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How to choose a UK dedicated server provider: what the spec sheet doesn't tell you

A dedicated server spec sheet tells you what hardware you're renting. It doesn't tell you whether the provider will still be in business in two years, whether their NOC monitors at 3am on a Sunday, or what happens to your data when their upstream has a 14-hour outage. This is a guide to the questions you need to ask that aren't on the spec sheet — and the answers that separate a provider you can trust from one that will ruin you at the worst possible moment.

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