If it's well setup network there should no difference in speed etc, it could be as if ygr machine was right next to you....
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom King To: CF-Talk Sent: Thu May 31 09:15:48 2007 Subject: Re: US Web Hosting vs UK Thanks - helpful response :) T On 31 May 2007, at 00:11, Mike Kear wrote: > I've been hosting in the US for years, and most of my sites are > Australian sites. At first i worried about what I assumed would be > lag, bu tsince i had no viable alternative at the time, I went with > it. > > I found that it made no practical difference where the box was hosted. > I have a client with a fairly high-traffic Australian site on > Hostmysite.com and while it's not perfect, none of the issues he lists > includes "too slow response time." > > These US hosting companies have very big pipes to connect to, and > multiple redundancy. My own hosting business for example is based in > a giant data centre in Texas with thousands upon thousands of server > boxes. I havent had anyone ever say to me that they want to move > their sites to an Australian-based host because teh response time is > too slow. > > There might be other issues and you should do you arithmetic on the > money, but lag because it's hosted in the USA rather than the UK is > NOT going to be one of your problems. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > > On 5/31/07, Tom King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Am I shooting myself in the foot by looking at US hosting (i,e >> hostmysite.com ) even though the majority of sites I run are in the >> UK (or have a large UK audience + are co.uks?)? >> >> The pricing just seems so much... cheaper. >> >> There's the obvious issue of Lag, but if somewhere offers 24h tech >> support, that should be the only issue? >> >> T >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
