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Haly · 28-07-2008, 00:14

I don't use the e-mail side of things although iirc Daz does so he'll know

Would have thought the uptime on the site is pretty accurate as I can't remember a time either of my hosting packages have been down.

Toby · 28-07-2008, 00:18

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Originally Posted by Mark

I assume you already own the domains. If so, you want add-on domains, which are included as shown. I can't give you uptime beyond what's on their site - though I believe the stats are probably available if you ask.

Yeah I own them so the registration fees are paid up for the time being, just a question of how much extra Vidahost charge for hosting of the additional two on my account after the one they throw in as standard.

You say "included as shown", what do you mean exactly? Only price I can see is a "transfer cost" on the domains page but it's not clear what this is - a one off fee to transfer the domains over or an annual fee for hosting of said domains.

Ta for your help

leowyatt · 28-07-2008, 07:29

I'm with register1 because I took out my hosting plan before I knew the good man beansprout. I can happily say their service is excellent.

I get 4gigs storage for £33 a year. I bought 3 years together back in 2007.

Burble · 28-07-2008, 09:02

I do all my hosting myself on a nice meaty Dell PowerEdge 2900 running ESX with a bunch of virtual machines. The box itself lives in a secure data centre and it costs me a grand total of £0.00/year to host

Well, working for this place has to have some perks.

I'll keep an eye on this thread though as I occasionally get fed up of having to fix problems and like the idea of making it someone elses problem.

Mark · 28-07-2008, 09:13

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Originally Posted by Vertigo1

You say "included as shown", what do you mean exactly? Only price I can see is a "transfer cost" on the domains page but it's not clear what this is - a one off fee to transfer the domains over or an annual fee for hosting of said domains.

Included means included. You'll have to worry about transfers only if the place you have the domains now doesn't permit you to just hold domains with them, or gives you no domain management options, or you want someone else to sort the domain-related stuff for you.

If you do want to transfer the domains, then you'll need 1x hosting and 3x transfers. You might be able to wrangle a discount especially if you say BD sent you, but I can't negotiate on their behalf.

The best policy is just to ask them - you'd have probably had this answered about 8 hours ago if you had.

Wossi · 28-07-2008, 09:43

I'm with http://3dpixel.net/ never had a problem with downtime and any problems they jump on msn and let me know.

Daz · 28-07-2008, 10:45

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Originally Posted by Haly

I don't use the e-mail side of things although iirc Daz does so he'll know

Indeed I do, he's the entry point to my Exchange box

Never noticed any unplanned downtime in the 2/3 years I've been with him.

Toby · 03-08-2008, 23:50

Sounds promising, ta for the info. Quite surprised they don't charge any extra for hosting additional domains as vitually every other host I've looked at includes a set number and charges for more than that on a per-domain basis.

Another question...

On the email side of things, I presume I can fully configure mail forwarding for each domain, i.e. have george@domain, zippy@domain & bungle@domain going to one mailbox whilst bingo@, drooper@, fleagle@ & snorky@ going to a different mailbox?

Mark · 04-08-2008, 08:11

They, like everyone else, do charge beyond a set number of domains - it'd be open to abuse if they didn't.

And yes, about the emails, of course you can. That's a standard feature of most of the better providers.

Toby · 05-08-2008, 07:43

Cool, thanks.

Regards the domains & email, what is confusing me greatly is that the site says:

"Special offer: 12 months for the price of 10 and a free domain name with all packages!"

Note the words "a free domain", as in singular, which suggests additional domain hosting is extra.

Also, regards the email, it says the basic account comes with 10 email accounts. I'm confused as to exactly what they mean by this and how it restricts me. Does this mean I can have 10 mailboxes but unlimited addresses or I'm limited to 10 addresses or what? Also, is this per domain hosted?

Tis all so confoosing

28-07-2008, 00:14	#11
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I don't use the e-mail side of things although iirc Daz does so he'll know Would have thought the uptime on the site is pretty accurate as I can't remember a time either of my hosting packages have been down. __________________ Halycopter

28-07-2008, 07:29	#13
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	I'm with register1 because I took out my hosting plan before I knew the good man beansprout. I can happily say their service is excellent. I get 4gigs storage for £33 a year. I bought 3 years together back in 2007. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

03-08-2008, 23:50	#18
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Sounds promising, ta for the info. Quite surprised they don't charge any extra for hosting additional domains as vitually every other host I've looked at includes a set number and charges for more than that on a per-domain basis. Another question... On the email side of things, I presume I can fully configure mail forwarding for each domain, i.e. have george@domain, zippy@domain & bungle@domain going to one mailbox whilst bingo@, drooper@, fleagle@ & snorky@ going to a different mailbox? __________________

05-08-2008, 07:43	#20
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Cool, thanks. Regards the domains & email, what is confusing me greatly is that the site says: "Special offer: 12 months for the price of 10 and a free domain name with all packages!" Note the words "a free domain", as in singular, which suggests additional domain hosting is extra. Also, regards the email, it says the basic account comes with 10 email accounts. I'm confused as to exactly what they mean by this and how it restricts me. Does this mean I can have 10 mailboxes but unlimited addresses or I'm limited to 10 addresses or what? Also, is this per domain hosted? Tis all so confoosing __________________ Last edited by Toby; 05-08-2008 at 07:47.

28-07-2008, 09:02	#14
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I do all my hosting myself on a nice meaty Dell PowerEdge 2900 running ESX with a bunch of virtual machines. The box itself lives in a secure data centre and it costs me a grand total of £0.00/year to host Well, working for this place has to have some perks. I'll keep an eye on this thread though as I occasionally get fed up of having to fix problems and like the idea of making it someone elses problem.

28-07-2008, 09:43	#16
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	I'm with http://3dpixel.net/ never had a problem with downtime and any problems they jump on msn and let me know.

04-08-2008, 08:11	#19
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	They, like everyone else, do charge beyond a set number of domains - it'd be open to abuse if they didn't. And yes, about the emails, of course you can. That's a standard feature of most of the better providers.