True Canadian web hosting?

Sometimes you want to support the folks in the .ca world. that can mean taking your web hosting dollars and finding a company that provides web hosting from a Canadian server.

In reality you might be looking to find a Canadian based hosting company because your client has requested it for some reason. Also for any web site aimed solely at Canadians hosting it in Canada makes sense for potential SEO reasons and hopefully if you buy the right server, response time.

The problem is that many companies that are selling Canadian web site hosting are actually providing you with hosting from servers located in the USA or even overseas. Their website might talk about the Canadian market place and it might be a .ca website but you should check closely and see if the servers are actually located in Canada. You can ask some questions and the big one would be the IP adddress for your web site.

One company that does provide real Canadian based web hosting is Broadline Networks who have their server located near Hamilton. You can read more information about them at this Broadline Network hosting review article but the main thing is that this company is based in Canada and their prices are not over the top expensive.