http://www.oneandone.co.uk
My personal choice, which I can recommend. ...Spend some time thinking about a domain name that you can live with forever. ...You can secure it for as little as £1.99 a year (see below) and do nothing for a while, as I did. ...Later I added the e-mail account; this runs via your Outlook/Outlook Express to the 1&1 servers, bypassing your ISP (although they obviously provide the link). ...Once set up, you can change ISP's as many times as you like, you are independant, e-mail/domain-wise. ...Like you, I may do a website one day, but haven't got around to it yet. ...This third 'bolt on' option is available, as and when.
Prices.....
toshmccaber.co.uk (as an example - and assuming nobody else has got it, if you
really want it): £1.99 per year (or £8.99 per year if you prefer the global anonymity of
.net rather than
.co.uk)
An e-mail account to use on the above, e.g.,
[email protected]: £0.69p per month; 1Gb limit and various extras, inc. Symantec antivirus scan, etc. ...Four similar additional e-mail accounts available if required for your 69p., i.e., five in total (
[email protected], mrstosh@..., etc., etc.).
Website: host a basic 'Instant' website on your domain name for £1.99 per month, or a more comprehensive 'Home' website account (probably more suitable once you get into it) for £4.99 per month (special offer on at the moment: £3.99). ...More involved 'Business', 'Business Pro' and 'Professional' accounts available if you get really carried away. ...All prices here +vat.
Hope that simplifies it a bit. ...The '1&1' website (above) explains the whole process very well, stage by stage. ...Just run along the tabs at the top of the Homepage. ...But in short, the yearly cost of
[email protected] (i.e., toshmccaber.co.uk + e-mail account) averages out at 86p +vat per month.