Thread: looking for decent reseller/VPS package with a UK host?

Hi

were a small web design company looking to offer hosting onto our clients. were looking for a decent UK company offering linux based reseller packages or a vps.

we are looking for features like:

> brandable control panel (ensim)
> brandable webmail
> SSH root access
> private nameservers
> php and mysql
> access to log files
> good tech support

i have come across companys such as 4dhosting, united hosting, pipeten and datagate. but i dont know enough about them, does anyone have any experience with any of them? was considering datagate, as their vps package looks good and offers ensim. can anyone recommend any other good companys with decent tech support too? also came across Amard, anyone heard of these?

will appreciate any advice/experiences/opinions

cheers

HP

www.2qubed.com

thanks for the replies guys.

i am looking for a UK host.

im sure i have seen some people offering reseller packages with SSH access. may be i didnt read it properly.

anyway 4Dhosing, what control panel do you offer? i prefer ensim as i have already used it from another company - Virtual Internet. but i dont want to go with them, i am just helping a friend manage his sites on there.

im quite interested in datagate. does anyone have any comments about these guys?

are there any other good UK companys out there offering good VPS packages with ensim?

I've just signed up with Datagate for a straightforward shared hosting package and a couple of MS Exchange mailboxes.

It's been a vast improvement on the £20 a year host (www.web-mania.com) I was using, but I've had a few problems with support. If you decide to go with them make sure that when you email them about an issue you are as specific as you can be. They don't seem to investigate issues very thoroughly unless you describe them exactly what problems you are having. But I guess this is the same for most hosts. Their 24/7 support is more like real support during office hours and basic support the rest of the time. What I did like about Web Mania was that they had someone available via a chat pop up 24/7.

I will probably move to different host, though. I rate Datagate but for what I need it's expensive. 2 MS Exchange mailboxes and thr Database hosting package is costing me £45 a month. A 20MB MySQL dbase ain't that much for what I'm paying. Ive seen packages in the US that offer 3 times the specs for half the price, but that's a different market.

You can just search as many hosting providers as you can this is what my suggestion is as most of the decisions taken hurriedly may affect your online presence so I will recommend to do quiet a bit research before deciding a particular host....................