"Lois" <auto-newsgroups DeleteThis @wordsweave.com> wrote in message
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> Lois wrote:
> : > I forgot to mention that the host I suggested has
servers
> : in the US and in
> : > Australia. Since the OP is in NZ, an Australian server
> : might be better for
> : > him.
>
> Bill Logan responded:
> : Whats wrong with NZ servers - we aren't totally backward
you
> : know!
>
> On the contrary -- you NZers are world leaders every day.
It was tomorrow in
> your country even before I woke up this morning, and you
arrive at tomorrow
> even before Australia, a much larger country, does. Here
on the west coast
> of North America, it's still yesterday, and we're almost
the last ones to
> experience tomorrow. BTW, how is Thursday? I can only
imagine it at this
> point.
Cold wet and windy - what else is new?
> I would've posted info about a NZ web host if I had such
info, but I don't
> know about any NZ web hosts.
I am a NZ web host - although we have servers in NZ, Canada
and the US
I just meant in my suggestion that an
> Australian server might be better than a US-based one for
the OP. Do you
> have any suggestions about NZ web hosts?
Yes, us!
In relation to what is better it is really dependant on
several factors - apart from the obvious about the quality,
reliabilty etc of the host themselves.
1. If the site is targeting mainly NZers then probably a
server in NZ is better although not always. More often than
not - depending on the visitors access ISP - web sites based
in the US load faster than those based in NZ, particularly
if they have a gTLD. If they have a .nz name then they may
load a little faster if on a NZ server.
2. If the site is universal then a US server is the
preference. We have one primary link goes direct to the US
and a secondary that goes by way of Ozzie. Typically,
Australian sites take a long time to load so hosting a site
on a server there is not too good if the target visitor is
in NZ. Example is zdnet which has sites on servers in NZ and
Oz as well as the US. The NZ site is slower to load here
than the US one and the Oz one takes forever, and often ends
up a 404
3. Costs for hosting are from 4 to 100 time more in NZ than
they are in the US. Clients that pay us $600 a year for
hosting their sites on our US servers would be paying around
$2500 - $8000 per year to host with some local servers.
4. Typical server resources available, particularly with the
larger hosts in NZ are minumilistic compared to what is
available on our US servers. E.g. a typical site here would
be 10 meg with 1 - 5 e-mail addresses. All else would be
extra.
5. MySql, FP ext, email forwarding, auto-responders etc, etc
are considered extras by most NZ hosts and are charged extra
whereas in the US they are typically included as part of the
basic hosting package.
From the above you will see why I say a kiwi hosting with
us, or any reasonable US host would be better of than
hosting with a local NZ host. (in most cases)
Even though we are based in NZ many of our clients are
located in the US. One advantage seems to be that many of
them do their up-dating and site maintenance while the rest
of the US is sleeping, and that means if they have any
problems we are, (usually) awake to assist due to the time
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