Did my school make a mini mistake?

Hi.

I was wondering what you think of the hosting plans here, i personally think that they are a total rip off.

http://lcn.biz/web-hosting.asp

My school are using them for hosting and domain.

http://www.penwithmusiccentre.co.uk/

If you check www.whois.sc/penwithmusiccentre.co.uk it is pointing to lcn.biz.

What do you think of my schools music department budget buying this?

Robert

 

UK hosting can be more expensive than pricing we see from the States or other places. If these guys are the actual host and not a reseller then it an ok price, depending on the plan they got.

 

I just personally thought it was too expensive, since i have hosted endtoenders.com for free for the last 3-4 months. I think that the amount of space is a rip off.

www.statichost.co.uk

I have a large reseller with them and they are great. I reacon from the size of penwithmusiccentre, it is only the smallest package.

Rob

 

Way too cheap for an education or business site to be hosted on. If I was the person to look after their website I wouldnt risk placing it on a cheap service like this - I am not saying that Statichost is bad, I just could not place trust in such a cheap service.

Actually thanks for the link, I might test these guys out with a few personal sites.

 

No need.

www.flash.vg is hosted with them. If you go over bandwidth, like i did, you get charged something like $.75/1gb Who can argue with that?

ROb

 

Well at least they dont offer free unlimited bandwidth like some cow boys

 

Indeed and the servers are actually located in the UK
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/?ip=www.penwithmusiccentre.co.uk

An educational institution wants to make sure their needs are met up front. They aren't going to go with a company they can't call on the phone and talk to, etc

I bet they actually went with that host after the host called them The only times I made money when I was hosting sites was when I cold called all day long and got the more high maintenence, high value accounts.

PS. Static Host - The one you like - has their servers with The Planet in Texas

 

Not that I mind that for my U.S. focused sites. I am starting to use an all Irish host for my closer to home sites