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What is it?
Web host providers based in the UK are probably the most similar to those located in America. And, despite this country’s size, the ability to scale hosting services to meet growing demands has made this country’s hosting services valuable to Web site customers throughout Europe. The UK offers a viable alternative to American Web hosting for European customers.
This is not a surprising development in light of the technology knowledge that streams from this country. Books, white papers, and online information about hardware and software issues as well as usability and accessibility online issues have taken the forefront in the UK.
What Are the Issues?
The UK was the first nation to put forth an accessibility guideline for UK businesses to follow. The PAS 78 (Publicly Available Specification) was released in early 2006 as a result of studies performed by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in collaboration with the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). Although this document applies solely to Web site businesses, it also affects Web hosting businesses in that country. The specification has not become law, and businesses are not fined for shortcomings in meeting guidelines presented in this paper, but individual awareness for the ability of all people to gain access to online materials is much more acute in this country than in any other country globally.
Another issue that the UK prides itself on with their Web hosting is the initiative to go “green.” Web hosting companies are seeking energy alternatives to provide clients with a greener environment for their hosting. Whether this ‘greening ‘ will result in cost savings for customers is unknown at this time.
UK Web hosting customers can expect to be able to purchase domain names through domain name registrars and Web hosts as easily as any other country. The cost for these services usually is provided in UK pound rather than Euro in many cases. Customers can choose among just about any top level domain, and prices are comparable to those in the U.S.
