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  • cardinalvices
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2006
    • 2084

    #1

    does anyone have hosting experience with theplanet.com?

    does anyone have hosting experience with theplanet.com?
  • Jens Van Assterdam
    The Dupre Pimp
    • Feb 2008
    • 6677

    #2
    Yes, pretty good servers and there support was great. But that was a year back. No idea if they deal with adult at all.
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    • candyflip
      Carpe Visio
      • Jul 2002
      • 43069

      #3
      I was with them for years, but when it came time and I wanted to upgrade to a new box, they pretty much held me up and made things difficult or too costly to do.

      In the end, I moved to PacificRack and got a much better deal on better hardware and bandwidth.

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      • cardinalvices
        Confirmed User
        • Dec 2006
        • 2084

        #4
        they seems to be going with adult nowadays. Their support says nothing about any limitations of exposure.. Are there any specific laws in Texas that I need to know of?

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        • Domain Diva
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Oct 2007
          • 10180

          #5
          Im with the planet.com they seem to be good and I think with thier specials they are ok priced.

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          • candyflip
            Carpe Visio
            • Jul 2002
            • 43069

            #6
            Nowadays? They've never had a problem with adult...at least they haven't in the past 4+ years.

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            • cardinalvices
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2006
              • 2084

              #7
              so there are no restrictions in terms of warning pages or nudity on the tours? support folks know nothing about it.

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              • rowan
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Mar 2002
                • 17393

                #8
                I've been a customer of theplanet for something like 5 years and I've never had any issues with adult content.

                I once sent them a DMCA when someone copied my site verbatim, that particular page was changed/removed, but the rest of the site stayed up. (IOW: they didn't say to the customer, "hey, you've got adult content over the whole site, get rid of it")

                Just be warned that your potential for expansion is limited, they are quite rigid with their setup. Don't be surprised if customer service says they cannot do it, or quote you some ridiculous price (like $60/mo for adding a 200GB HD)

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                • qxm
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 5970

                  #9
                  the planet? never heard of them.............be careful with Lex Luthor though.....

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                  • Jace
                    FBOP Class Of 2013
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 35562

                    #10
                    theplanet gives you a server, that is it...unless you pay out the ass don't expect upgrades or support worth a damn

                    if you ever wanna upgrade you will end up paying for the part, then also paying monthly for that part

                    and support is there just to help you with core issues, nothing more

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                    • who
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 19593

                      #11
                      [nope]12345

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                      • TidalWave
                        Confirmed User
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 2706

                        #12
                        Originally posted by cardinalvices
                        so there are no restrictions in terms of warning pages or nudity on the tours? support folks know nothing about it.
                        Don't see how/why a host would require this. There are very few hosts that don't allow adult, and normally these are smaller places ... most likely resellers.

                        "adult" isn't a bad thing, and considering you work in it, I would assume you would have the same mindset. dont spread the mindset of it being "bad" by trying to hide your adult sites or work.

                        people need to get used too it. everyone masturbates.
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                        • rowan
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Mar 2002
                          • 17393

                          #13
                          That reminds me, I won't be a theplanet customer much longer... TidalWave, I'll grab an extra server from you soon.

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                          • TheDoc
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Jul 2001
                            • 13827

                            #14
                            I get a lot of comment spam from theplanet servers.
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                            • Christina Muller
                              Confirmed User
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 923

                              #15
                              Originally posted by qxm
                              the planet? never heard of them.............be careful with Lex Luthor though.....

                              everyone in adult knows of the planet you dont have to host with them or like them but I can tell you they are a not a small outfit

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                              • Christina Muller
                                Confirmed User
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 923

                                #16
                                ok let me give some negative from who I host with/


                                the planet...ok in 1 year about 12 minutes of downtime is that important to you.

                                cost..not the cheapest but not expensive.


                                Server speed and quality: 100 percent and very fast and reliable.


                                Tech issues: speedy.


                                Extras :they dont give much away for free and will charge you if they can for things maybe others may give you for no cost.



                                You get what you pay for and if its quality you want go with the planet if you want anything less I say go with webair.com less quality and reliablity but cheap or some other simlar brand

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                                • D Ghost
                                  null
                                  • May 2006
                                  • 9819

                                  #17
                                  Yeah they are pretty good...

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                                  • Altheon
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • May 2004
                                    • 506

                                    #18
                                    I'm happy with the planet. But... if you do have a serious problem submit a ticket and then call. If you just do the ticket thing it could linger for hours.

                                    My only real gripe so far is that they stopped supporting RHEL 3 so tech support refused to help me unless I upgraded to a supported OS. It cost $25 to do an OS reload and it took 6 hours from start to finish.

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                                    • roly
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 1844

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by TheDoc
                                      I get a lot of comment spam from theplanet servers.
                                      well they're the biggest hosting company out there, and also one if the cheapest, so it follows that a lot of it would come from them.

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                                      • TidalWave
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Sep 2007
                                        • 2706

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by rowan
                                        That reminds me, I won't be a theplanet customer much longer... TidalWave, I'll grab an extra server from you soon.
                                        Cool

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                                        All wrapped up inside a high end Supermicro motherboard and chassis with 4 Hot-Swap drive bays allowing no-downtime drive swapping.

                                        2000GB of premium bandwidth on a 100Mbps burstable network port, using ONLY premium and tier-1 backbones --- and thats 11 unique backbones! Not 2, 3, or even 5 like other hosts.... 11 BACKBONES!

                                        We also privately own and operate all our datacenters, 4 of them! Staffing them 24 hours a day with REAL techs, not monkeys!
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                                        Last edited by TidalWave; 04-01-2008, 12:08 AM.
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                                        • jscott
                                          jscizzle
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 25417

                                          #21
                                          The planet is a very solid host, they are mostly great cheap hosting

                                          i was only disappointed when i was paying $149/mo for my hosting, and heard my friend was paying for the same specs for $89/mo, i been with them for 5 years at my same price, when i asked for a price adjustment, they denied me, so i immediately moved off them, they have so many customers already so they have 0 care that 1 old time customer is leaving
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                                          • Pinklinkz
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Nov 2005
                                            • 658

                                            #22
                                            i am in the process of moving servers away from planet
                                            they were ok as ev1 but have gone down the drain of recent
                                            my servers are too old and expensive and they charge for upgrades

                                            for what i use its cheaper to buy brand new up to date else where and spend a day transferring to the new servers
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                                            • junction
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 2411

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Pinklinkz
                                              ......spend a day transferring to the new servers
                                              A good host will move everything for you

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                                              • Barefootsies
                                                Choice is an Illusion
                                                • Feb 2005
                                                • 42635

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by junction
                                                A good host will move everything for you
                                                Exactly.

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                                                • candyflip
                                                  Carpe Visio
                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                  • 43069

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by jscott
                                                  The planet is a very solid host, they are mostly great cheap hosting

                                                  i was only disappointed when i was paying $149/mo for my hosting, and heard my friend was paying for the same specs for $89/mo, i been with them for 5 years at my same price, when i asked for a price adjustment, they denied me, so i immediately moved off them, they have so many customers already so they have 0 care that 1 old time customer is leaving
                                                  This was exactly my experience.

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                                                  • NKYKev
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Jul 2005
                                                    • 283

                                                    #26
                                                    From personal experience, hosts like OC3Networks are in the same cost range with better hardware, bandwidth, and tech support - and no issues with hosting adult content.

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                                                    • Christina Muller
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Mar 2007
                                                      • 923

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by TidalWave
                                                      Cool


                                                      Interested? This machine will DOMINATE your sites harder than Christina Muller dominates her slaves! Achtung!

                                                      sales [@..] pacificrack.com

                                                      Good luck with the promotion TidalWave

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                                                      • Pinklinkz
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Nov 2005
                                                        • 658

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by junction
                                                        A good host will move everything for you
                                                        i am my own host
                                                        i rent the servers and thats it
                                                        i would rather do it myself as people rely on me for their livlihoods
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                                                        • Rorschach
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                          • 5579

                                                          #29
                                                          If you want a self managed server check out Cyberwurx, they have great prices and are very open to negotiating. Although if you do go the self managed route, you are technically forgoing support, they have been very helpful with the odd tech question I've had. No affiliation, just been with them for years, can't recommend them enough.

                                                          http://www.cyberwurx.com/

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                                                          • Rochard
                                                            Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                            • Dec 2001
                                                            • 75733

                                                            #30
                                                            Get it over with and go host with National Net. Their support is top notch.
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