and several size packages so you can start small and expand easily.
>
> - icydee
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:18:30 +0100
> From: Guinevere Nell <guinevere.nell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <
> CAEFeqLBcKbfFB+kU221xxA4vjrk6XSQnjT6d_HcspASn3hTt6Q at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Thanks so much for all the suggestions already! I think he really needs #2
> - he doesn't need virtual or dedicated machines, really - just a web
> hosting company that won't interfere and breathe down his neck, and will
> allow him to have add-on domains and WordPress and scripts and various
> kinds of back-end programming for each domain.
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Dominic Thoreau <
> dominic at thoreau-online.net
> > wrote:
>
> > On 14 July 2012 13:40, Guinevere Nell <guinevere.nell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I've been a fly on the wall for a while - I am originally a NY.pm girl,
> > and
> > > hope soon to join in the social and technical activities of london.pm,
> > but
> > > as I am no longer perl programmer full time, and quite busy, I have not
> > yet
> > > had the chance. In any case, today I have a question actually from my
> > > husband who works as a web developer both full-time and contract and is
> > > looking for a new web hosting company for himself and some of his
> > clients.
> > > I suggested Bluehost, but it is based in the US and so he would not be
> > able
> > > to call them (easily/cheaply) in emergencies.
> > >
> > > His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting
> > company,
> > > not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good
> > customer
> > > service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on
> > domains
> > > on a single account?
> > >
> > > Cheers, thanks for the help.
> >
> > Without having anyone in mind, and probably in the future wanting to
> > ask the same question myself, I'd want further details.
> >
> > What do you specifically want?
> > - A directory where you can upload files, and have them be on a
> > website automagically?
> > - Ability to host arbitrary scripts without too much oversight by the
> > company (because that would take too long, you trust your / your
> > husbands ability to write secure code), although given you're on a
> > perl mongers list I'd hope for at least this
> > - A virtual machine that you can set up to your own needs ?
> > - Dedicated machines?
> >
> > My own personal needs would probably want a virtual machine, but that
> > might just be me.
> >
> > --
> > Nonnullus unus commodo reddo is mihi.
> > ABC*D1EFGHIJK2.LMNO3*4PQRST*ITUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-BULLSHEIT-EMAIL*U.56X
> >
>
>
>
> --
> http://economicliberty.net/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:32:18 +0100
> From: Chris Carline <chris at carline.org>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <
> CAEFnigo2WOEuyAaU1Wr-WhsgF0-dHJyZUeoaxFnVQOb+QFV_Pw at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Guinevere Nell
> <guinevere.nell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks so much for all the suggestions already! I think he really needs
> #2
> > - he doesn't need virtual or dedicated machines, really - just a web
> > hosting company that won't interfere and breathe down his neck, and will
> > allow him to have add-on domains and WordPress and scripts and various
> > kinds of back-end programming for each domain.
>
> In that case, Positive Internet's Z-shared hosting might be a good fit:
> http://www.positive-internet.co.uk/services/z-hosting
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:59:10 +0200
> From: Richard Foley <richard.foley at rfi.net>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID: <20120714135754.GE31886 at thpad>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Mythic Beasts get my vote. I've had several domains with them for a number
> of
> years, and they've always been helpful and very prompt to respond to any
> issues.
>
> --
> Ciao
>
> Richard Foley
>
> http://www.rfi.net/books.html
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 01:40:17PM +0100, Guinevere Nell wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I've been a fly on the wall for a while - I am originally a NY.pm girl,
> and
> > hope soon to join in the social and technical activities of london.pm,
> but
> > as I am no longer perl programmer full time, and quite busy, I have not
> yet
> > had the chance. In any case, today I have a question actually from my
> > husband who works as a web developer both full-time and contract and is
> > looking for a new web hosting company for himself and some of his
> clients.
> > I suggested Bluehost, but it is based in the US and so he would not be
> able
> > to call them (easily/cheaply) in emergencies.
> >
> > His Question: What is a decently priced British-based web hosting
> company,
> > not so large that it can be slowed by all the accounts, with good
> customer
> > service, an easy interface and the ability to host unlimited add-on
> domains
> > on a single account?
> >
> > Cheers, thanks for the help.
> >
> > Guinevere
> >
> > --
> > http://economicliberty.net/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:45:32 +0100
> From: david <david at chromiq.org>
> Subject: Re: OT? - Decent webhosting company
> To: <guinevere.nell at gmail.com>
> Cc: london.pm at london.pm.org
> Message-ID: <48b94badcd5621097bfe334b2abc2349 at chromiq.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:18:30 +0100, Guinevere Nell wrote:
>
> > Thanks so much for all the suggestions already! I think he really
> > needs #2
> > - he doesn't need virtual or dedicated machines, really - just a web
> > hosting company that won't interfere and breathe down his neck, and
> > will
> > allow him to have add-on domains and WordPress and scripts and
> > various
> > kinds of back-end programming for each domain.
> >
>
> In that case www.34sp.com may be what you're after :-)
>
> --
> david at chromiq.org
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:17:33 +0100
> From: Eric Johnson <londonpm at iijo.org>
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting
>         2012-07-12
> To: "London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" <london.pm at london.pm.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <CAJgSyF2eKnuRBuNU7E0xKk+2OWqkSR+4H5YzRMRpGaH_C=
> t9WA at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On 20 Jun 2012, at 14:38, mascip wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i'd be very interested to attend but i'll be away.
> > Will anybody film this, or would the slides be available ?
>
> Hi I have my slides online as well:
> http://kablamo.github.com/selenium-2012-londonpm-slides
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
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