1. Web site hosting Adam Warren
Department of Adult Continuing Education University of Southampton

2. Hosting options consumer dial-up ISP commercial shared server
dedicated server
private server

3. Dial-up ISP URL: www.your_isp.co.uk/~yourname
URL: yourname.
Cost: FREE
+ easy to set up
- limited traffic
- restricted business use
- no domain name

4. Shared server URL: www.your_name.co.uk URL: www.your_name.com
Cost: £80 - £200 pa
+ own domain name
+ e-commerce services possible
- limited traffic
- server shared with many other sites

5. Dedicated server URL: www.your_name.co.uk URL: www.your_name.com
Cost: £ £12000 pa
+ complete control
+ guaranteed high performance
- expensive
- needs technical administration

6. Private server URL: www.your_name.co.uk URL: www.your_name.com
Cost: £server + £connection
+ complete control
+ guaranteed performance
- responsibility for reliability
- needs technical administration

7. Domain names Nominet - runs database resellers - sell domain names
.co.uk = £5 for two years
.com .net .org = £45 for two years
Domain forwarding or hosting?
services provided? hidden admin charges?
forwarding? POP mailboxes?
fee to move domain name elsewhere?

8. Forwarding or hosting?
ISP
ISP
ISP

9. Adam Warren
Department of Adult Continuing Education University of Southampton