Hostgator UK

[coldclimber]

I think hostgator is now big enough to be able to open a sister company here in the UK and have a hosting system here, or should i say i would like to see that happen as would allot of your customers.

I think this would be of great benefit to Hostgator, as we are really lacking this type of hosting here, I have lost hundreds of pound on UK hosting due to their poor performance and reliability.

Come on over and take chance, I am sure you could do it.

[bnorbi]

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[AdamWeeden]

Originally Posted by coldclimber

I think hostgator is now big enough to be able to open a sister company here in the UK and have a hosting system here, or should i say i would like to see that happen as would allot of your customers.

I think this would be of great benefit to Hostgator, as we are really lacking this type of hosting here, I have lost hundreds of pound on UK hosting due to their poor performance and reliability.

Come on over and take chance, I am sure you could do it.

Agreed. I <3 HG, I even recently upgraded

Having a UK Centre would be awesome, and possibly be some good competition.

[skyrim77]

I support this also I would love to have a UK based VPS.

[GatorDaveC]

This might be something we will do in the future. We have a test box in Amsterdam. Could you let me know what kind of ping times you get from the UK?

Try pinging 159.253.147.4, and let me know what the results are!

[Keith W]

Here you go Dave

I am located just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland

Pinging 159.253.147.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=49
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=49
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=49
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 159.253.147.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 38ms, Average = 29ms

[GatorDaveC]

Wow, that is a very acceptable ping time

[coldclimber]

here are my results 40 miles from Manchester

Pinging 159.253.147.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=149ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 159.253.147.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 149ms, Average = 67ms

[GatorDaveC]

Originally Posted by coldclimber

here are my results 40 miles from Manchester

Pinging 159.253.147.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=149ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=51
Reply from 159.253.147.4: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 159.253.147.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 149ms, Average = 67ms

That is pretty good. The 149ms reply must have been from that IP over PG Tips causing issues lol.

[atsoftpk]

Im a freelancer and most of my cleints are from UK. They always require web hosting but they preffer UK Servers for SEO point. So i used Uk2.net but never satisfied with thier customer support. So i guess it will be great if Hostgator Starts in UK and setup Datacenter here.

Im already HG Reseller, but problem is UK clients dont like USA datacenters.

[satnav]

HG may already be a big company, but not to big to have a sister company in UK. There is a big market when it comes to web hosting and there are a lot of hosting services that could do better depending on your location.

[wesslayneb]

Originally Posted by satnav

HG may already be a big company, but not to big to have a sister company in UK. There is a big market when it comes to web hosting and there are a lot of hosting services that could do better depending on your location.

According to HG:
This might be something we will do in the future. We have a test box in Amsterdam. Could you let me know what kind of ping times you get from the UK?

It seems like a it may happen.

[ruth77]

I would like to get a server in the UK instead of the US.

[Roushmore]

It's a good idea to Hostgator, Hostgator have a website developed for Brazilian people, and why not for UK?It's a good idea, but requires time.

[mrintech]

HG UK will be awesome

I may host my sites in UK too, instead of US

[Tapner]

I would also like to see HostGator expand their services to the UK at some point. I live there myself and would immediately move/change servers to a more local one.

Having said that, I have no complaints about my current situation, as my website loads quickly on an American server anyway.

[ednit]

I'd sign up for it if they offered it. I won't drop my reseller account here, but I'm looking to put some sites up internationally to better-reach those markets.

I just recently re-discovered the frustration in trying to find a new hosting company. I've had my current account for 7 years with Hostgator, but now I'm trying to branch out... It'd make my search a lot easier if Hostgator offered reseller services in the UK.

[Kari]

I would like a UK server also.

[Trendz85]

Yeah i also live in the uk and re sell websites as well as the hosting using ur base kit and wordpress joomla and drupal so would love to see a hostgator Uk for client seo reasons.

[Lovelogic]

Damm good idea IMHO the UK market is crying out for a serious heavyweight hosting provider with its own independant hardware (& local based customer support ) as opposed to the plethora of small time resellers piggybacked off the fasthosts datacenter.

PS: no offence intended to any lone individual trading as a hosting reseller but the web does not sleep but you have to do sometime.