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Is UK hosting actually worth it? The latency numbers

20 August 2026

How much a London data centre is really worth in milliseconds, when a CDN makes it irrelevant, and the non-speed reason that matters more than either.

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What happened to Heart Internet, and what it taught UK hosting

4 August 2026

A major British host was acquired, wound down, and its customers migrated to a company founded by its own former team. The most instructive story in UK hosting.

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Where UK websites actually live

12 May 2026

Slough, Docklands, Manchester and a former paper mill in Erith. A geography of British hosting, and why it explains your latency.

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Hosting for charities and community groups

6 May 2026

Free and discounted options that actually exist, the .org.uk question, and the specific failure mode that kills volunteer-run websites.

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iomart, and what happened to Britain's independent hosts

6 April 2026

A generation of well-loved British hosting companies was bought by one AIM-listed group. What survived independent, and why the boutique tier still exists.

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