Recommendations for decent UK-based web hosting?

[mapesdhs]

Hello all!

I have been away from the SGI scene for a long time, dealing with my late parents' estate, a house on an island, a complicated logistical issue which has only recently come to a close. Sorry for the long absence, and thus the now many outdated links on my site, etc. I'll get to fixing them when I can. Still readjusting to urban living. :}

So I'm back home now, but have run into a problem with my SGI site. Namely, my host provider started moaning about the disk space usage, despite the package I'm paying for supposedly providing "unlimited" storage (it doesn't, in reality it's a 100GB cap). I had lots of vlogs uploaded documenting the restoration work I was doing on the island, for viewing as private links for friends & family. Now though, despite having removed half the data, the provider is still moaning about whether my files are related to my main site or not (as if it's any of their business!). First time any such thing has ever been mentioned in years of having the site, though in the past it was a different owning company.

Either way, it seems my site needs a new home, somewhere that won't be subject to such unreasonable intrusiveness. I'd prefer a UK provider but am open to US locations if the benefits are clear. So far it looks like Hostinger would be a prime alternative (it would double the storage to 200GB and include free SSL), but I'd welcome suggestions for other options. My site does not induce high traffic, but I do want lots of space; atm I've just been using it for the island vlogs, but in time I'd intended to use it to hold mp4s of digitised SGI VHS demo tapes & suchlike. I've looked at VPS options but they're too expensive, and note I've ruled out GoDaddy and BlueHost. I've read a number of review sites, best hosting and so on, but such reviews tend to be overly favourable in every case compared to actual user reviews.

The alternative I suppose is to use a site such as Odyssey, Minds, Bitchute or YT for the SGI vids, but that's not what I'd been hoping to do. Nevertheless, I want to move the main site elsewhere within the next few months.

Thanks!

Ian.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[mapesdhs]

Thanks! And yes the same static code as before, so nothing more complex than tables, image maps and frames (glorious 90s webness), that way it will remain fully functional on SGIs and be as lightweight as possible (it's all hand coded).

I gather there have been some developments in available browsers for SGIs during my absence, something I need to look into. First though I need to setup a daily SGI again; I was using a rackmount Tezro but had to sell it a while ago for funds. I'm switching to an O2 to minimise noise/power, just need to get it cabled up, sort out the disks, etc. (the Tezro had some stuff on SSDs).

Ian.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[mapesdhs]

Thanks for all the info, but tbh I'd rather not use Amazon. :} Also looks kinda complicated to me (I have a slower brain these days, hehe), oodles to read to figure it out, and if I understand their pricing page correctly I don't think it would be usefully cheaper than a normal hosting service. I'd prefer a setup where the costs are fixed and I know what they are in advance.

Leaning toward Hostinger atm, but I'll look into it further next week.

Ian.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[mapesdhs]

I understand, but as I say I'd rather have something fixed and known in advance, but I also just don't want to use Amazon.

Ian.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[mapesdhs]

No prob, thanks for taking the time to write it out! Maybe in the future something more sophisticated would be more suitable, I'll see how it goes.

Ian.

 

[ghost180sx]

For my company, we use getflywheel.com. However, this is a managed WordPress hosting service. The only thing I have to say about them is they're awesome. They've never let me down. I checked to see if they do basic static hosting, however, and they do not...

I've found this PCMag review of hosting services that cost less than $100 US per year.

Oh, siteground is OK. I've used them before. They offer basic web hosting starting at $2.99/month.

 

[ghost180sx]

I also have a friend based in the UK who recommended Vercel. They offer static hosting accounts for free for "hobby" use. I don't think it matters that you do a bit of business. You're not deploying any kind of dynamic content or creating an app. I'd try it out, and keep a paid option as a backup.

 

[mapesdhs]

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to leave this for a ittle while as there are some other tasks I need to deal with first.

Ian.

 

[koclen333]

BlueHost is the one I’ve been using for over a year now; before that, I used Hostinger. BlueHost is faster, more modern, and cheaper. The Blog Starter recommends it, and it offers a coupon to get it for $2/month.

 

[mapesdhs]

Thanks! I did investigate those way back but alas neither had quite what I was looking for.