I bought my own domain and host it with 123-reg which is unfortunately a part of Pipex. The web part is fine. I only have a diddy website so don't need all bells and whistles. It's the email part that is total cr*p. It's always breaking and emails take hours to arrive and they don't update their status page so you never know what's happening. So, I want to move away and try another host.
So any suggestions guys?
Try 1&1, Ann. They had some problems in February, but have been rock solid otherwise:
http://order.1and1.co.uk
Purple Cloud seem to have been getting good reviews lately too:
http://www.purplecloud.com/home/
Thank you. I took a quick look and having nothing else to go on, I'm inclined to choose Purple Cloud simply because I prefer their website. I also rather like the name. It's a bit like some of those old ISPs with the cool names. I used to be an ISP nerd doncha know :eek4:
I've been using PurpleCloud for 6 mths - highly recommended.
Quote from: tortoise on Oct 13, 2007, 21:38:28
I used to be an ISP nerd doncha know :eek4:
Only used to be, Ann?? ;)
I can reccommend www.webhosting.uk.com (http://www.webhosting.uk.com).
They were the chapest I could find at the time - but they use the excellent cpanel interface and have lots of juicy extras.
HTH
Ah, too late I'm afraid. I did the deed today with purplecloud.. only took a couple of hours for my email to start flowing. Woohoo. It's funny but after months and months of my trying to get some answers from 123-Reg aka Pipex about the rotten email service, they finally, today, put a notice up saying that they know it's cr*p but it'll get better soon... but no more chances from me :out: