Good to be back

[zxr400]

all ways look on bright side of life ,de de de de cheers paul

[AshG]

sorry guys only just saw this one. it wouldn't be to difficult to move it to our own host. all we need to do is find a host that has unlimited bandwidth and supports sql. once we have that we will need to migrate the ftp and sql data over and have the mx record for southernkitcars.com pointed at the new host.

only down side is that we will have one company for the domain name and another for the storage until the domain name comes up for renewal.

i manage 3 other forums and didnt really want to fully take on another but don't mind helping out as much as needed.

other option is we build our own server and sign up for an sdsl line at some ones house then we would be completely unlimited.

[Nash]

Ash,
Least cost option is needed here. SDSL is still a costly option as far as I know. I looked at it a year ago for my site and it was prohibitively expensive.

......................Neil

[greenwoo]

Ash/ Neil or anyone, if you can email me with what we need or should be looking for from a host then i'll sort it. But then i would need some help to do the transfer because as you know that's outside my scope......

[Ben_Copeland]

My brother in law runs a sdsl line at his house for work. Looking at prices from about £99 a month. Bt's on is about £120 +vat. Not exactly cheap!

Don't know if it helps but I'm very close to my exchange and get 7.5megs broadband here so should see good speeds on sdsl. I'm not overly sure if sdsl is affected but 'length from exchange' like adsl.

I'll ask my brother in law later about specs for servers etc.

[Fury1630]

Erm - is this thread still being written in english??

[Tenpin]

Erm - is this thread still being written in english??

Yes, but while it may be in Greek to some, it's actually nearly Greek - a sub-variant of English - Geek English!

- tenpin

[Nash]

Ash, Mark,
If you have some time one evening this week it might be worth getting together to discuss options and "strategies" for hosting the site?

If nothing else its an excuse to blat to a central rendezvous (pub) for a "diet coke" and a pow wow. If you are up for it.

Ben, welcome to join us but the central point isn't Wales!

Sent this as a PM to just in case you miss it

..............Neil

[Ben_Copeland]

Thanks for the invitation lol take a laptop and find a free wifi and I'll conference call from Wales lol

[jeffw]

I would seriously suggest you don't go down the SDSL & own server route. SDSL is currently restricted to 2Mbs symmetrically and uses private wire (EP9) to the destination. You would have to maintain the server with updates, secure it from the Internet (firewall etc) ensure there was a current AV on the server etc etc.

There are many hosting sites (titanhosts leap to mind) that will host the server, manage the DNS and have a much higher available bandwidth for a lot less dosh then you would be able to do it. They will also secure the server and ensure the latest patches are applied and the AV is upto date.