I am dumbfounded at the apparent lack of an obvious mechanism that
prevents finding a shared host being the absolute nightmare it is: due
to the nature of the business (ie techies who know about advertising
running web hosts) I have spend a grueling 5 hours searching through
lies and sales tosh and "independent" reviews of hosts- I feel little
more informed but much more liable to have a coronary than when I
started. The few reviews Ive found amongst groups are the best I have
but are out of date and even they have to be very carefully sifted for
rubbish content- skewing of independent advice on this topic is very
clear- some comparisson sites have a little known host with about 10 x
the positive 'reviews' as better known hosts- have their employees
been writing reviews, of course...

I need to find a reliable shared host for .net ajax sql - it needs to
be economical but this is not my chief concern. Fasthosts do not
have .net 3.5 and have no firm plans to get it so I would like to know
some well- tested alternatives asap.

Any pointers to solid shared .net 3.5 mysqlenabled hosts greatly
appreciated.

"DanWeaver" <danofweaver [at] googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Any pointers to solid shared .net 3.5 mysqlenabled hosts greatly
> appreciated.

http://www.hostinguk.net/services/windowsOverView.asp

They also offer mySql as part of their Linux packages, so I'm sure they'd do
you a 'mix-n-match'...


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Thanks Mark, Ill take a look.

I would recommend to check www.webhostingtalk.com


George.

"DanWeaver" <danofweaver [at] googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:0c6d6d54-3e4f-4b22-a025-f598749099a7 [at] c19g2000prf.google groups.com...
>I am dumbfounded at the apparent lack of an obvious mechanism that
> prevents finding a shared host being the absolute nightmare it is: due
> to the nature of the business (ie techies who know about advertising
> running web hosts) I have spend a grueling 5 hours searching through
> lies and sales tosh and "independent" reviews of hosts- I feel little
> more informed but much more liable to have a coronary than when I
> started. The few reviews Ive found amongst groups are the best I have
> but are out of date and even they have to be very carefully sifted for
> rubbish content- skewing of independent advice on this topic is very
> clear- some comparisson sites have a little known host with about 10 x
> the positive 'reviews' as better known hosts- have their employees
> been writing reviews, of course...
>
> I need to find a reliable shared host for .net ajax sql - it needs to
> be economical but this is not my chief concern. Fasthosts do not
> have .net 3.5 and have no firm plans to get it so I would like to know
> some well- tested alternatives asap.
>
> Any pointers to solid shared .net 3.5 mysqlenabled hosts greatly
> appreciated.
>
>

Thanks George- thats a really good resource
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