Appendix 3: Web hosts
The survey.
When the University server proved to be inadequate, I looked at approximately 30 web hosting companies for an alternative. The following hosts all answered "yes" when I asked them if they would let their customers install executable programs on their server. They also all allow you to use FTP to install your modules.
Areti
- Their website is at www.areti.net .
- They have a minimum rental period of 1 year and prices start from £85.00+VAT pa.
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is Free BSD.
Datagate
- Their website is at www.datagate.co.uk .
- They have a minimum rental period of 1month and prices start from £15 pcm.
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is Sun Solaris.
DC Hosting
- Their website is at www.dchosting.co.uk .
- They have a minimum rental period of 1 year and prices start from £12 pa.
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is Unix BSD.
Digiserve
- Their website is at www.digiserve.com .
- They have a minimum rental period of 3 months and prices start from $12 pcm
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is Sun Solaris.
- They also allow telnet as well as FTP.
NetNation
- Their website is at www.netnation.com .
- They have a minimum rental period of 1 month.
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is Linux or Windows NT/ 2000.
- They also allow shell access as well as FTP.
Positive Internet
- Their website is at www.positive-internet.com .
- They have a minimum rental period of 1 year and prices start from £250+VAT pa.
- They will let you install Perl and/or compiled C/C++ programs.
- Their operating system is S.u.S.E Linux 7.0
The recommendation
Depends on the requirements. Since the University uses Unix on Sun Solaris boxes, it would seem that Datagate or Digiserve would be the best bet for hosting systems written on the University’s computers.
For more details, see:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/
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Network_Service_Providers/Hosting/Web_Site_Hosting/Directories/