Best web hosting providers

Enigmaman

Many moons ago I was seduced into using iPage as my web host.

Unfortunately, they now want a ridiculous £281 for a year's worth of hosting. I note that new subscribers are getting it for $1.99 per month! 

So I am off, and looking for a new provider. Preferably one with telephone support, ideally UK-based but at least one you can actually get through to. I paged and even provide phone support any more.

Any recommendations?

droopsnoot

I switched from Ionos (1&1) to Mythic Beasts, £30 for a year of web and email hosting for multiple domains, more if you need more space and bandwidth. Ionos were fine, but I made the mistake of not cancelling my £1.99 monthly hosting deal before year end and it gets expensive when it auto-renews.

The only issue for you is that they don't do telephone support. Their email support is very good, in my limited experience - I had a query before I switched to them which didn't seem to be covered by their FAQs, and it was answered within the hour.

Hermann

Have a look at https://www.inventivehosting.co.uk/index.html and see if they meet what you need.

Enigmaman

Thanks. Though I am really looking for a host with actual telephone support. Anyone know of one?  

DarrenLee02

A Qwant search brought up this provider, seems they have phone support. I've never been with them before though.

https://www.webhosting.uk.com/

Hermann

Enigmaman said:

Thanks. Though I am really looking for a host with actual telephone support. Anyone know of one?  

As mentioned Inventive Hosting have phones.....
https://www.inventivehosting.co.uk/contact-us.html

deskhelp

You can try https://www.Webhostuk.co.uk  good quality support with affordable pricing. 

YorkshireTraveller

I have been using Unlimited Web Hosting for years for my personal web hosting/mail and now for our classic car club web site.  Great service and reasonable rates.

https://www.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk/

goled

What about DreamHost? Did anyone try it? I found it on the list of the best web hosting providers, but it would be geat to find out other people's experiences first. 

Syre238

Enigmaman said:

Many moons ago I was seduced into using iPage as my web host.

Unfortunately, they now want a ridiculous £281 for a year's worth of hosting. I note that new subscribers are getting it for $1.99 per month! 

So I am off, and looking for a new provider. Preferably one with telephone support, ideally UK-based but at least one you can actually get through to. I paged and even provide phone support any more.

Any recommendations?

I don't really understand why you need phone support when you can get everything done through live chats. iPage must have a smaller team, which is why it's so cheap. Keep in mind, the cheaper the web hosting, the more likely it is to have issues.

I will recommend you Cloudways because they offer wonderful customer support. They do have phone support but I guess you will have to get premium support to get it and it will cost you too much. You should check it out.

UncleZen

I'm using these guys for several sites: 
https://www.webhosting.uk.com/
But, as its never gone wrong, I can't comment on the support