Hey there,

I just thought I would let everyone know about a UK hosting company that ripped me off big time, a few years ago. When I was 14 years old, I purchased my first domain, obviously not knowing everything about domains and how they work, however enough to maintain it.

1stforwebhostinguk.com had their own custom made control panel, which at the time I thought was fantastic not knowing that there are alot more user friendly control panels, such as Plesk, Ensim and cPanel. Basically, I had a set amount of bandwidth, which was 2GB, not alot for the price which they were selling it at. Now, my site receive a great deal of visitors within a week and the bandwidth limit was broken. Now, normal control panels shut down the site until more bandwidth is purchased, however little did I know that they charged... wait for it... £20 (roughly $45) per GB overused.

I was 11GB over my limit, so I had a £220 (around $440) for 11GB of over usage. Now to me that is too much considering most hosts charge no more than $5 per GB, which is very little comparing to $45. So, 14 and a bill that huge to pay, not a great way to start into the domain industry was it?

Just thought I would let everyone know, about that company.

i wish i could charge and receive that i just about get away with around £2 per gb