In the end i went for another option. swvps.com the reason being they were also cheap but an option to locate my vps in the uk. The uk option was an extra $4.99 a month but still cheap.
Simon. On 19 Aug 2012 10:42, "Simon Carr" <simonjc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have just found this service > > http://webkeepers.com > > I think i will give their medium service a try on the one month contract > and see how it goes. The 4gb version seems very reasonable even on the > monthly rates and better still if i decide to stick with them for a year. > My only worry is that i am in the uk and so will most of my > visitors/customers so latency might become an issue. > > I also have another option. I have virgin fibreoptic broadband with 120mb > download and 10mb upload and a static ip. I have tried pointing my domain > name at my home router before and it works fine. The only issue here is > that i would have to invest in a new pc and the computer room shares a wall > with the bedroom so the fan noise might become an issue at night. > > Will give webkeepers a try and report back with results. > > Simon > On 19 Aug 2012 00:54, "Simon Carr" <simonjc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After a few weeks of getting to know web2py i have decided that it should >> become one of the development tools in my tool belt. >> >> The only thing that is stopping me moving on however is hosting options. >> I am going to take a look at app engine as one option but i need to know >> that i can also deploy on a standard web server. >> >> I would need to be able to use apache which i know web2py can do but i am >> not sure how complicated this is. I also think that I am going to need to >> use a VPS but these go up in price very quickly beyond 1gb and 1 cpu. >> >> Can anyone give some comments on where they host, what spec server they >> have and what performance they get. >> >> Thanks >> Simon >> >> -- >> >> >> >> --
