Pls recommend a host with the following features

Hosting
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Hi,

Would appreciate if someone could recommend a good webhost that has the following features:

  1. Reasonable priced for about 15GB - 20GB of server space
  2. Uses Cpanel
  3. more than 99% uptime
  4. Has been in business for a long time and is a reputable brand (in the league of 1and1, hostgator etc).
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You would sure find web hosting plans within this budget.

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I’ll suggest hostgator cos I’ve used them personally. Apart from the fact that thy’re one of the largest hosting companies the world over, their customer support is second to none.

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The specifications you listed are fairly generic. Any host will have these features really. In your case I’d recommend trying out a couple that have the 30 day money back trial.

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Are you looking for shared hosting or managed vps hosting…as you are living in UK, which datacenter location will be best for you? US or UK?

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Hi,

I am not too fussy about the datacenter, but I have moved to China recently and its important that the host is not blocked here (unlike some of the big hosts here(

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There are a lot of hosting providers in the US or UK. Try to search from the hosting directory.

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its important that the host is not blocked here

Unfortunately, no host can guarantee that they won’t be blocked. I doubt there are many cases of hosts themselves being identified and blocked, but rather specific server IPs, IP ranges and websites. As far as I know it is all quite random, and hosts are basically powerless to do anything about it. I imagine that this is a problem common for most Chinese residents, so maybe a Chinese forum/website might reveal some real-life solutions/providers.

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the Chinese firewall mainly blocks domains, and filters contents. It generally does not block IPs unless somebody host sensitive (to Chinese gov) contents on the IP directly.

just my 2 cents.

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I don’t want to open another thread for this and I ask you here:

BEST FREE DNS service provider?

  • any suggestions?

Thank you.

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You must be able to find here at SitePoint,
do you have budget?

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As long as its under $10 per month, its good.

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I use No-Wires | Advanced UK Web Hosting for shared hosting, they’re a UK based host. They’re pretty reliable and quite cheap too.

So far I’ve had better experiences with them than with any of the big-name brands you mentioned.

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When comparing web hosts that you finally decided on make sure to read their TOS and SLA carefully. If you do have downtime you will want a web hosting provider who compensates their customers well for the downtime.