RE: [cobalt-users] UK Colocation

[Sales - Way to the Web <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Kris,

> I am actually curious as to if there are any decent 
> co-location facilities
> in the UK.
> 
> If your server/site is to be a global presence, I would 
> consider shipping
> the server to a world-class facility in the states.  If you are
> predominately catering to the UK market, you would probably 
> be better off
> staying put.

I have to wholeheartedly agree. We used to colocate in the USA and were very
happy with our provider, but the main issue for us was the additional lag
for UK hosting customers. So we made the decision to locate within the UK
and so far have been happy (apart from the additional expense it entails!).

If you'd like a domain to test against, try www.waytotheweb.com - I'd be
interested to find how it looks and feels from your end speed wise, as our
scripting business customer base is about 80% American, though we rarely
have reports of problems from anyone in the world to that server (this is
the one we're happy with, btw).

Apologies to those not interested in this thread, but it's quite a lottery
in the UK with such a young market for the Colocation/Dedicated Server
market and it's almost impossible to get data about companies without the
suck-it-and-see approach which is a pretty dreadful way of going about it.
Though it's obviously not directly Cobalt related, it offers those in the UK
a chance to discuss this issue.

Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting, Web Hosting
http://www.waytotheweb.com