Looking for European web host

[Ian]

Can anyone recommend an affordable and reliable web host in Europe?

[Ian]

No one?

[TheWizard]

Shared hosting or a dedicated server? I have researched this extensively before, and here are numerous providers with examples of their packages (usually the cheapest option). Bandwidth is based on monthly increments and prices are based on yearly subscriptions. Double check the host's web site as the package details may be a bit outdated. Also, the shared hosting providers are generally large storage/high bandwidth options. I have not fully researched small storage/low bandwidth ISP's.

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L = British Pounds
E = Euros
$ = Dollars

Dedicated server:

ISP                     CPU/RAM/HDD/OS                  Bandwidth     Price
===                     ==============                  =========     =====

amenworld.com           Athlon 1600/256/80/Linux        1000GB        L39
uk2.net                 Celeron 2.4/512/80/Linux        2000GB        L39
                        Sempron 2800/1024/80/Linux      2000GB        L49
123-reg.co.uk           Celeron 2.0/512/40/FreeBSD      Unmetered     L39.99
easyspace.com           Pentium 2.8/512/80/Linux        Unmetered     L49
xilo.net                Sempron 2600/1024/80/Any        1500GB        L55
ovh.com                 Celeron 2.0/256/160/Any         Unmetered     E20
                        P4 3.0/512/80/Any               Unmetered     E36
                        P4 3.0/1024/250/Any             Unmetered     E46
                        P4 3.0/2048/250/Any             Unmetered     E56
dedibox.fr              VIA 2.0/1024/160/Linux          Unmetered     E30
hetzner.de              Athlon 3700/1024/320/Any        1000GB        E39
netdirekt.de            P4 1.6/512/40/Linux             2000GB        E45
                        P4 2.4/512/80/Linux             3000GB        E55
leaseweb.com            P4 2.4/512/80/Any               1000GB        E49
                        Sempron 3100/512/80/Any         Unmetered     E59
flexservers.com         Celeron 2.4/256/40/Linux        1000GB        E49
server4you.de           Opteron 1.8/1024/320/Any        Unmetered     E64

ISP                     Connectivity                    Location
===                     ============                    ========

amenworld.com           lambanet, clara                 Paris/Dusseldorf
uk2.net                 cogent, tiscali                 London, England
123-reg.co.uk           telia, uunet                    London, England
easyspace.com           level3, sprint                  London, England
xilo.net                telia, cogent, tiscali          London, England
ovh.com                 gblx, level3, cogent, teleglobe Paris, France
dedibox.fr              level3, teleglobe, proxad       Paris, France
hetzner.de              tiscai, cogent, cw              Frankfurt, Germany
netdirekt.de            Too many uplinks to list        Frankfurt, Germany
leaseweb.com            teleglobe, above, telia         Amsterdam, Holland
flexservers.com         uunet                           Amsterdam, Holland
server4you.de           level3, lambdanet               Dusseldorf, Germany


Shared hosting:

ISP                     HDD     FTP     SSH     Bandwidth     Price
===                     ===     ===     ===     =========     =====

ctn1.net                5GB     5       N       Unmetered     $6.60
                        20GB    10      N       Unmetered     $10.90
servage.net             250GB   Unlim.  N       2100GB        $6.45
dotspirit.com           250GB   Unlim.  N       2000GB        $12.99

ISP                     Connectivity                    Location
===                     ============                    ========

ctn1.net                telia, above, pccwbtn           Paris, France
servage.net             versatel, cogent                Hamburg, Germany
dotspirit.com           versatel, cogent                Hamburg, Germany


[MediumRare]

That's a tough one to answer- what do you want to do with a European provider? There will (at the very least) be questions re. international contracts.

I haven't had much interest in this subject, but as a regular c't reader sort of skim over most reports they have on anything . They had a test on mid-range providers in Germany in the 7/2007 issue and "www.all-inkl.com" did very well there.

I'm sure that you'd be better off with an English language site, though, and I can't help you there. jase might be able to give you some advice, but he hasn't dropped by here in the last few months.

Looks like TheWizard beat me in answering this one- his info is more useful than mine anyways.

G