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Hosting advice
  Why so many?
  The basics
  Network connectivity
  Power supply
  Data centres
  Location
  Shared or dedicated
  Managed or not
  Server software

Location

The advantages of hosting "locally" (i.e. in the UK) are low latency and UK based support.

The single massive advantage of hosting in the US is cost; and the larger US hosts have 24/7 support from engineers that are just as intelligible to these ears as British engineers.
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