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@Clouvider, @Jack, and @Zare are your big trustworthy UK powerhouses. Probably would be best to reach out to sales@ to get a custom quote based on your needs.
Gotcha well instead of Shipping I thought of LTO as it would be less of a hastle. I'll reach them out and will see what they got for me.
I would say go with clouvider in their new London location
Whilst I love your enthusiasm for your fellow members, I think a bit of a reality check is always in order.
According to CH, Clouvider had £11,746, Loveservers had £8,249 cash in accounts.
Now, I may not belong to the hosting world, but does that make any kind of business a "powerhouse"?
We can sort you out with some quotes. Ping me an email on [email protected] with your requirements.
Probably but they are very trusted here in the low end market, that's what @MasonR was pointing at.
Takes time to make investments back, I'm sure if you look at their previous periods there's reason for enthusiasm. How much enthusiasm I do not know
Also adding an important attribute is that they provide excellent customer care/support and they respond to your needs. This is paramount in the small/startup business space because that is what differentiates you and provides that very important value addition which in many ways is priceless. I don't have to go into horror stories of how the bigger players don't even respond to tickets etc.
I think this (the very high touch customer care/support) is something @BharatB also provides and shares with these named providers.
Never underestimate the value of good customer relations in any walk of life (professional/business or personal).
As @nullnothere mentioned, startups share a very healthy customer-centric approach when compared to the big names ( not all, few who've forgotten how they got their name ) as to how important customer relations can be when compared to money.
Customers are not only looking for services for their business they're also looking for long-term commitments given you're serving them with utmost priority. The customer is king, if you treat him like a slave he will leave your kingdom and find another.
Perhaps "powerhouse" was too strong of a word. Regardless, they are well-respected members of the LE-spectrum that I'd have no second thoughts about them providing a great service at a great prices and wouldn't have to worry about your gear vanishing (cough northhosts cough)
We’re always happy to help. We have a rock solid network, which is the backbone of any hosting business - nothing else matters when you network is less than great. We have an excellent reputation.
Happy to help with shipping. Our colo includes racking if you go this route. We can be as flexible as you need us to be. If you decide you want to be at two sites we can support it too. When you decide to step up and have own connectivity - we specialise in that too.
Give us a shout, we’ll be happy to help :-).
It’s impossible to measure a business’ performance on cash alone...
Investors will be looking at things like liquidity ratios (can a company meet its short term obligations, even in a worst case scenario?), profitability ratios, solvency ratios (can a company meet its long term obligations and to what extent?) and stability ratios.
These reveal a hell of a lot more than the amount of cash someone has sitting in their bank (although the cash does contribute in a couple of cases).
A good example would be someone who has very little money to their name, but has a five bedroom house whose mortgage has been mostly paid off.
Definitely agreed.
tangible assets and intangible assets (like rights to the IP space) would make more sense, but in any case, LTO is not a popular concept in the UK - there are specialist finance providers that we have the partnership with, that could assist in financing hardware on colo with us.
Not sure how that would work with Indian companies
Hah, a name like realbusiness and uses cash at bank as a measure. One word, stupid cunt.
For everyone else, yes its two words but i doubt he can count , so...
Can't say about other providers but +1 for clouvider. Only had minor downtime in ~ 10 months and support is quick (<10 minute).
My only
concernquestion is that it's always dom replying to tickets, are there other ticket operator staff?Does it really matter as long as the tickets are being answered in a timely fashion?
I would rather deal with an individual and build a good working relationship, as opposed to dealing with 10 different individuals dishing out canned responses without trying to understand the situation and/ or case history.
@clouvider @francisco are pretty awesome that way. Keep up the good work!
Yup, as I already said, it's just a small concern. Doesn't matter either way tho. I should have rather use 'question' instead of 'concern' :-D
I heard he only hires people named Dom.
There’s more of us! It’s clearly visible even through the ownership structure :-).
Everyone has a different role. You can usually see me or James on the tickets.
We worked with another engineer called Dom in 2017, it was fun :-)