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This is a topic that has been discussed a lot on the chat lists. I would like some collaberation on this and we can give some feedback about the ones we know. Like type of service provided (web, mail, virtual servers).

Please note that this is information contributed by the community. Please use at your own discretion.

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Local

  • Manta Online:
    • Strong, Versatile Packages running on Linux with loads of features
    • Local and International Locations - South Africa, Germany and USA
    • 1GB to 5GB Storage Space, 12GB to 65GB transfer - starting at R75 per month
    • Unlimited: email accounts, sub domains, mailing lists, aliases, FTP accounts, databases
    • CPanel 11 Control Panel, Apache 1.3, PHP5 and MySQL5
    • Ruby on Rails, Fantastico Delux, Spam Assassin, AW Stats, WebMail (Horde, Squirrel Mail)
  • Backbone IT Solutions:
    • Very cheap hosting packages
    • Entry level package is 1000MB web space
    • Very Fast and reliable
    • Excellent service and support
    • Lots of other services also offered
  • Frogfoot:
    • Offers everything (including Xen servers)
    • Local as in contribute frequently to CLUG events and lectures
    • Real people (well, frogs actually)
    • Redundant upstream links
    • Decent data-centre
    • Networking Perfectionists
  • Hetzner:
    • Offers everything from simple shared hosting (starting from R20/month) to colo and managed hosting.
    • Plugged into the UUNet network via fibre, but their offering is cheaper than UUNet's.
  • Virtual Servers.co.za:
    • Hosting happens overseas, but I list them here because it is a local reseller. I like the idea of picking up a phone and calling someone local.
    • Root access. They even organised Centos4 for me, even though it is not listed.
  • RSA Web Internet:
    • Excellent service
    • IS Backbone
    • Web Hosting on FreeBSD
    • Windows Web Hosting
    • iBurst, Unlimited ADSL, ADSL
  • Upfront Systems
    • Linux Vserver based virtual hosts
    • Zope and Plone Hosting
    • Talk to us, we'll work something out.

Semi-International

  • Real Private Networks:
    • Local as in very local. The owner haunts CLUG lists.
    • Offers a comprehensive list of services including SSH access.
  • Virtual Servers.co.za:
    • Hosting happens overseas, but a local reseller. I like the idea of picking up a phone and calling someone local.
    • Root access. They even organised Centos4 for me, even though it is not listed.
  • Coolstuff Webhosting:
    • High traffic (from 10gb /month), shared hosting and dedicated servers(1000gb), operated by CLUG member.
    • FreeBSD, PHP4, Perl, SSH, Directadmin etc

International

  • Pair Networks:
    • One of the oldest, most stable hosting providers in the US. Good offerings at very decent prices.
  • John Companies:
    • Provide dedicated and virtual-shared hosting on Linux and BSD -- you get root on the machine, the rest is up to you. After hosting with them for almost 2 years, I have always been very happy with the service -- tech's who really know their stuff on 24hrs -- never more than 30-40 minutes for a reply to any (email) support queries.
  • UK2.net:
    • Excellent provider, state-of-the-art data center in Canary Wharf (London).
  • Netservers:
    • Technically highly competent, good support. Data centers in Canary Wharf (London) and Cambridge.
  • Unixshell:
    • Very cheap Xen virtual servers. Lots of different pricing options and plans
    • Competant admins who *know* Xen.
    • Pretty much any distro is available.
    • Can be unreliable at times, but I've been lucky and hardly had any downtime (or lost any data).
  • 1&1:
    • Based in Germany, fast backbone.
    • Services: Web hosting, Mail, Root servers
    • SR: Used them for a UK db backed site. Cheap, snappy, ssh access, decent bandwidth, okay support.
  • RoseHosting:
    • Mn, USA
    • Services : Root servers (various Linux distributions)
    • Unlimited DNS hosting
    • Had very good service so far with them: Excellent support and uptimes
    • Minimal virtual server is aprox. $US 25.00 / month
  • Frihost:
    • Services: Free web hosting for active community members, good support.
  • Aplus.Net:
    • Dedicated server hosting
    • Load balancing solutions
    • Unix (FreeBSD) and Windows shared servers
    • Datacenter based in San Diego, CA, United States
  • Mistral UK
    • Very nice low latency bandwidth (hosted in Canary Wharf, London).
    • Mighty expensive.
    • Not too worried about stepping over bandwidth allocations.
    • SR: Used them to colo for a UK site.
  • eUKhost.com
    • UK Data Center
    • 100 Mbps network connection servers.
    • Various Linux distros available on VPS & Dedicated Servers.

Uncertain

  • Bytemark:
    • UK-based
    • Good reputation
    • Supports OSS community
  • Linode:
    • Decent bandwith
    • virtual machine, $20
    • good name out there
  • Tektonic:
    • Virtuozzo vservers
    • GREAT bang for your buck
  • Powweb:
    • Clustered
    • 20GB disk space
    • 400GB Monthly bandwidth
    • Big community
    • $7.77 per month, incl domain name
    • Con: you have to sign up for 24 months
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