Hosting
When choosing an Internet Service Provider (ISP) the four key considerations are:
- Reliability. A web site needs to be up and running all day every day. Customers will be discouraged if they visit your site and find it 'down'.
- Speed. Users will not wait long for a page to load (although the speed of connection also depends on the user's modem).
- Functionality. Free web space, and a great deal of other ISPs offering a basic package, do not let customers run their own scripts or access databases.
- Price. It is a competitive market and it's important to get value for money.
So why choose us? Blue Smog and Hot chilli, our hosting partner, offer all of the above. Hot Chilli's servers are situated in Telehouse (London), the largest and most successful Network Operation Centre (NOC) in Europe. Their servers sit directly on the Internet backbone and the home of the London Internet Exchange (LINX), ensuring accelerated communications and total efficiency. They host many major web sites including Norwich Union, Ford, Ericsson, Saatchi and Saatchi, Spar, Emap, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Oxford University and various NHS and Government bodies.
Hot Chilli's speed and efficiency are independently tested on a daily basis and are consistently in the top of the performance listings of all the major ISP hosting companies in the UK. You can check their performance by visiting - http://www.webperf.net
